Peter Cox

But climate change really doesn't form part of our national conversation just at the moment.

Here's Professor Peter Cox of the University of Exeter, again speaking in 2016.

And generally what happens is every time there's a new flood, There's a resurgence of interest in climate change, but it sort of fades away.

I mean, environmental change is the long-term issue that we have to solve and we can't keep saying, drop it down and out.

Hello, I'm Bryony Worthington, and this is Cleaning Up.

My guest this week is Professor Peter Cox, Professor of Climate Systems Dynamics at University of Exeter and Director of the Global Systems Institute.

Peter's a theoretical physicist and a former lead author of the IPCC Climate Reports.

Peter has been studying the complexity of the climate system for decades, and I wanted to ask him about the current situation we're in.

How sensitive is the climate? Are things speeding up? And if they are, what can be done about it? Please welcome Peter Cox to Cleaning Up.

Well, thank you, Peter, for joining us on Cleaning Up.

I'm really delighted to have this call.

But I wanted to start us off by asking our first question, which is, could you introduce yourself, please, in your own words?