Storm Barra has been affecting communities across Ireland, Wales and the north of England, and as global warming continues to increase, the affects of climate change mean that extreme weather events are likely to become more frequent and intense in the future.

Discussing this is co-chair of the House of Lords' peers for the planet, Baroness Worthington and Professor of Global Change Science at UCL, Simon Lewis.

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