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Aug 2021
56m 48s

Amanpour: Alok Sharma, Kate Orff, Cal Ne...

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Global warming is happening faster than we previously thought.  The extreme weather conditions have been intensifying over the years as fatal floods occur in Germany and China, wildfire rages in California, and apocalyptic scenes of Greece with thousands forced to flee the burning infernos. Alok Sharma, the British government’s climate chief discusses the ur ... Show More
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