Rachel and Leana hear how the government has "wasted the last 10 years or so in terms of making proper preparations for the way the climate is changing", according to Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who advises the UK government on preparing for climate change. She says there has been "underinvestment and underpreparation" while temperatures in Europe are "rising at about twice the global average". They also hear from an angry Guy Singh-Watson, owner of Riverford Organic farms, who's lost crops due to drought and who is embarrassed to have to pump water from a stream until it's dried up, when he would rather get help to build a reservoir.

In each episode, investigative journalists Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge bring you tales from the frontline of the water crisis, interviewing:

• Someone on the frontline of the water crisis who is experiencing first hand pollution/drought/floods/extinction events and diseases driven by climate change and bad management.
• A world class expert, who can shed light on the causes and solutions to the issue in hand.

Find out more about Leana and Rachel's work at Watershed Investigations @WATERSHED_i

Frequency: Fortnightly

Duration: Approx. 20 minutes

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