this was to certify the election victory of joe biden now while this all was unfolding in d.c. the results of georgia's senate's runoff for a noun send democrats now any one the 2 senate races giving the party control of both houses of congress and a trace of raphael warnock and john also off mean that joe biden can now push his agenda in the senate and challenge natasha go name has more on the senate races in georgia from atlanta. georgia democrats are savoring this victory the most with reverend raphael warnock senior pastor at the ebenezer baptist church behind me he becomes georgia's 1st black senator and he becomes only the 11th black senator in u.s. history with john off he was recently declared the official winner in his race at 33 he becomes the youngest member of the senate since 1973 he

on the campaign trail he talked about how he was a jewish son of an immigrant he is also the c.e.o. of a documentary production company they got right to the point they said that they need that the incoming senate needs to rush economic relief to families who are struggling as a result of the pandemic and that the senate also needs to get to work to pass a more appropriate in their mind effective response to cohabit 19 so as you can see these men who are going to be hitting the ground running already looking ahead at the dual crises facing the united states meanwhile both of the republican of their republican opponents have not officially conceded they have said however that they will exhaust every resource necessary to ensure that all this is a quote legal votes are counted in georgia it's worth noting that it appears that victory in georgia is large enough that

a recount cannot be requested by his opponent david perdue. a democratic victory in georgia but it's been a day of social unrest and violence in the capital of the united states washington d.c. where supporters of us present donald trump a still out on this race despite a curfew coming into effect earlier today this on the capitol building as the politicians were about to certify the election victory of joe biden the national guard has now been called in and have restored calm to the capitol building we understand in the last hour twitter has knocked president out of his account for the 1st time more on this and all the events unfolding in the u.s. in about 30 minutes from now on al-jazeera i hope you do stay with.

finland to set yourself one of the world's most ambitious emission reduction targets promising to go cup a neutral but 2035 with initiatives from nature conservation to greater investment in public transport and alternative energy those plans could well be made but only if the country also shuts down its peat industry which has long been a source of both fossil fuel and jobs so can the country's climate warriors get it done.

it's not always nice to hear the truth but i think some words we heard the truth. is really a warning. it is a tremendous message to stop. and since it's. the kind of actions that we are doing on the planet are coursing so much damage and so tremendous. that we need to alter very fast. as the world tries to recover from coded 19 finland is on a common coughing crusade and it's refusing to let a pandemic stand in its way decline it hasn't been able to call me 19 has learned

yes. and no it's really time to act to make. the climate crisis the nation's chasing one of the most ambitious emission reduction targets in the world and pledging to go carbon neutral by 2035. it needs to confront a dirty secret and take on a fossil fuel that's worse than cold. war if you know what. finland is known as the land of a 1000 lakes but that's actually an understatement it's covered by over one 180000 lakes rivers and wetlands and here in silky water is at the heart of life. the lake is very very beep topic for finnish people

are really at the center of our old culture here in coverly our fishing is the oldest way of life we know our strong will be. each lake has its own being a kind of way of existence and you have to spend considerable time many many years to learn to co-exist and have hoot relations with those lakes or rivers in spring the catch comes from fish traps cool fine commits a tradition thousands of years old but it holds clues to understanding the impacts of climate change to have people out freezing and hunting and in the forests daily acts like human sensors or they are our knowledge of observing how does the change to quark for most of the marsh meyers and lakes and rivers there is no scientific data that goes beyond $96.00 days so it's actually the only way to know how things

used to be in the past. over the past few decades village leader terry moose dylan has been recording the knowledge of soltys elders like enery gordon me your on board is rather like. a bar i have been borrowing out of. enery has been fishing this lake since the 950 s. and his memories reveal significant changes to the natural habitat he'd want to. learn. is that the only thing i want to get a lot out of months ago and. i love it only if you let me go she loved me she seen the day i will be. negated. by you. yeah then. great because that much i. gave to me. to. deal with

and you know. the press and this of course to some of all that's happened but if we don't know what happened in the past especially recording and my mental change we're all in on waters and that's what it is very crucial to speak with. another. yallow. member who want. me cool. in a way it's a train headed at full speed through a wall things of course moving into a very dangerous state we just learned that there has been the highest recorded temperature in the arctic in the same region we found out that there are oil spills because of collapsing infrastructure resulting from the melting permafrost and all of these actions and with the forest fires tundra fires what's going on in personal

and australia are what's often known a sleeping point the only way to summarize it it's a clear and present danger of urgent proportions so there's no more time at all. what do you lose. in parliamentary elections in 29 the climate crisis emerged as the number one concern if you finish photo shoots me out i guess i will be as it was here that i thought that i belong to best real under so you are neutral yeah i guess i mean it was a very odd thing to read all of us here and there about it while the left leaning social democrats received the most votes it wasn't enough votes to rule out right so a cold mission government was formed it now happens to be all female led by prime minister santa maria and the new generation are expecting us to act and we have to feel

they expect to see a show of the people it's now the job of these women to slow down the speeding train of climate change and make finland carbon neutral in just 15 years well it here to talk about finance and listening to hold you can say that in troll boy it's not so big but if your county its citizens biggest was. that every country needs to spot its ambitious carbon neutral target finland plans to cut back on logging investment radically reduce its consumption of fossil fuels and start a renewables at some moment so whole world is crying to so. forth every. therefore source if you have lost souls. opportunity course of business. about 5 hours north of helsinki why is the municipality.

a poster child for how the government plans to reach its carbon neutral goal. than merely over here last summer that it is reducing its carbon emissions fine. to than any other community in finland thanks to a number of climate auctions that start young. on long island and boy. a hunger. it hasn't struck out on. a side. note if this is the all of the. i.

am here to. see and then on my own haleigh. a big part of the 2035 target is a massive shift to renewable energy here in 8 they've significantly reduced their use of fossil fuels and rely on energy from wind solar and geothermal sources now we are. the. center. of the library. last year we were accused 3 percent of our energy are using solar panels already a lot to solve easement he says the towns on track to reduce its carbon emissions by 80 percent 15 ahead of the nation to reach that kind of target everyone

should be in public organizations companies or businesses and also people who are living here in need all those actions. ease now home to one of the biggest wind farms. in the country some argue these enormous wind turbines are a blight on the landscape but as well as bringing power they bring profits taxes and jobs which is one of the locals we now can say that we are driving by using a local or when you get the electricity used in this car used here in a local when. there are several with barks in our region these turbines is producing more energy than is used here in. the companies are exporting the energy the other regions. in this bar with all the

turbines the tax revenue is about $1000000.00 annually is about it so it's a big money to us and to all citizens in because without $1000000.00 we produce the services to the people who live here the turbine means about 15 new jobs these are very positive things and that's 11 very bold and reason why people are people here are they have except the it's being parked. across inland there are pockets of climate worry is like the resident to be using everyday actions to help propel the nation towards its 2035 goal. but in the fishing town of silky village leader taro most in has an even bigger idea what money woman her cargill and the little lot that are caught in local some of the most. that are called at the start and into law in april as cozied 19 swept across the world taro

was in a race against the melting ice so today we are in a bit of a rush because we are at the tail end of the winter or the ice season and the crown has to be frozen especially at night time with. and that baker's on our equipment. is it's almost here and during this time because. we're. not just a fisherman dr terry most inan is also a leading climate scientist writing for the international panel for climate change today along with his team terrors trying to turn a carbon polluter into a carbon capture in a process called rewilding we are building new wetlands that will slowly emerge as carbon sinks meaning they are trapping carbon from the most fear so a lot of the early be signed for the side has to do with. how the water will behave

and what do we want to do with water on this side. at the beginning of the work we have to do some of the human actions you can say all or most interventions large friesian of our wetlands but then very quickly after that when we have gone we let the sides to be and nature has the power speed and possibility to come back again part of the chord work guys have. formed over thousands of years these pete lands have been destroyed by mining every 2nd the land stays like this it's leaking carbon into the atmosphere ultimately if you don't restore the sides they remain as carbon emissions sources so for example this i don't know if we didn't do this work would be imperial releasing over $900000.00 kilos of carbon every year. there are millions of hectares of damaged wetlands and marsh meyers in finland and

that's why this work is highly needed we should be moving very fast through the country and also in other parts where this kind of work and happen of unfortunately this is a slow process for national conversation. despite the incredible promise of terrorism idea rewilding carbon sinks isn't it part of the government's 2035 plan here's a map of or 4 sides. has not been supported by the government or when i have spoken with the minister of iraq that their view has been that currently the government has no possibility. to work with. terrorism idea could help unlock finland's carbon neutral goal but it means confronting it dirty secret and

a nationwide reliance on what's being called the forgotten fossil fuel. boxer. or someone who. says. that the. north of silky remains p.t. an industry heartland and take a unit in has been in the business all his life. a lot. and i'm not alone. with. the look and i will. heat is finland's version is coal since the 1940 s. is provided heat and energy dug up by farmers like aiki to help fuel the nation's

power plants and its wealth while lakes and rivers lie at the core of finnish identity so it is. all. thanks to workers like he he says around a 1000000 finnish homes still he said in part by burning pate to become carbon neutral old we will have to wind. extracting paint generates more than 23000000 tons of carbon dioxide every year more than twice the emissions of finished road right will vote and a traffic. mr

god. the government says that burning peat for energy must be hard by 2030 but scientists and activists say it needs to be ended entirely

a move to government already begun for coal it's very important but not when we are . out there using water between need to do it very. wisely and make certain those people for warmth to be it is important for a living we need to make sure that after getting rid of to be if they are not left alone but i i have said that i think that it has been kind of blind spot for feeling that for years the finnish government still supports the paid industry each year with tax subsidies it also continues to issue new peak mining licenses. for now pete sits like a thorn in the side of the nation's carbon cutting campaign and what's more mining it causes enormous collateral damage. let's start from the fact that the side

itself a most meyer fan orbach will have to be destroyed in order to start the industrial production bit money secondly there is a large amount of pollution that happens as a result of people mining so it's a real killer on many fronts it's affecting thousands of guns every resistance and on all these different ways. one day in 2010 taro and other local fisherman spotted hundreds of fish floating belly up on the surface of silkies rivers is a result of the city discharge at 1st there was no explanation as to why doesn't it the. america you know had the last. almost. all of. them then but of course the surveys are terrible approached the state orange p.

company. who told him it was caused by fooling leaves tara suspected the city watches were a result of runoff from the pete field with livelihoods reliant on fishing taro and he's village took the company to court and won the us and water goes to. the a don't mean doesn't it those that they wanted to go to work on the case to the dalai knows well i look at the little some of the board in the historial and i had. to then set up on the options and. i think we are witnessing a transform motion in fremont the climate impact we saw in the public is slowly demanding and waking up to the fact that this kind of activity can't go on anymore this leaves the company would and the whole business of pretending with a very profound questions what to do. the international union for the conservation of nature calls the largest natural carbon still on the.

it's now the height of summer in silky antero and is steve heading back to the site they started rewilding at the tail end of winter they want to see if their work is paying off today we have this is a former mining area that has been restored under water and one of the key questions on. the question of what are they in terms of greenhouse gases how much are they releasing or trapping and what happens before restoration and afterwards and today we are using a very high and scientific equipment something called trace gas and i was there it's one of the firms in the quote area of. criticize anything i'm korean house gas carbon dioxide my ferments as a mobile unit. this unit is worth $60000.00 terror is hoping it can provide crucial data to bring the nation and the world on board with his

rewilding scheme how does it look like. ok up everything for your. consideration and what's going on with the c o 2 in a way yeah ok so that's pretty steady so we are identifying that there are some pockets of methane and releases about then immediately showing on the screen and our real time. numbers the emissions are ending when they are done the wetland is expanding and that's already a major action for climate because it's ending and the source on these very early years we will have to mark and the fact that some my fame will be released as a result of. what that will dissipate and it's.