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New U.N. Climate Report Warns of the Dangers of Deadly Heat Due to Climate Change

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One billion coastal residents worldwide will face flooding from sea level rise by 2050. That’s according to a new U.N. climate report that focuses on the impacts of climate change on human health. WHYY StateImpact’s Susan Phillips reports the U.N. says governments need to do more to eliminate fossil fuels and adapt to a warming world.

(Original air-date: 3/6/22)

Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people's every day lives. She has worked as a reporter for WHYY since 2004. Susan's coverage of the 2008 Presidential election resulted in a story on the front page of the New York Times. In 2010 she traveled to Haiti to cover the earthquake. That same year she produced an award-winning series on Pennsylvania's natural gas rush called "The Shale Game." Along with her reporting partner Scott Detrow, she won the 2013 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Journalism Award for her work covering natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania. She has also won several Edward R. Murrow awards for her work with StateImpact. She recently returned from a year at MIT as a Knight Science Journalism Fellow. A graduate of Columbia School of Journalism, she earned her Bachelor's degree in International Relations from George Washington University.