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declared. claudser landslides killed more than 100 people in the pal. we'll have the latest on the rescue. effort. also to day, nearly 400 people disembarked from a ship with the center of the migration distance between greece and turkey. ah, the british prime minister is expected to declare that humanity has run down the clock on climate change long enough. and it's now or never in taking action. for us, johnson is hosting about $130.00 world leaders in the scottish city of glasgow for the 26th conference. the parties referred to as cop 26. what's notable though, at the absentees, they include cheating, ping, president of the top, polluting country china and the russian president vladimir putin. arab. i'm an

editor, nick clark. he is heading up our coverage out of glasgow. nick, good afternoon. what can the realistically achieve at well lead directions? hair towards $1.00 degrees celsius. that's the target that the world needs to reach . at recently there was a emissions gap report that was published by the united nations. that said, we're actually heading for $2.00 degrees celsius, closing that gap is going to be absolutely essential here in glasgow also closing the finance gap is can be another thing. we heard just last week at the $100000000000.00 a year that was promised by rich nations to developing countries back in 2009 that would be delivered by 2020 will not not arrive until 2023. again. that gap needs to be closed and some. so that's what we're expecting to hear everybody debate about also when pros, johnson starts addressing the delegate shortly. he will be talking about his,

his favorite mantra of coal cars, cash and trees phasing out. coal is an important issue. of course we need a phase of fossil fuels by 2050. if we could be on target for that. at 1.5 degrees celsius. gall, at carl's going electric is a bottom line, their cash up just referred to trees, deforestation that needs to be agreement about deforestation again, to enable us to reach that goal. nick, i remember you and i are having a not to similar conversation. when the paris climate conference was taking place that several years ago now, are we implicitly saying here that the leaders who are in glasgow to day have not delivered on what they promised to deliver on in paris or if they had, they ticked some of the boxes a well, there's 2 ways of looking at it. you've got to find room for optimism and all these things. and one thing you could say 10 years ago,

we would never have imagined that a paris agreement was possible. where all the countries the world pretty much came together and said look, we need to deal with climate change and we're going to try to do it. and 10 years ago, you would never have imagined in your wildest dreams, at countries like russia and china would even countenance the prospect of going ad to carbon neutral. and they are now at least talking about in their suggesting 2060, which most people say this heart says is going to be too late. so, you know, but it's there. and there are those signs of optimism. the problem with the parents agreement, it wasn't legally enforceable. and so now you got a lot of countries who then promised various things to cut emissions, but there's nobody chasing them up if you like, sir. now the world is asking them delegates harrigan to be asked to come fords and produce a better commitments, more improve commitments on reducing emissions. because without them, we will not hit at that one a half degrees target. whether or not that's even possible at this climate

conference is debatable. we'll certainly see of the next 2 weeks, of course, bert's summer saying that maybe we should just say for 2 degrees and, and that would be acceptable. but he speaks the n jose. and those nations who arrive at the front line of climate change, they would wholeheartedly disagree with that neck for the moment. many thanks, nick clark, my colleague, our environment editor, they're joining us from glasgow. let's go live to beijing and our correspondent there, katrina, you. katrina, vladimir putin is not in glasgow. neither is she ging ping. why not? that's right. she didn't thing actually has not left china since the beginning of the corridor virus outbreak last year. so he hasn't traveled, he did not attend the g 20. he only appeared via video link twice. and he is not appearing at cop 26. actually he's not even appearing via video link. he's instead sending a statement to be posted and published and presumably read perhaps by all the

member states attending cop 26. and we're looking forward to that statement unclear so far as to what it will say, although because she didn't thing has not appeared. it's really dashed, any hopes that china may be using cop 26 as a platform to announce any further concessions. what she didn't being might do was repeat some of the sentiments that he said during his video speech to the d 20. that concrete action was needed, that developed country should take the lead and support developing nations, and that we should really take heed and pay attention to the technology that is required to really further the use of renewable technology. now we do know that china has said that it will aim to peak it, carbon emissions by 2030 and aim to become carbon neutral by 2060 and last week china resubmitted or submitted its n d c. it targets national determined contributions to the u. n. but there was really nothing new that really was just elaborating on how it intends to meet those

targets. some of the details, it they said were to lower c o 2 emissions per unit of g, d p by 65 percent compared to 2005 levels to increase the use of renewable energy by 25 percent. increase rain and earl, sorry, wind and solar capacity by 1200 gigawatts by 2030, and to peak cold use by 2025 in coal. really is the big issue because coal is of course, one of the most polluting fossil fuels and it accounts for about 60 percent of all energy usage here in china. and right now, now the country is in the middle of a public crisis. so actually the government has said it will build more co, hopefully hell, tons in the near term over the next few years and also increase the import of coal before it does work towards that peak at 2025 and easing. those that additional use of coal by 2030 and really the has disappointed a lot of analysts. they said look,

china is making the right steps going in the right direction. but the problem is really, it's going far too slowly. china needs to peak its emissions not by 2030, but by far earlier than that in order to assist the world in achieving its target of that 1.5 degrees celsius limit before the end of the century. so i'm really hoping that we are going to see more movement from china, but so far we haven't seen any further compromises or commitments from aging as yet briefly katrina. is it your sense? it's almost like there's a counter intuitive dynamic here and as much as publicly and privately, the leadership in beijing are saying explicitly and the signaling look, we will be at the leading edge of saving the planet when we choose to be. but yet, on the other hand, as you've just been talking about, china has an absolutely ferocious appetite for coal generated energy. i mean to the point of having to shut down factory production sometimes because there's literally

not enough electricity available to them to keep it going. yes, well you're absolutely right. i think china like many countries as walking this very fine balancing act between moving towards called the neutrality moving towards the use of prina energies. but at the same time having to sustain its economy. as you mentioned, china has its ferocious appetite for coal relies on coal. and the problem is that there is willingness on the part of the government at the highest level that has been recognition by she didn't ping and other officials that climate change is responsible for some very real problems that china is facing. we had these unprecedented floods, we've had droughts, we've had all sorts of natural disasters. and that is of real concern to china. but at the same time that china is a planned economy level, one of the last from a to find economies in the world and its current system for

supplying power to the country simply has not kept up with the rest of technology. it's very rigid, and it really does require coal, it to simply, it does not kind of simply does not have the infrastructure required to link up all these renewable energy targets of renewable energy sources rather to these factories that needed thoughts. that being said, because of this power crisis we had on october 12, the chinese government announced what some analysts of cold attack tonic change. now, previously china had caps on coal fired power plants, caps on coal produced energy. and because of these caps on the pricing, this is what made coal so appealing because it was so cheap and so reliable. but now that china has removed these caps, it's liberalizing its energy system. coal will no longer be as cheap. and we know now the coal is no longer as reliable, and that means that it will make renewable energy here in china. far more appealing,

far more competitive, going into the future here in china. but that itself is going to be really a long term pros and terms of transferring all these factories to use to really rely on cheap coal and getting them onto the renewable energy grid. but china, at the same time is pushing for more investments in wind, solar hydropower. it's also looking into building more nuclear plants so it will move in that direction. but whether or not it can move fast enough that will be really the question. katrina, many things katrina you that joining us live from bureau in beijing. let's just show you what's going on inside the auditorium there as well. leaders, presidents and prime ministers gather for the beginning of the speeches on this opening day of copper. $26.00 ships will last 4 hoping get it 13 days, 13 days in which i guess their critics would say, 13 days to save the planet murray, a druggie there, the italian premier,

we've just seen a seal of underlying the from the european commission. as soon as those speeches kickoff will bring you, the keynote speakers here are rolling coverage from al jazeera. well until that kicks off. let's look at the best and the worst when it comes to emissions. china pumps out more than $14000000000.00 tons of carbon dioxide, methane and other gas is into the atmosphere every year. and that's more than all the developing countries put together. overall, china recounts for 27 percent of global emissions followed by the us. india, the e u. and indonesia, although the us in europe have been the worst polluters historically on the other end up with time and sort of, um, they say they've managed to go carbon negative. liberia has struggled to deal with environmental challenges. the 2020 environmental performance index ranked at the worst performing country when it comes to sustainability. nicholas hawk reports now from the outskirts of the capital city monrovia. it is deep in labourers,

gideon forest region that samuel dory comes to mourn. his friends inside these coffins is maria. the farmer grieves of the pasture. renee, the village shopkeeper, the cause of their death, samuel says, is the nearby rubber plantation of the tire manufacturing company firestone launch . it started with a coffee, says doorway accuses the company of toys and the water they used for drinking. informing our day firestone is cooking robert, bringing air and water pollution. i'm feeling hurt. these are my citizens. it was, i am very angry. i keep saying it over and over, the government doesn't care about it yesterday since writing, you see the destruction our below. this is not supernatural le destruction, but from debt to water was the government knows of firestone is exploiting only a 5th of the 10000 square kilometer land concession,

but it is expanding as the 99 year government lease was renewed in 2005. the company is clearing large parts of liberia as guinea in forest reaching home to wear species of animals like the pig, me, hippo, and western chimps. their habitat is under threat environmental as say the rivers are contaminated with heavy metals, killing aquatic life. all this is supposed to be the lungs of west africa, but right here in the firestone concession, the air is thick with chemicals. it's things the eyes now in the statement firestone says, is doing all it can to mitigate the effect of climate change. and it is thinking to the current librarian laws to protect the environment. slobbery at ranks at the bottom of the environmental performance index with researcher, saying that the country is behind its regional peers, particularly in protecting the buyer diversity, ensuring habitat conservation, and preventing climate change. who are poor, little who are all of the industrial,

rob, bottom family, who have the, the grid up potential to destroy our, if it is not us. and then when you make a report and think that we are doing less, what are you doing you another more as well? i bear is poor and indebted government has given almost half of the countries land in concessions to multinational companies in order to repay its debt to international creditors. these companies are exploiting the countries rich natural resources and displacing tens of thousands of people in the process. most are making the country's capital their home. faced with this influx authorities are unable to manage the expanding slums. in clear, the mounting waste. with a capital barely one meter above sea level, the rising ocean is now destroying their homes. for liberians, there is no escape from the effect of climate change. now, doorway sees in this coffins a reminder for future generations of what caused his friends death at home and the

pollution that can no longer be ignored or destroying the lives of so many. nicholas hawk al jazeera and by monrovia. let's just show you some of the recent arrival shots. there we are, the man who's rescinded on a you turn on what donald trump, his predecessor decided to do after the paris climate change. he said he's going back in with a vengeance, joe biden. of course the us present there, flanked by the conference stomach host, boris johnson, the bush prime minister. and antonia could perish be un secretary general. mister burton left the room in italy at around 8 o'clock this morning, bound for the summits. he's one of course of around a $120.00 leaders who will attend the world leaders event. the start of this 13 day 14 day conference. it aims to drive action as best they can to curb global warming . they are all being criticized by the n jose, by environment analysts, etc. because they are setting a very loose, almost a gray date timescale for around about 205020 to

2055. to get things back in the, on the right direction. he's there for 2 days after attending the g 20 lead to summit in rome. he will have bilateral talks with various leaders as well. we are assuming he'll be joining the likes of sheila on the land. the from the european commission, just intruder, the canadian prime minister is there. and even people at the prime minister of the mold eaves of their course countries let them all, these are the sharp and all global warming. countries like them. all these literally sinking denmark is considered to be the greenest country in the world. i've a horn isn't from danish sustainability group. state of green tells us now why this has been 50 is in the making all of that in the winter of 7374. when we had the big wild crisis in the world, denmark, we're importing 99 percent of our energy at the time. so it was really something

that hit us really hot. so what the, the political world, it was that out of that for a consensus that we must do something about that to be independent of what comes from the outside. so what happened was that we have had interview agreements in parliament ever since that. and we have programs that promoted a green solutions. and it means that today we have a leading power within the energy efficiency and also within the wind 6. well, in recent years, increasing numbers of young people have been demanding action on climate change from their leaders. they say they're the ones with inherit the outcome of what the world does today. how to 0 spoke to some young climate activists, is what they had to say. hi, i'm an augusta off. i'm 11 years old and i live in go about india. there was

a huge, large villages and villagers there were washed away. so so many of the vehicles and houses were destroyed. so people are dying because of climate change. i think people my age, they are being heard by the government and by adults do. so i think young people like me, they're using social media. do you know, raise awareness and contribute? so hi. hello. my name is marissa pull. i saw them calling. i'm a high school student at home. my grandparents told me this area used to be land with the lodge community where it was a prosperous community with lots of merchant boots for many countries, hong kong, but as time passed and the land has a rooted bear, people have had to move further inland. rock,

when my family used to live right here next to the temple, but we have had to move from my my is another. i'm for a senior, a soles, and i live in argentina valenzuela. i think young people are not being listened enough by adults. and i also think that a young people need help from adults when it comes to changing some bad habits. i would say the word slithers about climate change and tell them that we should whar in every one and remind them constantly of the big problem. this is my name is maya, i am 10 years old and i live in london the times now to make big changes and improvements to what we do normally to actually control climate change. we're running out of time when to do it now. otherwise, you probably never will. we have no planet b, and this is our home. so we want to take care of it because we're kind of stuck here forever. so if it's light trash and what are we going to do then? miamisburg now cool is that i am 12 years old. i lived in

a blue jack the capital of 9. yeah. in my city of origin, which is can you? yeah, the serious case of climate change, leg route and blood, which is affecting the food production. the adults are the one question problem by building south trees pollute in the air. and it is a very helpful my message to the world leader in this needs. is that any decision the make day? who's affect my tomorrow? i will make a decision that was, that was the future of the next generation is to let them and as we wait for the speech is what you're looking at right now is, according to paris, johnson, the british prime minister, the world's moment of truth. we are expecting to hear from anyone who has anyone around the world when it comes to being a president for prime minister jo bite. and of course we're hearing from the

president of indonesia, the president of the se, shelf, the president of gun bone, the president of egypt, as well, the president of sri lanka, the list goes on the president, amnesia, the president of hungary as well as at some points over the coming couple of weeks, people like nicholas sturgeon, the scottish 1st minister, she is there as well, and representatives from the european commission, which of course is the civil service part of the european union. we've heard a lot from one to line over the last year or so specifically to do with cove it within the e. u. well this is her now. she's gonna be talking over the coming few days about climate change and what the, the impact of that if they get it right. or if they get it wrong, means to various e u countries, anglo mer cool. the german chancellor is there as well as she continues to try to pass through the twilight days, weeks, months of the premise ship in berlin. she's been such a driving force and the,

the main axis of europe between herself and the french president. she has outlived several french presidents. of course, she works now very closely with emanuel macklin. he's there as well, noticeable as we've been saying by their absence. the russian president vladimir putin and the chinese premier as well is not their shooting ping. he has not left china since the cupboard para, i hit your ex of almost 2 years ago. you see we were discussing that situation with our b ging correspondent, katrina you at the top of the hour. she was making the point that it is kind of a, a counter intuitive thing because on the one hand, if you examine or search for the official chinese status and reaction to climate change and global warming and the pressure on different countries to do the right thing by the planet officially, the chinese government line is we have been and we will be at the leading edge of

making sure we do the right thing. but we will do it when we see fit. al gore there with mr. biden angler merkel. they're standing out in her. what's that? pale yellow? buff colored outright that she's wearing to day. let sienna from chandra bush on c, e o of i forest, the international forum for environment sustainability and technology. he says, climate change must dominate international politics. now it has to be right at the top of their gender for everybody, simply because climate change is going to impact ball would be hunger, development, all the issues that we get about last year. india for example. last it be 7000000000 dollar 3.25 percent of g to be because the climate impacts

these numbers are even higher for some of the african countries. so if we do not address climate change, we will have more hunger, more poverty, and board development. it has to be right at the top of the agenda. where do we get investments? where do we get money in developing countries to move to green economy? now that's where i think developed countries going to have to cross the eye and they have not done enough on climate finance. they do not want to discuss lawson damage and the $100000000.00 of you know, that is a very small amount of money. oil 50 countries have a population of about 1500000000. $100000000.00 means that every person is always going to contribute just in dollars every year on climate finance. i'm sure they can afford more to save the planet. and therefore, the finance deal is going to be very, very important. and last goal and my hope is that developed countries including

bodies johnston was sort who so concerned about, geez vill up the standard and much ambitious finance, the gospel and his royal highness and his wife camilla just taking their seats there in the auditorium, prince charles of course with his company, the dutchy of cornwall, pretty much the leading edge of how to run an organization like that such a big organization with lots 0 divers interest like ladies and gentlemen and well do that and do the right thing or some for sustainability to the right thing for the planet can scottish small. so prince charles that along with camilla waiting to ship, i suspect the opening address from boris johnson. we'll stay with these live pictures and we'll bring in our environment editor nick clark. so, nick and the key message clearly from mr. johnson would appear to be something

along the lines of we can do this, we can really nail this. we can make it better for the planet, but the react. the reaction to that is i assume from other leaders. yes, that'd be a nice idea, but we're not going to give you firm dates. we're not going to set lock ourselves into a timeline. well, have goals. the e u has locked herself into a timeline. they're saying that is going to be carbon neutral by 2050 or $1.00 won't happen. what parts johnson will be saying, as you've mentioned, is that he'll, he'll be trying to rally the troops as we're trying to get better commitments from world leaders. up until now there's nothing like enough is a thing called the nationally determined contributions, which is will commitment, which is what each individual country has to present. add to demonstrates what they're in the emissions reductions program will be. and so what parts johnson once is for the nations, the well to ramp up their emissions reductions program to enable us to get

somewhere nail to keep $1.00 degrees celsius within reach that boss johnson is with us watching pictures of people still settling down as the opening ceremony that gets underway in parse will be starting, speech brochures will be starting to speak soon as you say, prince charles, right there in the audience and bits. the bottom line is that's what he's got to do is try and ensure that everybody here is ready to take on the challenge because it's a almost insurmountable task. at the moment we're heading for 2.7 degrees celsius of warming. the target, as we know is 1.5. we are already at $1.00 degrees celsius. perhaps they're 1.2 i, we've seen the chevy, catastrophic effects that even, that has created. so $2.00 would be absolutely disastrous for us. johnson has been pretty good at managing expectations. the language has changed quite

a lot in the last few weeks. and now he's talking about it's a 6 out of 10 chance of this climate summit reaching any kind of a positive solution. he supposed to solution that the world demands, even though he is talking about it being one minute to midnight. as he puts it in, says planetary health at the time is now that he has to act. he will talk when he comes to the stage about his, you know, his favorite mantra, which is coals cars, cash and trees. told us phasing out cobra action around the world. we heard at the g 20 summit at lead, as they agreed that they would phase out building new coal fired power stations. but outside of their own countries, there was no commitment to stop the building within their, in countries outside of their own countries. and that is an awful long way to go on coal. a gray, very good example of house difficult that challenge is, is in asia, which is home to 60 percent of the world's population,

about half of global manufacture and about half of global manufacturing. colds uses growing rather than shrinking ands, china, again, they've agreed with that because mr. in the well, they've agreed to and to phase out building of coal font power stations around the world, butts within the country. they're still building them and they rely very heavily on coal for their power, even though the renewable program is building up. you got a similar situation in europe. the european union is aiming to set for, for that's carbon neutral situation by 2050. but then you have the lights of poland, who will hear from later will hear from the promise proponent, who rely on coal for 70 percent of the energy needs. so all this, this gets thrown into the melting pot. and at the end of it, you need some kind of positive resolution. and that is, i think is all they can aim for is hoping to keep one and a half degrees celsius within reach. but we'll say presumably.