Expert Warns of Rise in “Mass Casualty” Events as a Result of Climate Change | Amanpour and Company

The Supreme Court has voted to curb the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon emissions. This comes amid a period of increasingly extreme weather around the world. More than 40 million Americans were under heat advisory last week. Kristie Ebi has been researching the health risks of climate change for decades, and she tells Hari Sreenivasan that death rates will increase unless response systems are improved. Their conversation is part of the ongoing public media initiative Peril and Promise, on the challenges and the solutions to climate change.

Originally aired on July 1, 2022

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Watch Amanpour and Company weekdays on PBS (check local listings).

Amanpour and Company features wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. Christiane Amanpour leads the conversation on global and domestic news from London with contributions by prominent journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, Alicia Menendez and Hari Sreenivasan from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York City.

#amanpourpbs

[stp]

Shout out to Christiane Amanpour and Company for some of the best interviews of the week. Her interviewers and guests engaged in intelligent, informative conversations that laid out how we can best address issues on women's reproductive rights, the environment and gun laws. Much needed in this time of great worry and anxiety.

[WhiteSpatula]

I love it when compassionate, informed, trustworthy people are also just plain delightful. I’m clicking “like” merely because there’s no “adore the mother-loving life out of that guest!” icon. You made me smile when I was determined to frown, and your message hit home. Thank you! -Phill, Las Vegas

[nsbdnow]

When I was a kid I thought we were headed towards a Star Trek type of future. Now I'm a doomster. I blame the Republicans for all of this.

[DevinaMagdalena]

Apparently clean air and water isn’t important for the living!

[elizabethboothe]

The people making these decisions do not care who suffers or dies as long as it isn't them.

[carlkolchak]

You didnt mention drought. Look at what is happening to Lake Mead.

[mattcarlson]

And the animal world (outside of humans) is also a main concern alongside the issues of humans. They too are enduring great suffering. We must do all we can to protect them too.

[Greenspaceservices]

Thank you for this excellent presentation. We need more and hopefully more people will realize how significant the effects of pollution are on our health, security and existence. Thank you and keep up the excellent reports!

[Pepperboy]

Heading towards Mad Max world. Thanks, SCOTUS!

[laurabartoletti]

Thanks Christiane Amanpour & Company, for excellent commentary and news coverage!! 💙your program!! 💎

[rdelrosso]

I have a 3rd floor corner apartment, with windows on 2 sides of my living room, in Central New Jersey. A nice breeze also comes in from the Balcony. On many days, when my Apartment is 80 Degrees Fahrenheit, with humidity of 40 or 50%, I leave my AC off.

But, despite the nice air coming in, when my Apartment thermometers hit 85 Degrees F, I am quick to turn on the AC.

I cannot imagine what it would be to have a temp of 90, 95, or 120 degrees F and be too poor to have AC, as was the case back in April 2022, when Pakistan had 120 F.

I am retired, but I note that recently, an Indian Rickshaw Driver said that on some days, "it is too hot to work after 10 AM", which seems a little early to be taking a Siesta.

We could have listened to NASA Scientist James Hansen, when he testified before Congress in 1986, to tell them that the Planet was getting hotter.

Instead, we listened to Oklahoma Republican Senator James Inhofe, who told us that Climate Change and its subset, Global Warming was a "hoax".

[randibgood]

Always bring us the most insight into the things that really matter in an unbiased and informative manner.
Thank you!

[chino]

D to go forward
R for reverse. .. VOTE 💙

[johns.]

It used to be that judges deferred to the expertise of administrators who are far more qualified to use their discretionary authority to deal with this country's problems. What happened to Massachusetts v. EPA ruling? This Court is clueless.

[texadian]

I really enjoy every segment I watch with Hari Sreenivasan. What a great journalist and a genuine delight to watch!

[josephhuether]

Terrible SCOTUS ruling!!!
The EPA’s programs that significantly reduced cross-state acid rain originating from coal powered power plants was a success I remember pristine wilderness lakes in the Adirondacks in the 70s that had no fish due to high PH levels originating from Ohio.
That said, it should be noted that coal fired power plants in the US are on their way out
and the only recourse will be law suits, law suits law suits.
Yes…unfortunately we WILL require catastrophic events to “move the mountain” of mankind’s intractable habitats.

[xchopp]

This is the best work that Hari Sreenivasan has ever done. Thank you, sir.

[mikeriley]

Voting out the Repubs is the most you can do to help climate change.

[grk]

True. 80% of the countries that'll suffer from climate change are not the ones who caused it. The 20 countries who continue to damage the environment arent in anyway going to fund these victim countries to manage their losses - of health, environment and overall suffering of their ppl. Very informative discussion. Thank you. 🙏

[garypofahl]

The old white guys will be gone and young people will feel the effects. Vote these anti science goper goons out. Vote for your health and future. I am a person who wants my children and grand children to have a healthy life. SCOTUS is not looking out for you they are looking out for big money and religious nuts.