by the generosity". now it's time for a look at the weather, let's cross the newsroom to nick miller. let me take you through the rest of the weekend, turned a little milder today but plenty of cloud, weather front approaching from the outline to, some rain across northern and western scotland pushing east across northern ireland through the afternoon. forthe northern ireland through the afternoon. for the west it may encounter some patchy rain, 12—14 top temperatures, brighter breaks in eastern scotland and england, when ds in the western isles, 50 mph gusts and a wet night and western scotland, up to a0 millimetres of rain, and the house, travel disruption possible, mild to come, rain pulling away by the morning and to the west of the wales and

england. tomorrow with increasingly patchy and shallowly rain the weather system slide south—east, brightening up in scotland and northern ireland for sunny spells, a few shower range, temperatures a little higher and still quite positive. blustery.

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now on bbc news it's time for climate change: on trial — nick beake travels to norway to meet the young people taking on their government. life under the midnight sun. here in the arctic circle, nature rules. we breathe, we live for the reindeer, because the reindeer, they are the ones that make us survive. but all this is under threat. the impact of climate change is being felt and seen in this part of norway than in most other parts of the world. the climate crisis is definitely here, and it has started and it is dramatic already. i can see the forest dying, i can see a river being closed for some fishing. for salmon fishing. it's a place rich in natural resources that have made this country very wealthy, and that creates a conflict. i know how it could be

if we don't have the oil and gas companies there. it will be a ghost city with no industry and no... nothing. so the battle for the arctic is on. we have travelled thousands of kilometres to meet the young people taking on their government, trying to stop further drilling for oil and gas. it's one of many fights emerging across europe. the wealth of nations versus the health of the planet. who will win? in the fjords of the northern tip of norway, climate change campaigners have set up camp. they form their own arctic

circle of solidarity. they are trying to stop the opening of a mine which they say would damage this place forever. ella marie is one of the country's biggest young stars, a winner of the x factor star competition. she is from the sami people, an indigenous community, that now appears for their way of life. community, that now fears for their way of life. there is so much tradition based off living off nature and the river and the forests, it's such a big part of who we are, and our tradition, and why we live here. these protesters have come from very different parts

of norway, but all believe their country's export of fossil fuels is putting the planet in peril. i can see basically everyone in my generation and younger than me also being very concerned about the future. we are real people with real feelings and we are very very concerned about the future, and we are feeling a lot of anxiety. i do believe that the climate crisis is here, and it has started, and it is dramatic already. so when she is not writing or performing songs, 23—year—old ella marie is taking a government of the european court of human rights. she argues that allowing more drilling for oil in arctic will harm young people's future. i'm really hungry to see and eager to see the norwegian government be held responsible for their actions and their politics, and i really do believe that norway has a big part of the responsibility to solve the climate crisis

because we have been such a big oil producer, just with my own eyes in my closest environment back home where i grew up i can see our river being closed for salmon fishing for the first time. i can see the forest dying. warmer conditions have attracted moths which decimated the trees in their path. trees that would absorb harmful carbon dioxide caused by burning fossilfuels. scientist point to these as scars climate change. as scars of climate change. as we journey through this remote and often breathtaking region, we hear of more people who are fearful for the future. today we're going to meet someone who has been witnessing an influx.

all the main changes were made during the ice age 10,000 years ago, so it's really scary what is happening right now. this woman sometimes feels she is fighting a losing battle. herjob is to try to protect the environment in this municipality. she is alarmed by what she has seen in the decades she has been living here. the glaciers has decreased, the winters are getting warmer and the summers are getting warmer, it's more weather, more rain, we don't really know how it will and, so it's quite scary actually, it is. we were told about a particular glazier nearby, a five hour hike to get there, but she says once we arrived, we will see for ourselves exactly what has changed.

they call these the norwegian alps. this is one of iao glaziers on the lincoln peninsula, but a place which has been sculpted over thousands of years is now melting rapidly, all adding to rising sea levels. in 1998, the glacier reached all the way back to here. but in just four years, it had retracted to where i am standing now, and in the years that followed, the ice continued to melt, and you can see what has happened. so much has been lost in just 23 years. a landscape redrawn. one of my reindeer, the biggest one

in our reindeer herd, and he is like my grandmother actually, very stubborn, he is the boss of the herd, just like my grandmother, so i'm excited to see him today. singing the traditional sami songs has helped pass many hours, looking for the animals. at 83, karen anna is the oldest reindeer herd in the region. herfamily have been

doing this for a00 years. something her granddaughter is well aware of. it's our life, we breathe and live for the reindeer the reindeer, they are the ones that make us survive. but today they are not having any luck tracking them down. it's an unusually hot day, yet again. eventually they spot the reindeer have headed way up the mountainside to one of the few pockets of snow. a cool spot of sanctuary in a warming world. this is all that karen anna has ever known, a nomadic life. this is one of six cabins she stays at depending on where her reindeer have to venture. you have been a reindeer

herder all your life. when you are with the animals out there when the land, how do you feel? what goes through your mind? but this grandmother of nine is worried that future generations will not be able to live like this. she is placing herfaith in young people, not politicians.

as anna leaves her grandma behind, she contemplates her own future. i find the balance quite difficult, between the modern and traditional way of living, so i really like to show the world what we do, and what our traditions are, because i think they are very wonderful. unlike other members of the family, reindeer would not define her career. she is a filmmaker, but anna hopes her work shines a light on the growing to indigenous communities. the world has more need for power, and that takes away the land of the reindeer, and when they do that, the reindeer has less food to eat, they can't grow as big as they should,

so i think for reindeer husbandry, the government is the biggest threat right now. does she believe her people will survive? i try not to think about it so much because it is really like a dark thought. i am a bit concerned, yes, that the sami culture will die, and the reindeer husbandry especially is very threatened now. i really do hope that we will get to live in peace with nature and with the reindeer for thousands of years. if i could just be a little bit like my grandmother i would be so happy with that in the future.

we are on the move again. today will be an eight—hour drive. the scenery looks like it has been here since time began but everywhere we go, we are told about how higher temperatures are shaping this environment, including here in the tromso region. they say they are already seeing the impact of climate change, in the mountains, in the forests, and in their rivers as well. there is a specific threat worrying this marine biologist and his young helper. we don't want this fish in the river, this introduced species and it seems to have now exploded in numbers. it is dreadful, for the native

salmon and we don't know the consequences yet but with its numbers we are seeing it in the river is now, it is scary, really scary and really worrying, how many fish we see. this is a female. pink salmon or humpback salmon also carry diseases which were a big threat to the native at atlantic salmon, that so many of us eat. this man has been tracking the migration of salmon for years and says the temperature of the water is rising, attracting these unwanted visitors. the danger with this is that when the temperatures rise in the ocean, this will have a benefit over the native species like the atlantic salmon and all these native species be, because they are adapted to cold water, and when you get an increase in temperature,

you have other introduced species that are used to this and they have a benefit and outcompete with the native species, and that's what we see now. and so you are taking action? yes. i think it will be hard to stop it honestly, we cannot stop this. the numbers are so high now, we can't stop it, but what we're doing is trying to reduce it. reducing the numbers, so at least we get as many salmon, atlantic salmon in so they can spawn without disturbing the others. the professor is backing the young norwegian climate campaigners fighting their government and trying to turn the tide. what we really have to do is take action now and start reducing climate gases so we can at least put the brakes on. i don't think it is possible to stop it and i think most scientists agree on that.

this decision needs to be made by the politicians that are not popular because the next generation have a better understanding of what is happening and if we do not listen to them now we will leave a bad future for them. and this generation say they are in for the long haul, investing their time and money travelling around the country to different protest camps. back where they are trying to stop a nearby mine from opening we meet someone else taking the norwegian government to court in strasbourg. they are drilling for oil in the arctic, further north than ever before and in an area where no other countries are drilling. so we have been suing the state, but we have not been able to win that fight so we think that by complaining

this to the european court of human rights we may have a chance to stop this catastrophic oil drilling. 23—year—old mia chamberlain has tried to juggle her psychology degree studies with bringing the legal case. personally, my story is kind of one built on the climate anxiety. i have an overwhelming fear for the future and massive deep sadness and anger towards having to grow up in a world that is headed towards ecological collapse. and the only way to stop feeling like this is to actually do something. so suing the state and attacking the problem in such a direct massive way is a way of actually being able to take norway take responsibility.

do you think many young people in norway and elsewhere are feeling the same as you? definitely. we saw this since the school strikes for climate change that greta thunberg started, that this fear has manifested itself in a movement for a whole generation. norway's young activists are part of a growing movement across europe. in the netherlands, a court ordered shell to cut emissions after citizens argued that the oil company was violating their human rights. and campaigners from portugal have filed their own lawsuit to safeguard their future physical and mental well—being. i am terrified. but the momentum is definitely there and i hope that a lot more people are willing to take action and it definitely does not have to be illegal in order to take direct action to change the course we're on, but it does depend on the politicians we choose and the politicians who will empower to change

what the corporations are doing to our planet. the arctic circle is warming twice as fast as the global average. and here in norway they are grappling with a paradox. the government says it is at the forefront of an international effort to tackle climate change. yet it continues to make billions each year from the export of its oil and gas. really, though, all rich western nations face the same simple question. how much are they willing to sacrifice to prevent the global climate emergency? it is something in the mind of erna solberg. she became norway's prime minister in 2013. we meet her on the campaign trail as she makes a bid for an historic third term in office. under her leadership, nearly all of norway's own power consumption has become renewable but she has

given out more permits for drilling oil in the arctic 0cean. six young people in your country feel that their future is in jeopardy because of the policies that you have been pursuing. do you have any sympathy for those young climate activists who really want to take their case to the european court now. they want strasbourg to alter the route you are going down. they clearly lost in our supreme court and as a politician i do not believe in using the courts to make a political decision for a country. i believe in democracy, not a legal system that overruns democracy. that means you should vote politicians based on what you believe and we believe that we should develop the resources we have, for example natural gas, which are, in fact, by our view, part of the solution. a few weeks after we meet, erna solberg loses the election and steps down as prime minister. but a new government

here will be committed to more drilling, at least for now. the oil and gas sector in norway accounts for more than a0% of the country's exports. kim's family is one of 200,000 who rely on the production of fossil fuels. he works for the state—owned energy company, equinor, as an electrician on an oil rig. i know how it could be in hammerfest if we do not have the equinor and the oil and gas companies there. it will be a ghost city with no industry and nothing. so for us it is important. many norwegians do not want to see these key industries undermined.

they feel less drilling could make them poorer. i am working on an oil and gas station and, probably, my children will also go to work at the same place as i did. i have a lot of friends older than me, they have children who are working at the same place. it is very important. we do not have any other place to work. so ifjobs were lost and companies were to close, what would that mean for you your family and your community? maybe we would have to move to another place. kim thinks that people should be realistic and look at the bigger picture. he believes that norway is on the right path. if norway shuts down oil and gas, someone else will produce oil and gas that we do not produce. and they are not doing it at a clean way that norway is doing it. that is my opinion. the oil and gas fields must not build out.

if you build them out now it will be a clean oil and gas production. much cleaner than the saudi arabia, than the russians are doing. so i think if we do not do it, someone else will do it. so norway has tough decisions to make. like so many other countries, and with time running out.

time for you latest weather updates, we are watching a weather system approaching from the atlantic. it is brin . in: in approaching from the atlantic. it is bringing in plenty of cloud and although across eastern parts of the uk you might have had a dry day so far we uk you might have had a dry day so farwe are uk you might have had a dry day so far we are starting to see more rain from the west particularly across western scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. milder coming in with this weather system, the wind changed to the south—west but plenty of cloud with that, a few brighter breaks and a largely dry afternoon to the east of

scotland and england, windiest and the western isles, gusts up to 55, highs 12—ia but rain across of that island and western scotland, patchy rain for wales and west of england. a wet night to come across parts of scotland, up to a0 millimetres and more in the hills and possible travel disruption. including a northern ireland little, and to wales and england for a mild and quite a blistered innate. tomorrow the weather system takes increasingly patchy rain looking at the dark blue as in moves south—east during the day. behind it a brighter day in scotland and northern ireland, a few showers and some heavy with maybe some thunder and still blustery. temperatures ia—16,

parts of the east and south—east largely dry. monday and between weather systems so sunshine and showers and no pressure on tuesday, the weather system stores across the north and west. monday and between weather systems to sunny spells after hla start and showers moving through, some heavy, eastern areas are seeing fewest showers. as the weather system establishes across the north and west from tuesday onwards we'll see rain at times, parts of the east and south—east staying largely dry until late in the week. wherever you are looking like a mild week to come.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines. the chancellor's promising to spend nearly £7 billion improving transport in england's city regions outside london, as one of the spending pledges unveiled ahead of next week's budget. there'll also be half a billion pounds to support families in the budget, but the labour party calls it a "smokescreen." a fresh push for people to get their boosterjabs. it comes amid fears over rising coronavirus cases in england. i'm very fearful that we are going to have another lockdown christmas if we don't act soon. we know that with public health measures, the time to act is immediately. a leading teaching union calls for tougher action against covid in england's schools, saying staff are "on their knees".