{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62220755dea798001213358c/6a6a2997a585d3be78814fd2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"France ravaged by climate crisis as wildfires and drought blight summer","description":"<p><br></p><p>You are listening to a special summer episode of Talking France podcast and it's a pretty solemn episode too given France is in the midst of unprecedented heatwaves, drought and devastating wildfires.</p><p><br></p><p>We are recording this at the end of July to bring all you listeners up to date with what's happening in the country right now and look at what might be in store in August. Yep we are still weeks away from the end of summer.</p><p><br></p><p>We'll get the latest news on the fires and the heatwaves, explain the impact on travel and holiday plans and we'll find out why the country's politicians are failing miserably right now.</p><p><br></p><p>And for anyone in France we'll run you through some vocab that will come in handy if you are in a part of the country affected by the fires.</p><p><br></p><p>Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local France's Emma Pearson, Emma Albright and our French politics expert John Lichfield.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Local France"}