The Kakhovka dam and global food security

BBC Inside Science

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On Tuesday, the United Nations reported that the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in Ukraine will impact heavily on global food security, causing a rise in food prices and leaving many without access to clean drinking water. Nine days after the disaster Gaia looks to the future alongside Kira Rudyk, Ukrainian MP who is also leader of the opposition party Golos and Laura Wellesley, senior research fellow in the Environment and Society Programme at Chatham House. Earlier this week the three-year inquiry into COVID began, seeking ‘to examine the UK’s response to and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and learn lessons for the future.’ Eyes are on the inquiry from many angles. Inside Science looks at what scientists hope to contribute and learn from it, with author and broadcaster Philip Ball. Also, a spike in North Atlantic sea temperatures has sparked concern among scientists. Richard Betts, head of climate impacts at the Met Office, talks through the factors that have coincided to form the anomaly. Presenter: Gaia Vince Producer: Harrison Lewis Assistant producer: Robbie Wojciechowski Editor: Richard Collings

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0:16.6	The Banksy story. Banksy's work is always about the human spirit versus the establishment.
0:24.4	Listen on BBC Science.
0:27.8	Hello, it's been a blisteringly hot week with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees in parts of the UK.
0:35.6	But it's the marine heat wave that's been dominating the discourse among climate scientists.
0:41.2	We'll be looking at the alarming North Atlantic heat anomaly.
0:45.5	And the UK's COVID inquiry finally began this week.
0:49.5	We'll look at where the science fits in.
0:52.0	But now, from natural disasters, albeit worsened by humans, to a wholly human-made catastrophe.
0:59.4	Last week, the vast Nova Kahofka dam in Ukraine was destroyed, causing an immediate flooding disaster
1:06.8	with humanitarian and environmental consequences that are still unfolding.
1:11.9	Here's the BBC's James Waterhouse reporting from the evacuation scene in the immediate aftermath.
1:17.9	It's like a strange theme.
1:19.4	Ground ride as we weave through street lights.
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