well you. this is c.w. news live from berlin the largest climate protest the world has ever seen so say organizers as millions mobilized to protect the environment marchers in more than 150 countries calling world leaders to do more our correspondents around the world take us inside the protests also coming up german chancellor merkel's coalition government makes a breakthrough on a $50000000000.00 euro package of climate protection measures but will it be enough to satisfy both industry and environmental activists. and the arctic is in danger

an international team of scientists heads north to present its chips into the polar ice and spend a year monitoring warming in one of the world's most vulnerable regions. waiter welcome to the program a day of worldwide protest to demand action on climate change is continuing with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets movement started with kids skipping school on fridays and has grown to become a global force uniting young and old we begin our reporting here in the german capital where organizers say an estimated 270000 people have converged on the landmark brandenburg gate. it is a measure of life and death nothing less this is how many of those demonstrating

here in berlin see it when it comes to global warming these protesters us standing on melting ice blocks. here's what i want to demonstrate so that things get better now and won't be destroyed and yes. she does i want things to change i want us to do more and talk less. this time it's not only the young protesting for more climate protection some proud that parents and grandparents people of all ages are demonstrating here in the heart of the lane they are asking the german government to really take measures against global warming but many here doubt that things would really change for the better. the german branch of the worldwide freitas for future movement has organized this protest they're asking the german government to completely switch to renewable energy by

2035 and sure respect the goals of the paris agreement they're getting support from hundreds of entrepreneurs. yes entrepreneurs have to promote climate protection it isn't right that big companies work out a backroom climate that won't change things this is about our children our grandchildren about my life. if i do business better if we focused on humans and the environment and not just profit. demonstrators here do not only ask businesses and the german government to do more they see climate change as a global phenomenon that has to be tackled internationally in a joint effort and it's not just in germany but all over the world many things are going very wrong the classes are melting there will be more floods. many here say that germany as a rich and technically advanced country has to take the lead. god in climate protection. right now. as

the mass climate protest was underway in berlin germany is governing parties finalized a deal on a major package protection package after a marathon overnight negotiations chancellor angela merkel announced the details of the deal between her conservatives and their social democrat partners the deal includes incentives for buying electric cars and measures to help households transition from using heating oil. let's turn now to our chief political correspondent linda crane she is standing by for us in front of the chancellor in berlin where the marathon talks took place throughout the night and into the morning so melinda this is a breakthrough that's been reached bring us up to date on the latest. well it's called a climate package for good reason and it actually spans some 70 different measures in the areas of transport and the building sector with a total of value of 54000000000 euros over the coming years and the overall

aim of this package the chancellor said we should not see it as 70 different separate measures in fact it was a package that is all united by its basic aim of trying to nudge people in the direction of reducing consumption of fossil fuels and shifting toward climate friendly technologies so one key means by which this new package wants to do that is through a c o $2.00 pricing mechanism it would basically function as a kind of emission trading system with certificates they would be priced pretty low in the beginning but the price would rise over time making especially diesel and gasoline more and more expensive starting after 2025 and combined with that specific measures for example to support electric vehicles to invest more in rail also in wind to ban oil burning furnace is after 2026 to

impose new road charges on diesel trucks and also to make flying more expensive all of that the chancellor says will enable germany to meet its climate goals by 2030 namely a reduction of 55 percent over 990 c o 2 emission levels here so there is a lot in this to examine but this coalition struggled for more than 18 hours to get this through why did it take so long what was at risk. well it seems there was disagreement 1st of all on how to introduce a pricing mechanism and at what level the carbon price should initially be set experts it said it needed to essentially be $35.00 euro as a tonne right from the beginning to have any effect on behavior this new mechanism will not be anywhere near that high in the beginning but will slowly scale up to that the reason for that is many german manufacturers especially the auto industry

and as you know that is a very major industry here in this country didn't want to see a high carbon price what they wanted to see was the support for climate friendly technologies like electric vehicles and those measures are also now included in this package and we're talking about 70 different measures what does this deal mean for your average german how is this going to affect everyday life no question germans will see prices of fossil fuels rise initially fairly gradually but nonetheless for those who drive a lot they will be feeling this in their in their household budgets and that's why all of those who introduced this new package today were very very clear in saying we are going to compensate those who bear the burden this is all about justice and we will for example give consumer computers extra tax breaks in order to compensate

for that our chief political correspondent melinda crane thank you so much so we've heard from berlin and we're joined now from the french capital paris by our correspondent lisa lewis who is standing by for us i believe there she is lisa great to see you so we've heard about how big the demonstration was in berlin how big was the demo in paris where you are. well here in paris there were thousands of people marching through the french capital and there were about 150 other gatherings across france there were students pensioners but also workers that joint the marchers and they're all asking obviously for the government and international governments to do more to fight climate change the 1st president a matter mccraw he has painted himself as a climate warrior he met with predator and bird earlier this year but the french environmentalist see him this way. well i don't think environmentalist

would agree with that assessment france has missed the last year miss last year its targets when it comes to syria to reduction also when it comes to energy efficiency and environmentalists have been saying that france it's to do more to make agriculture more sustainable to bring down a road traffic really which is already creating a lot of policeman and also to boost britain you will enter g.'s because they country is lacking behind when it comes to these goals however some people i have to do today have told me you know we know that france is not doing enough but maybe mark kleiman a macaw the president will now understand that he needs to act because we are here and there are so many strikes and we just keep coming out and taking to the streets and maybe we understand that this should be really a prayer priority for him also for the sake of his own image and we know that there were a lot of workers on the streets today along with the school kids who were out how

much of an impact would that make. well so far the impact has been rather little because they were not that many people here today you know if you look back in french history big demonstrations normally attract millions of people now there's been foul isn't here today but people have been telling me it might be a start you know now that workers are more aware of this maybe next time around in the coming weeks they will join us again and we will make this happen and maybe create a general strike and that will really wake up the french government and maybe also international governments or course but at least in the west in paris global climate strife there thank you so much. and it's a full day of climate strikes people around the world are demanding more action on climate change let's hear from some more of our correspondents who are reporting across the globe one of the largest courtenay to protest in history.

it's kind of full it's creative and it's huge this climate strike here in the german capital a felon organizers say that more than $80000.00 people have come to demonstrate in the streets of berlin it kicked off with a huge concert just behind me in front of the brandenburg gate and now people are marching through the city what's different about today's strike is that there are a lot of photos of you can see a lot of older faces as well because different activists from civil society churches trade unions even companies have called on their members and employees to join the strike today to urge the government to take action. the people of cape town have been experiencing the impacts of climate change already last year cape town almost became the 1st big city in the world that's ran

dry because of a massive drop because then the water ration swear down to 50 liters per person per day and although the situation has improved to down levels are now by about 80 percent of their capacity town $10000.00 cape town are saying that also in the future there's going to be water scarcity. and lots of thousands of children teenagers and some parents have gathered it's a very loud a very positive vibrant atmosphere here lots of me. music lots of funny had signs the message of the politician is don't 6 just focus on bricks it also focus on climate change. was wrong. because i. was in capital

a group of people including students who were skip classes are out on the streets demanding action on climate change they're demonstrating in front of the ministry of open affairs and housing and that's because this protest is intended to draw attention to india's rapidly growing cities which are reeling from extreme air pollution and heatwaves studies show that human induced climate activity is the big killer the students here are demanding the policymakers stake steps to cut carbon emissions to move away from fossil fuels and police climate issues at the center of city planning policies to tackle what they say is a climate of most americans are. the day of action for the planet began in australia and protests are still unfolding everywhere let's take a look. at the largest global climate protest the world has ever seen that's what organizers have been calling today's quake of strikes for the planet.

student demonstrators have been turning out and then millions some of the 1st rallies kicked off in australia. big worries run the front lines of climate change you know it's already happening it's not waiting for it to happen or you know a matter of it's already well i say in school i'm learning about the effects of climate change and i'm learning that we need to do something yes i'm seeing that the people in charge and the people who are running our country aren't doing anything so. this is the 1st time i doubt some joins the climate strikes on such a significant scale like here in hong kong parent. i have also been taking part. in. i think this is such a peaceful protests that it's only fair to show them that we're all part of this and that it's ok that they fight for their future tense. here in thailand hundreds

of young protesters stormed the environment ministry before dropping to the ground to play dead saying that will be the feature if governments don't talk now. with africa among those continent's most ponderable to global warming climate change protests in kenya have and especially significant sums of. climate change is real and it. doesn't i say made. by. children in india have also been heating tea activists gratitude books rallying cry to take to the streets to fend off environmental disaster. but this is a fight which is going to impact every day for the rest of my life this is a fight i'm fighting said the one i have had it will not be boiling over with doxy

and stuff you know i'm fighting colquitt of wars which in which i will be able to believe anything they like millions of children around the world hope that the adults in power hear that cools and take action to save the planet for future generations what was. the momentum for this protest was created by swedish teenager credit totenberg as we know she is the one who started these fridays for future strikes today she spearheading a rally in new york she traveled to the u.s. a few weeks ago to be there for the net for next week's un climate summit it was her efforts which began as a one woman demonstration that energized the young and spurred them to action. why he was god why do we want. scientists and veyron mental organizations and politicians have been trying for years to make the climate a matter of urgency in vain 16 year old clinton has done it to him bird braved the open sea on a 2 week voyage aboard a yacht from europe to the u.s.

to bring her message to the american president a self-proclaimed climate skeptic in person the media follow the trip closely the climate and ecological crisis is a global crisis and the biggest crisis you manage he has to face and if we don't manage to work together to cooperate and to to work together despite our differences they we will fail so we need to. to stand together and support each other and. to take action it all started about a year ago every friday connected to him back protested in front of the swedish parliament and in so doing spark the fridays for future movement just a few months later the schoolgirl mobilized millions of people for the climate suddenly young people all over the world took to the streets like here in india. and mexico. or in australia. or in europe.

after her arrival in new york at the end of august to him back made it clear at a meeting with u.n. general assembly president maybe espinosa the she hoped the upcoming climate gathering would lead to concrete action you are coming. to be some kind of break. in. where people start to realize what is actually going on and. so we have high expectations. and therefore a mistake to deliver. now turn back is counting on the support of her fellow campaigners all over the world and we will continue to find that here. and now to a climate research mission that will see scientists from around the world voluntarily trapped themselves in ice for a year german ice breaker polish town is setting sail from the norwegian city of

tromso bound for the arctic the scientists plan to anchor the ship to a chunk of 2 a chunk of packed ice shown here and allow the sea to freeze around them effectively trapping themselves drifting ice should then carry the ship further north allowing the crew to conduct experiments through the arctic winter here's more on this unprecedented journey. at 1st the arctic research ship pull l'arche channel will be able to journey. north under its own steam navigating through a thin sheet of arctic ice but soon afterwards the vessel will face much tougher conditions. for it here it will drift through the arctic ocean surrounded by pack ice on its way to the north pole and beyond. the ship boasts an extensive network of measuring stations designed to collect data

on interactions between ice sea and the atmosphere. because the arctic is warming up faster and faster it is considered the epicenter of global climate change the expedition aims to gain better understanding of the arctic influence on global climate change the data collected by oceanographers could be valuable for the future. during their journey the crew of the. will be accompanied by ice breakers from china russia and sweden. and helicopters will deliver the necessary supplies. the extraordinary experiment will last $350.00 days and travel 2500 kilometers it may be the last of its kind because if global warming continues at the present rate then the arctic could already be ice free by the summer of 2030. to join this mission earlier he told the news why the impact of climate change on

the arctic is so important. yeah the arctic ocean as usually very consider very much ice covered ocean and be seen in the recent conflict a case of those cherished and some are large stars of the archaean overcoming rather seasonal yes currents and some of the ice is not there and that makes a difference although much sunlight for example commutes also one. and only one that we call our succumb to the situation shows that in your service temperatures are actually both increasing it is threefold. related to the global average that means 3 times as much of an increase in the past 3 decades and yorkie than elsewhere is there for example cold air masses for many articles can be a lot less to use in today so we're not so far away from there you may think when you look them up and i'll bring you some of the other stories making news around the world british friends that minister stephen barclay says talks with the

european union now have momentum the e.u. has demanded that britain put forward written proposals and how it intends to avoid costly and time consuming checks at the irish border once northern ireland who leaves the bloc along with the rest of the u.k. on october 31st. a court in moscow has ordered the release of an actor who was convicted for injuring a police officer at an opposition protest post in all of it was is one of several people who were jailed for a series of political protest his arrests are outcry in the public in russia hundreds of people wrote open letters calling for his release. at least 11 people have died in severe flooding in cambodia more than tens of thousands of families were forced to evacuate to the high waters days of heavy rain caused the me kong river to overflow submerging homes and crops officials say 11 provinces remain at risk of flooding as heavy rainfall is forecast until next week.

etc festival various biggest party starts on saturday and the opening happens to coincide with fire munich hosting cologne in the bundesliga by and hope the party atmosphere will help them pick up the points cologne meanwhile are planning to head for a few beers after the game and some fans are not pleased. it wouldn't be october 1st without brian munich's obligatory pretty festival photo shoot it's an important time for the club as well as being a novelty for recent signings like felipe continuo. proud october 1st record previously beaten since 2010 was shattered last season with 2 defeats. actions hoping to rectify that and if there's a reason because when it took a fair start several on gets in the mood. you can't promise everything in life try to improve on last season. so if a person it shouldn't be too difficult to do better than

a draw and 2 losses them of. c school got to. be a festival actually starts in september to catch some woman nights this year cologne are in town the carnival club no stranger to parties themselves their coach says they'll be joining in the october 1st. when news. does months in the. mask can you do something like played by and then afterwards go to the fest i say yes because it's a team event she's good football. it can only be positive i will take the responsibility if it backfires in the end. that's raised some eyebrows among clone fans but if their team can crash the buy and party with an away win and surely it would be deserving of. the rugby world cup has begun with

a high. hard fought win for hosts japan in tokyo the game was preceded by a spectacular opening ceremony but then russia threatened to upset the party but scoring an early try japan hit back japan hit back 0 to record a 3010 victory in the pool a clash title holders new zealand meet fellow heavyweight south africa tomorrow that will leave you with this story about a very rare kind of animal that was discovered in the wild it's a zebra but not the usual kind this week old spotted zebra full was discovered by a tour guide on kenya as it must sign mara national reserve is extremely rare pattern is likely the result of a genetic mutation he has been christened cura and caused quite a stir at the national park with 2 or drivers of a child of hers keen to get a look. this is g.w. news these are our top stories millions of people around the world are taking part in strikes and rallies calling for action on climate change ahead of a key u.n.

summit next week many of the marchers are children inspired by the fridays for future movement organizers have described it as the largest climate protest the world has ever seen. germany's governing parties have finalized a deal on a 50000000000 euro climate protection package the measures include incentives for buying electric cars and helping households switch away from using heating oil. british for examiner minister stephen barclay says talks with the european union have momentum has demanded that britain put forward britain proposals and how it intends to avoid costly and time consuming checks at the irish border once northern ireland leaves the bloc along with the rest of the u.k. on october 31st. this is g w news from berlin you can always find all the latest headlines i think have you dot com or follow us on twitter at d w name is up next is it go india looking at all those cleaning up the environment

and one of the world's most polluted countries i'm irish waiter live in berlin thank you for joining us.

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