this is. from climate change a matter of life or death. we are deep trouble with climate change even secretary general antonio says the world is not moving fast enough to prevent catastrophic climate change also coming up the late george h.w. bush makes his final journey to washington the former u.s. president who died at the age of ninety four on friday will be given a state funeral this coming wednesday. progress on peace talks for yemen

as the. rebels. will back again she ations will take a look at the dire famine situation in the country and overcoming all the odds we meet the nigerian taxi driver with no legs who's worked his own way of getting through the notorious city traffic in walkable city. it's good to have you with us we start tonight with a dire warning about climate change and what we are still putting off for tomorrow the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace opened the annual you win climate summit in the polish city. today with a warning a warning that the world is way off course in fighting the. warming now the aim of

this year's summit is to establish guidelines on how to implement the twenty fifteen paris climate accord that accord goes into effect in the year twenty twenty one of its main goals is keeping the global temperature rise to below two degrees celsius by the end of this century. over the weekend seventy nine chinese cities triggered air pollution alerts as severe winter smog covered large parts of the country. and on sunday the bosnian capital of sorry ever was the most polluted city in the world its air quality index was well over the level that triggers an emergency health warning. fighting pollution is just one of the many items on the agenda at the climate change conference in cutover itself but for many countries the price of confronting global warming is steep just the fact that poland is hosting this gathering has been slammed by environmentalists groups because of its dependence on coal the polish president dismissed the critics.

with vanya. using one's own natural resources and poland's case coal as a suburb as its ace and basing energy security on them does not conflict with climate protection. and with progress on climate change. the un begs to differ it says greenhouse gas levels are again at a record high worldwide if that trend continues temperatures could rise by three to five degrees celsius this century. extreme weather ranging from hurricanes to droughts flooding. and wildfires would become the norm not an exception even as we wait miss the bus they think climate thing picked scalzi of auc across the world's we are still not doing enough. not moving fast enough to prevent even perhaps a home and get us through a fake climate disruption the u.s.

has said it is planning to withdraw from the paris climate a court but many american states and cities are deeply committed to the pact even brought their big guns to poland like arnold schwarzenegger to try and show they'd like to be back i wish. to determine. where we don't have the terminator here in the studio but joining me here at the big table tonight is alexander not was he is a scientist with climate analytics that's an independent research institute which is based right here in berlin it's good to have you on the show you know we have we've been here many times talking about these climate change film but what makes this one in poland special i think there's two particular things that make this one the most important one next really off to the paris agreement is no to. on the one hand there's now the chance or actually the four delegates to agree on

a really specific road map how to actually implement the paris agreement and how to get there so that it's away from words towards really measurable measurable items and actions actions and in the thick and the second thing is that it's really important now. a global stocktake has been taking place for a very long time now that this is finalized and put into more ambitious climate action for twenty twenty targets it's weird where does your optimism come from because if i look at the optimism we had in twenty fifteen with paris and then what the c o two numbers are today we've actually gone back so where do you see us you know getting the energy and the will to make those changes in the next twelve years . despite all the challenges i think politically and also i mean i'm looking at sea

level rise projections so i'm in front of those die in numbers every day i think we should not forget that there are also very positive developments and encouraging things that have actually changed dramatically over the last years for example. the prize that has decreased so rapidly for photovoltaic renewable energy technology so probably that's right and there's there's a lot of bottom up action that has taken place around the world that is probably not as. dominant in the news cycle but it's also taking place so i wouldn't write it off do you think new speaking of the news cycle do you think that the importance of this do you think that it gets the attention that it deserves i think it actually does get a lot of attention which is really good and and we should utilize that attention as well to make make this difference and to also communicate the opportunities that

are lying with this transition that is needed over the next decade so many times we're only talking about all the the trouble is some facts of climate change but we may also use this more to also communicate the opportunities if we will definitely have those opportunities especially for the next twelve years alexander novels with the climate analytics independent research institute based here in berlin mr know as we appreciate your insights and i thank you you thank. well here in berlin some families are making their contribution to limiting climate change they're taking part in a project to find out how they can reduce their carbon footprint and lead an environmentally friendly lifestyle we visited one family finding out it's not always so easy. it's the start of the day cutting bees and her husband have to go to work on

a who's five and me a little who's three have to go to kindergarten and nico who's nine is off to school they all lead busy lives but they're taking part in a special experiment they're one of ninety households trying to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions over a period of one year a project conducted by the potsdam institute for climate impact research. what are you doing what's going on. for them by king is the best form of transport to get to work and school rain or shine. driving produces too many greenhouse gases his name off by you can take a bike if it's snowing or i see so long as it's safe for the children the let's go girls. they're trying to reduce c o two but even if they only shop organic

this isn't easy. i did that on the windowsill perfect but i tend to drink water or juice but if the children want to soft drink. we're not always as consistent as we'd like to be. it's about finding a balance they try to buy fruit and vegetables grown in germany but are still willing to compromise for example when it comes to bell peppers from spain. i like happy. yellow and red i like on both. sides of peppers a quite healthy there's a lot of fun in that because we didn't eat meat we eat more vegetables in autumn and winter pepper from spain isn't ideal but it's better than putting salami on a pizza. the whole family eats vegetarian they know that

a kilo of beef translates to twelve kilos of c o two emissions sunday evening is set aside for the weekly c o two calculations they figure out how much c o two was admitted through the use of electricity their transport and food what's the result for the whole year likely to be. less not bad twenty five point one eight tons as a family that's five tonnes per person. if they continue living like this they'll go beyond the forty percent goal and reduce their carbon footprint by fifty six percent this would be a great success says henry who was quite skeptical at the start. this is changed over the years because he has become more ambitious and try to improve things. we have quite a high potential for saving on emissions without restricting our quality of life

drastically. so i would say that i'm satisfied. with. holidays are also part of the experiment colleen bay's a calculated that less carbon dioxide is emitted when driving to saxony than when taking the train to visit relatives. county in bays a wants to live in a society where everyone tries to offset their carbon emissions as much as possible ideally it would be a climate neutral society there's a long way to go but she and her family have made a good start. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a russian soyuz spacecraft carrying three crew members has successfully docked at the international space station the journey from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan was completed in just six hours the trio on

a six month mission to the i s s it's the first manned voyage to the space station since a rocket fell here back in october. a far right party has won seats in an election in spain that's the first times is the end of the franco military dictatorship in one nine hundred seventy five the anti immigrant vox harvey is set to enter and it lucy is a regional assembly the governing socialist secured the most seats but they may lose control of the regional government after the center white citizens party ruled out a coalition. the plane carrying the coffin of george h.w. bush is on its way to andrews air force base near washington d.c. earlier the former u.s. president was sent off with a twenty one gun salute from houston texas that's his home state bush who died last friday will lie in state in the u.s. capitol but to winds day before

a state funeral at the washington national cathedral his casket will then be returned to texas for burial. all right let's take the story now to washington our correspondent miles waders on the story for us good evening to you miles so we've got the former u.s. president making his final trip to washington d.c. what can we expect mail that america is now a nation in mourning. well because he's a former president and the head of a political dynasty president bush is getting the full nine yards in terms of a state funeral as you outlined here the casket is on its way through washington d.c. to be interred at the state capitol were expecting a large crowds up until wednesday to come through because it will be open to the public come through and pay their respects and then at the actual funeral on wednesday there will be eulogies and political addresses from many u.s.

political leaders past and present before he's finally transferred to his final resting place back in houston texas and another funeral will take place there i'm sure with much more personal recollections from friends and family. that he was when he was elected president he was the most qualified person to be president since the film of the united states which is you know quite. how will he be remembered. well his legacy has really softened with the passage of time when he left office when he was voted out of office he was considered to be rather disconnected from the average american person he came from this very patrician tony upper class new england family and he was ridiculed a bit in the polls and in public for not knowing things like how grocery store work

but then as it went on and as he remained active in public life even though he wasn't president people have really softened and begun to remember his presidency much more fondly particularly his contributions to the international arena we have to remember that the nafta treaty the north american free trade agreement was begun under his on his watch even though it was finalized under the next president bill clinton. the breakup of the soviet union he really helped to soften that fall with his very personal brand of diplomacy and relationship building so he will be remembered as quite a dominant president even though he only served one term or corresponded millions we don't the story for us in washington michael thank you could the talks to in the conflict in yemen start this week iran has said that it will support peace talks those talks could start in sweden as early as this coming

wednesday iran's move comes after the saudi led coalition fighting in yemen agreed to fly out fifty wounded rebels rebels are supported by iran and the medical evacuation is part of confidence building efforts ahead of peace talks the fate of who the rebels was a stumbling block in previous story told us. international groups are trying to bring about an end to the conflict which has pushed the country into famine we have this look at a school in the capitals and that is trying to provide food just to keep its students along. five hundred bread rolls for the i'm honey girl's school in santa two for each student the recess and first meal of the day are highly anticipated. apart from here at school many children have next to nothing to eat. and have a nice took my father doesn't have a job anymore i'm very thankful to the school for the food and that's the situation

i was in we had. me as parents who are impoverished by the war the school's director says many children are suffering because of the saudi so many students lost their parents through balls and rockets into houses factories and shops. that will be empty hospitals can't cope there's a lack of medical supplies children are especially hard hit according to the ngo save the children tens of thousands have died from our nutrition and infection eight million yemenis are just barely surviving now with the help of outside aid. and the sustained war causes more deaths every single day. back at their own heinie girls' school in santa lentil soup is on the menu for lunch. it's funded by the german charitable organization future for kids. i can and as

a man have that poverty is spreading and the mother says and only and we used to give a daily mail to thirty to forty girls. now it's three hundred to four hundred and that's me and. my hope within the misery these children are learning and have a warm meal every day but only as future and that of many other children in yemen is unknown because there's not yet any sign of an end to the war. but. art was taken to nigeria and its mega city of lagos' it is it's crowded and it's often exhausting and that's especially true for people with disabilities but the w.'s adrian creech met two men who stopped waiting for authorities to help and found their own solution of transport instead another typical day in the mind blowing chaos of traffic in lagos. for over fifteen years.

has been driving one of the countless minibuses in the nigerian metropolis six years ago he was involved in an accident and lost his legs but that hasn't stopped him from driving. i think it is great that he walks despite his disability i am happy for him a lot of people in his position were just back. he drives quite well better than some with two legs. driving without legs is possible thanks to a special apparatus brakes and gas are controlled by the hand but his driving eight does have a hefty price about six hundred euros doing managed to raise the money with a lot of help from family and friends. is the man behind the driving route he contracted polio as

a child and did not want to be dependent on his siblings so he invented the driving aids and then founded a company. heard about the invention by pure coincidence. most recent. was. a lot of scientists when he came here he was a bus driver drive a gain and i say no you can't drive again it's are you sure i say yes and it wasn't you got me didn't believe me on to we did a walk on today drove here he was like he just woke up from the day you know. kind of thing that i want to fight we encourage you. to date his company has sold over four hundred striver assist routes plus wheelchairs and prostheses as well at one point zero kohli's company employed forty people but the economic crisis in

nigeria forced him to lay off most of them many of the potential customers are not able to afford his products without support from the government. some new rules to add to built without grounds to help so we decided to get on to one where. there is a lot of disadvantage who suffer here as a result of disability or cooley is disappointed in how people with disabilities are treated the businessman walks twice as hard so as not to let his disability dictate his life. as well. most of this money for the us to do much more. is not good for. police what is a big big challenge is to know. what.

you would be. after ten hours on the job pios are you doing is calling it a day there are no looks of pity from his neighbors but there are knots of approval his next goal is to save enough money and buy himself a new bus. trade sensitive industrial and tech stocks push wall street high on monday off the united states and china agreed on a temporary trade truce at the g. twenty meeting in his eye it is treasury secretary steve chin says the u.s. is working towards creating a real agreement with china menuchin says donald trump and she discussed several issues including tariffs and intellectual property twenty denah however the white house has also said that the existing ten percent tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese goods would be posted to twenty five percent if no new deal is reached within ninety days. french president manually mccoll is now

decided to postpone his upcoming trip to serbia for the next couple of weeks due to the situation in france protesters known as the yellow vests took to the streets three weeks ago demonstrating against a planned increase in fuel taxes and then when dealing purchasing power while protesters and police continue to clash the unrest is having real effects on the country's economy. both patience and fuel in short supply in france as the so-called yellow vest protests continue. gas stations in britain have started to run dry as protesters block the deliveries. and in paris ambulance workers join the strikes. the accuse the government of president a manual mccaul of ignoring their demands. balance best selling them all when you have in your belly fat it says we absolutely must be

heard there's just as government complains about not getting any clear demands but when they have spokespeople to talk to and clear demands they don't do anything and that cannot continue to don't know what are you. good times violent protests started over a planned hike in fuel taxes and it morphed into a larger critique of mccall's economic policy which protesters claim disproportionately favors the rich. and the unrest is having a real effect on the country's economy. so you would you they would all be good up but i can tell you today that this impact continues to be serious these omissions we now see a decline in business turnover of fifteen to twenty five percent of depending on which sector. he saw. the images of violence and destruction are already hitting france's tourism business as visitors cancel their plans. the world cannot afford to fail when it comes to

climate change those were the words of un secretary general and opening the un conference on climate change in the polish city of quetta vits earlier today and the german government has also announced that it is set to pump needy one billion extra euros into the fight against evolution chancellor angela merkel said the funding will help me nissa policies tackle pollution from these all costs a government wants to avoid more cities adopting pounds on older these are all powered vehicles. the german government is under pressure to prevent the thousands of premature deaths diesel fumes are alleged to cause each year now chancellor angela merkel has announced a boost for plans to improve quality in german cities. instead of one billion it'll be one point five billion and on top of that the government will provide another four hundred thirty two million euros for retrofitting smaller trucks. to fall the knuckles government has been

struggling to deal with the fallout from the auto industry's diesel gates emissions cheating scandal however a string of course imposed diesel bans for some in a cities has now prompted some swift responses like the new funding the bands have outraged diesel drivers so is throwing an extra billion euros out the diesel emissions problem enough of. the financial subsidies for municipal buses only about seven percent of the n o two emissions the majority of emissions are of course generated by cars. city mayors and local authorities want car producers to be held more accountable to offer trade in bonuses for baez of new cars and to retrofit older vehicles they say they're not responsible for the diesel dilemma right now they're having to bear the

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anxiously waiting. waiting for lifeline to syria. good morning in atlanta you matter. if we call brings them closer together. but in terms because they feel powerless to help. them feel like i'm letting people down and what. they worry about they flip to behind. them. i'm trying to be strong but deep down i'm broke. the war continues to cause conflict from syria.

i'm trying to reach them but nobody answers the war on my phone our two hundred three starts december eighth on t w. today scientists at the u.n. climate change summit in poland drew a line in the say and the world has twelve years to prevent a global climate catastrophe tonight a deadline between life and death a future to be saved and a future that could just as easily go up in the flames we refuse to put out i burned off in berlin this is the day.