2017 is set to be one of the three hottest years on record, just sitting behind a sweltering hot 2016. While it looks like it’s only going to get hotter and hotter, we have to wonder if we’re going to be able to cope with the rise in temperature, and just how the rest of the world is responding.

The Daily was joined by Dr Elizabeth Hanna, Research Fellow at the ANU College of Science to tell us why it’s so damn hot.