As the first week of COP17 in Durban draws to a close Peter Stott, Head of Climate Monitoring and Attribution at the Met Office Hadley Centre was interviewed by OneWorld TV about how our climate is changing today and what this means for the risks of extreme weather around the world.

The Met Office is at the UN Climate Change Conference supporting the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change in it’s negotiations on behalf of the UK. This means that we provide independent scientific advice on which sound negotiations can be based.

Whilst here at COP17, our scientists have also been working with the UN World Food Programme exploring food security issues in Africa today and in the future. Our scientists have also been speaking with other African scientists about the science of climate change for their own countries and how we can work together on issues such as understanding regional climate change, regional climate modelling and developing robust long-range forecasts on which many people in these countries rely.