by monday otherwise you're in the sunshine sounds of all this if you're chosen to get out of the caribbean to enjoy the warmth what is still with you just want to light showers for the odds. before too long we have been waging a senseless and suicidal war on nations the scientific blueprints lays out the urgent task of tackling climate change biodiversity loss and pollution before it's too late. but in welcoming peter w. watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up an outbreak of ebola in guinea put several countries further on edge amid the coronavirus condemning.

warnings that a massive famine and an offensive by the rebels threaten new opportunities to end yemen's rule plus. nasa's perseverance rover sends back its 1st images of mars moments after landing to look for signs of ancient life. the nations of the world are failing to meet their own climate change targets putting humanity's future at risk the u.n. secretary general has appealed to world leaders to make a renewed commitment to fight climate change and called for urgent global action we need to make these coalition truly global interns formative. if adopted by every county city financial institution and company on the world's global coalition for

carbon it's an idea by $25.00 he can still prevent the worst the impacts of climate change but we cannot delay we are running out of time to meet temperature rise to $1.00 celsius and build resilience to the impacts that come and they also need equal urgency and then bishan to address how we produce all foods and manage our water land and the oceans. after the release of a un environment report lining a triple threat 1st the world is set to warm by at least 3 degrees celsius by the end of this century shooting past the 2 degree target from the paris accords and twice the one and a half degree ceiling that would prevent the worst consequences 2nd no biodiversity targets are being met leaving more than a 1000000 of the world's plant and animal species that he seriously increased risk of extinction 3rd 9000000 people died prematurely every year from diseases caused

by pollution a toll that disproportionately hits the developing world burn and smith has more on what's at stake. for a decade the lakes of kenya's rift valley have been rising swallowing up land and villages destroying communities deforestation is to blame soil once held in place by trees is washed down from the mountains by the rain silting up the lakes below stopping them from draining. in a report called making peace with nature the u.n. environment program says we need on bishop's global coordination to make the use of land and oceans sustainable there are vested interests that stop in action we have subsidies for agriculture and for energy for fossil fuels a perverse way it carries the use of fossil fuels that encourage the use of bad agricultural practices so there were many people around the world trying to repeat governments thought it said civil actions together the report says that none of the

global goals for the protection of life on earth have been met deforestation and overfishing continues a 1000000 species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction and there is much to be done to reduce and water pollution but if we can get the business community so work with governments around the world i'm optimistic we can start to move in the right direction and i think most governments do realize that climate shades it is actually i 1st we are facing through security forces security schuman health policy of the nation without action the world is on track to warm 3 degrees above pre-industrial levels by the year 2100 so missing the paris agreement target of well below 2 degrees and like the people of the rift valley the u.n. says it's the world's poorest in developing countries but suffer the worst consequences of climate change burnitz met al-jazeera. the u.s.

government says is ready to join talks with iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2050 nuclear deal the state department will accept an invitation from the e.u. to attend a meeting of the signatories to the original agreement the former us president donald trump withdrew in 2018 iran has been reducing its compliance of a since printing repeated warnings from britain france and germany. the best. the best and safest part is to ensure that iran does not get nuclear weapons we want to discuss this with our u.s. partners and to find out under what conditions they would be prepared to rejoin the deal but in regards to tehran one has to say that the way iran is acting regarding its commitments which it is discarding bit by bit and has now even threatened to reduce any transparency tehran is playing with fire and will complicate this process even more and it is complicated enough as it is the world health organization has called on 6 african countries to go on high alert because of ebola

11000 vaccinations against the human rhotic disease a heading for guinea hoping to stop an uncontrolled spread on top of the corona virus pandemic this is where the cases are emerging in the south as nicholas hogg reports great in guinea's forest region the epicenter of the new ball outbreak at the regional health center un health workers dispatch from conakry to treat the patients in isolation among them is nurse lucy hobbs husband it is in this home where nurse lucy suffered from a fever vomiting and diarrhea a week later she died in hospital health workers were unaware that she had contracted a bulla during her funeral relatives and friends hugged her body contracting the virus but not her uncle dr louis who kept his distance he says he alerted authorities because he sensed her death was more than simply

a personal tragedy. lucille was treating her grandmother who had a fever and was reading from my nose and everywhere tried to get blood clotting medicine from the main town eventually the grandmother died and nursed contracted littleness. security forces stop and search vehicles in an attempt to trace close contacts and check for temperatures isolating those that appear ill guinea is on high alert people are scared haunted by the previous epidemic in 2015 over 11000 people died in 22000 were infected across guinea sirrah leone in liberia a bull that was contained thanks to the development of a new vaccine but the 350000 doses distributed then expired last december the u.n. says that new vaccines are on their way. $11000.00 is off.

and this is the achievement at least for foster time in guinea we are having a vaccine not the beginning of outbreak to control this all break with pollution vaccine alone will not stop a virus harbored in nature by bats and primates the resurgence of a bola brings more questions than answers with scientists still trying to understand why the forest region is again the center of the outbreak nicholas hawk al-jazeera. cast says it will lift quarantine restrictions for citizens and residents have been vaccinated against kobe at 19 the gulf states ministry of public health says exemptions will apply in fact the native people return from abroad they'll still be subject to testing on arrival and the exemption won't apply to those who've been vaccinated in other countries well governments worldwide are exploring how they will use an enforceable vaccine passports in hungry people

who've been in fact you know pilates or recovered from courbet 19 may soon be given exemptions from night time curfews and other restrictions bahrain is building a vaccination a certificate into its existing coronavirus phone app it will display information including which a person has received denmark's planning to put an early version of vaccination passports by the end of next month and sweden wants to launch one by the middle of this year let's talk to dr jonathan gruber he's a professor of economics at the massachusetts institute of technology he joins us from lexington dr gruber welcome back to al-jazeera vaccination passports will it work and if it does work how long until it's not kind of locked sided where you have a takeoff system and a landing system. i think it will work i think there are still some wrinkles to work out in particular with privacy concerns but i think this is a workable system i think the important thing to realize is that vaccination is

part of a suite of tools we have to fight crime or virus and what i would hate to see happen would be clase is saying ok now we have vaccination now we're not going to let you say for example be in a classroom until you're vaccinated we shouldn't do that testing remains a critical part of how we should fight coronavirus and we should make vaccination part of the solution not the only solution you mentioned privacy issues there what are the main worries for you. i mean i think the main worry is that there would be the mechanisms that we use to show vaccine passports would reveal other information that individuals you know individuals should not have to be forced to show that same passport on the other hand there should be condition that there are certain say sam say you were in a workplace an individuals don't want to show that scene or passport that should be fine but then they should have to pay to be tested so we should understand that vaccination protects many people if individuals want to choose not to be vaccinated

it's their right but we should recognize that that could pose a burden other people in that nature have to pay test to show that they're able to resample come to work is it may be understandable though to group at the moment to a certain degree it's a little bit piecemeal different countries doing different things and perhaps we might get to a stage in a year or 2 or maybe 3 say where the united nations or the world health organization of the f.d.a. talks to the c.d.c. and they talk to the w.h.o. or whatever and they come up with a genuine the global system. i hope so i i guess i'm probably not that optimistic that will happen because i think we're in this situation certainly where i think countries really have national priorities that including about international priorities are so and i'm not sure we'll get to a truly global system i'm hopeful that within a year or 2 that sensually come widespread enough that we'll have run the virus to

ground and that we will be will be able to control in a much in a much stronger way but i guess i'm optimistic we'll have a truly international system in place and for countries that are really suffering at the moment big not particularly wealthy countries that are suffering that are in effect being driven downwards by coronavirus is that trajectory going to continue for them whereas for small wealthy countries who have pushed back successfully against cove it who are now getting to the stage of having vaccination passports their trajectory is up and out so people will be able to travel again which is great news for tourism and travel in the airline industry but the countries that are suffering economically they will continue to suffer economically until they can successfully i guess play a game of catch up and get vaccination passports on the go. i think there's 2

different ways to think about it in terms of these countries you see even tourists i think that is a big problem tourists even if they're vaccinated i think will feel more comfortable going to countries where vaccination rates are high and that's a problem because that's a big source of income for many countries in terms of internal growth i think we've learnt that you can do quite well with masking social distancing so i think we've learned that to really about good governance just look at how much better things have gotten in america you know really turned around and it's really not that many vaccinations that people are asking in social distancing so they look at countries like mexico which is struggling if their leadership would really get their act together and really promote what they need which is max and sort of masking a social distancing they get stark or rapidly again they don't have to wait for vaccination it's really about good leadership ok we have to leave it there dr jonathan gruber many thanks you bet thanks a lot here is president has moved to a peace process to buy pardoning jailed antigovernment activists and calling. in

a televised address. called for the dissolution of parliament and also announced a government reshuffle almost 2 years after a popular uprising is political and economic crises have been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. still to come here on al-jazeera waiting for answers parents in nigeria call on the government to find kidnapped students allowing age. we look at the speed bumps in the race to go green on european roads. it's time for the perfect gentleman the weather sponsored point qatar airways there will be a smell of spring in the good part of china the korean peninsula even japan is temperatures rapidly rises the wind reverses from a northerly to the south westerly and it keeps going for at least

a couple of days admittedly this snow stephen hawking rider but not for most of it is rain showers for honshu now the forecast for shanghai shows pretty high temperatures the average is 10 for february and we're up to about 23 in the sunshine it just cooled down a little bit by monday and tuesday back down to nearer the average but hey those 3 warm days active weather further south as well for the southern philippines this tropical cyclone may well strengthen but i don't think it'll get typhoon strikes however it will be a shock because sometime in the weekend it will go through the beside us wind and rain there is sort of i just seized rain just a few showers in some parts of india more significant over the water further south nothing has moved the persistent fog in the northern plains and belize still stuck in it for most days of forecasts of honesty is not a foggy one it's a quite a war one here things have improved sherry whether it's way down to the gulf to be

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welcome back you're with al-jazeera your top story so far this half hour the u.n. secretary general has appealed to world leaders to end what he called a suicidal war on nature and turning good terrorists spoke up the release of a u.n. environment report with a blueprint to deal with triple environmental threats. the world health organization has called on 6 african countries to be on high alert because of a polar 11000 vaccinations against the disease and are heading to guinea hoping to stop a long controlled spread on top of the corona virus pandemic. algeria's president has moved to a peace process to his bipartisan jailed n.t. government activist in calling early elections in a televised address. to boone holds the dissolution of parliament and also a government shuffle. more on our top story the drive towards greener transport is gaining momentum within the european union and the u.k. now they want to be net 0 emissions economies by 2050 is prompted carmakers to put

more money into your technology so they don't fall behind is under simmons. ford one of the world's biggest car manufacturers announces a $1000000000.00 center to build electric cars from all over europe the plant in the german city of cologne comes with the promise that ford's entire range of new european cars will be electric by 2030. high and all the glitz of the big motor companies competing with each other in a race to go green is a grim reality. europe has had a dreadful record for pollution for many years new research published in the lancet plashing health journal says more than $50000.00 deaths a year from the effects of pollution could be prevented if world health organization guidelines on air quality were met. many analysts believe the limits

of the carbon neutral goals set for european governments the too low my concern is in fact the need to go faster if you consider the implications of climate catastrophe to claim an emergency that we are living through right now the impacts of air pollution and human held on plant health things like out there as there's a lot more of your to be doing replacing cars with electric power instead of petrol and diesel is crucial for countries to get even close to their emissions targets across europe there's a wide variation of approaches to these electric vehicles the big manufacturers are now plan mering for a market share but there are problems the 3 common barry's tsu e.b. ownership are always the same 3 things the initial purchase price because their perception right jank that seat and the perception that there are not enough charging points. yet another aspect is what gives the electric cars their power for

now it's a little am i on battery there's a vast scale of production needed but so far europe only has some factories being built in sweden and germany europe makes 3 percent of batteries while asia and thereby china and south korea manufactures 85 percent of them. alongside the 0 carbon targets a new technology it's the human attitude that's key to success or failure. campaigners know there's a need to go beyond street protests to capture hearts and minds and more governments are using in force mint rather than encouragement there's one standout figure in statistics though an estimated 5 trillion dollars of investment a year goes into fossil fuels andrew simmons al jazeera. the u.s. has imposed visa restrictions on all other $43.00 russian officials washington says

it's alarmed by president alexander lukashenko ongoing quote violent crackdown on peaceful protesters is highlighted jail sentences handed to 2 t.v. journalists as particularly concerning judges and prosecutors involved in the case are among those barred from entering the u.s. 133000 people in bello rusa been detained since august after mass demonstrations against location has contested election when. u.n. officials have told the u.n. security council that yemen is hurtling towards the worst famine the world has seen in decades this they say and a renewed offensive by who the rebels threaten to wipe out a new opportunity to end the war diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the united nations. the news from yemen is about as grim as it gets these pictures from the aid agency save the children of 7 month old amir the u.n. says he's one among

a staggering 400000 children under 5 years of age who are seriously malnourished and at risk of dying from starvation famines are very unusual well there has only been one in the last 20 years of a significant scale when a quarter 1000000 somalis lost their lives in 2011 what could happen in yemen over the next weeks and months is something the world hasn't seen for 40 years something literally i thought was unimaginable but it will happen unless different action is taken now the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths told the security council the situation on the ground in yemen is now the most tense he's seen since he took up the job 3 years ago i am certain that the word is probably more than that to report that over the past month the conflict in yemen has taken a sharp escalatory turn with the answer out of the most recent offensive at

moderate government i have done this many times since early last year when the offensive operation started and i repeat my call our entire america must stop. there's been are a new diplomatic focus on yemen from the biden administration and mr griffiths himself has been to terror ron and riyadh in recent weeks the u.n. is hoping the dark humanitarian situation will be helped by a pledging conference on the 1st of march they want countries to give money for yemen james pays out 0 at the united nations there's been fighting in somalia as capital mogadishu between government forces and armed groups. has been going on in an area where the opposition plans to hold this rally later on

friday they want the president to step down the authorities in somalia suspended all public gatherings too to cope with 19 but the opposition say they will defy the order the rescue operations underway in central nigeria where a gunman kidnapped a group of students on wednesday the exact number of those taken is unknown but hundreds are still missing one student was shot and killed in the attack on the state's on the state run school in garra coachella personally on reports. can lead knows he's fortunate to be back home he injured his leg escaping from a group of kidnappers who has hacked his boarding school in nigeria's kogarah district. his brother didn't survive he was shot dead by the gunmen as he ran away to live through what day i was sleeping when i heard the kidnappers come into our dormitories they started shooting guns when i saw them i jumped over the fence other students also started running everywhere. nearby yet another family is

devastated they're waiting for updates hoping their kidnapped son will be found alive. i would take marco the government should help us find our families our only hope lies but the government. hundreds of students were sleeping when the assailants stormed in and now empty beds and deserted classrooms are a reminder of the growing attacks on boarding schools kidnappings for ransom by armed groups are common across many northern nigerian states. in december more than 350 students were abducted and eventually rescued by nigeria's security forces some parents fear education is under attack yeah now well. you know i haven't been able to sleep since this happened i'm asking the government to please risk my son he will continue with the coach and despite these types of threats once he's risk i assure you he will get back to school pressure is mounting on the government to end

these type of attacks and parents across nigeria are left wondering if students will ever be safe. al-jazeera nato secretary general says there's no final decision on the future of his mission in afghanistan defense ministers have met for their 1st summit since the us president joe biden took office he's weighing pulling out u.s. forces biden's predecessor general trump brokered a deal with the taliban for a final withdrawal by may the 1st insults and says nato troops will only leave when afghanistan is secure enough. nato's goal is to ensure that afghanistan never again becomes a safe haven for terrorists that would attack our 'd whole nance so our eyes will continue to assess together the conditions on the ground as we do. the protection of the troops remain spare moment and we will take all necessary measures to keep

them safe. george's opposition one snap elections cold following the prime minister's resignation yogi katia says he decided to quit because of disagreements with his camp and its about the arrest of the opposition leader. katia has been critical of the dissension saying it will only make political tensions worse when he is accused of organizing massive violence during anti-government protests in 2019. mass as late as rove has ties done successfully cold perseverance has traveled 470000000 kilometers through space to help us find if life ever existed on the red planet is rob reynolds high space scientists erupted in cheers when perseverance landed safely on mars it was the culmination of an action packed nailbiting 7 minute landing sequence. first the spacecraft entered mars orbit then its entry capsule raced into the martian atmosphere at

19000 kilometers per hour. the craft then deployed a large parachute to slow its approach to the target zone. slowing down the craft fired thrusters to hover just above the surface then deployed a crane to lower the rover gently downwards i can confirm. they didn't begin to write the complex and delicate operation went off without a hitch moments later perseverance beamed back images of barren landscape studded with boulders congratulations our savior pain and our own team that's not years well excellent you know it's the most ambitious. yes and far reaching mission to the red planet the rover is primary goal to search for signs that microbial life

may have existed on mars billions of years ago we can go somewhere in our solar system you know in our backyard and see signs of life in that and only on another planet that could tell us that life is incredibly common and gives us a great shot of central you know finding more complex or even intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. perseverance is landing spot is disease crater which was once likely a large water filled lake a prime spot for traces of long ago life imagine you know an ancient microbial net microbial that was growing along the shoreline of a lake and cement it in a rock and leave behind those kind of biological exteriors if we see things like that associated with organics that would be an absolutely fantastic ride that would be probably the best they were look for on mars perseveres will also take samples of martian soil and rock those samples will be stored securely inside the rover and

we're going to add basically collect them for a future mission to come grab it back to earth. finally perseverance brought along a helicopter drone called ingenuity which scientists hope will be able to fly a short distances proving that flight is possible in the extremely thin martian atmosphere with its dramatic landing done perseverance is mission will last one martian year or $687.00 earth days the knowledge it acquires for humanity will last forever rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories the un secretary general has appealed to wilt leaders to end what he called a suicidal war on nature and tony good ted i spoke of the release of a u.n. environment ripoll what out.