Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - BBCNEWS - 20210616:18:42:00
And increased flood risks. these maps show how the uk's maximum temperatures could change over the years up to 2080, with the south bearing the brunt of the rise. here's our science editor, david shukman. can the country handle a lot more of this? wildfires striking more often as droughts intensify, floods hitting more homes as temperatures rise and rainfall becomes heavier and travel disrupted by heat waves, as happened two years ago? the government's advisers say the uk is not ready for the impact of climate change. we only have to look back to last summer, when we had six days in august whe...