Feeling the heat: Women and climate change • FRANCE 24 English

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• In a special edition, we examine how climate change is affecting the lives of women as rising temperatures and increasingly extreme weather events continue to impact communities worldwide.
• This as the world is also facing a warming El Nino climate pattern in the coming months.
• We report from India where a series of recent intense heatwaves has pushed temperatures to dangerous levels and posed a particularly serious risk to pregnant women.
• Annette Young also talks to UK author, Natasha Walter, whose latest book is entitled 'Feminism for a World on Fire,’ who says a feminist approach is badly needed to address the climate crisis.
• Plus, how for millions of women, heatwaves are not just about the rising temperatures.