we still have time to go. i'm going with foot 5th. his subscriber all morning is like a news . this is d that we news coming to you live from berlin. this is took a stark warning from the un secretary general on climate change. the clock is ticking. we are in the fight the whole lives and we are losing world bleeders or in egypt for the cop $27.00 climate summit, top the agenda compensation for countries already suffering. the effects of

a war plant also coming up on the eve of the u. s. mid term elections. many young people are gearing up to vote for the 1st time and they're doing it in record know ah hello, i'm terry martin. good heavy with us. world leaders are gathering for climate talks in egypt at the u. n's called 27 summit. they're facing formidable challenges at this year's conference with countries seeking to limit the rise of global temperatures to 1.5 degrees celsius. leaders must now find common ground to take action amid geopolitical turmoil and spiraling energy crisis. in his welcoming remarks, the un secretary general struck a somber turn. these un climate conference, this is a reminder that the answer is in our ends. and the clock is ticking.

we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing greenhouse gas emissions. keep growing global temperatures. keep rising and our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate scales. you reversible, we are on the highway to climate tell, with our foot still on the acceleration with me, the studio to talk more about this is ron john from d w's, environment desk. at the un secretary general there, we just heard him say that we're on a highway to climate hell. what is the most immediate problem that we're facing right now with respect to climate change? so the problem is that we've done 2 things that make the planet more hostile to human life. we've done few of that release gases that trap heat and he the planet and we've kill plants that kind of suck the gases out of the atmosphere. the result

of that is that with heat of the planet, by about 1.2 degrees celsius, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it makes extreme temperatures much more likely and makes extreme weather what that means that we've made heat wave hot, her tropical site plans are growing stronger coastal floods were pushed sea level so high that coastal flood, the more likely to wash white people. what way homes force way livelihoods as well . all of that stuff that we're paying for across the globe in terms of higher insurance prices in terms of increased health care costs. and these will all get worth the more we burn fossil fuel. ok, so if you laid out the problem there pretty well, we got the world leaders meeting in egypt as they do regularly to talk about climate change. they've been trying to keep the global warming to 1.5 degrees. that's not looking likely any more. what are the most urgent decisions that these leaders need to make at this meeting? for the lead of have committed to trying to stop global warming out this 1.5

degrees celsius target. the current policies put us on trying to double that. and the number one priority is to put in policy is to cut emissions. i mean finding the fuels building, keener sources of energy, reducing energy demand production rich countries. 3rd, easier to reach the target on a secondary level and was becoming increasingly important is to help countries adapt to the damages verde becomes stronger, that are becoming stronger. so that means that the tropical fi clearing that used to maybe be hitting a certain level of intensity as a get warmer, they get hotter as they get windy and rainy. countries need to be able to adapt to be things and avoid the most severe damages. adaptation is expensive, it is going to cost these countries a lot at this in order to adapt climate change. rising sea levels, what not at this climate conference. it's happening right now in each of the world . leaders are talking about rich countries, compensating poor countries for that damage. it's already been done. you think

that's going to happen very little find the rich countries will stump up money to help to pay for the damage of the losses that poor countries are experiencing. it's worth remembering that over a decade ago, rich countries promised poor ones, $100000000000.00 a year in climate finance. so it's mixture of loans, private finance grants and so on. and that was meant to happen every year starting in 2020. they broke that promise. they did not put that money up. it's not about 80000000000. and the problem is, is that the most of this is learns meeting that countries are having to pay back higher debt. and so when it comes to paying for the loss of damages, that's a conversation. but i think most of the 4 countries i'm optimistic about you're saying that some of the pledges have not been kept in the past. what good are these climate conferences if their pledges are regulated not kept the pledges from world leaders from the one hand, you can clearly say that, well, these are under great pressure to make commitments,

which they can then be held accountable to at home. we do see some of that, we see some companies, businesses, political leaders, feeling pressure to commit to things i want these commitments are written in the negative pressure for them to follow through them. now this requires journalists and other members of society holding the company that comes accountable and have received time and time again. these companies and governments are breaking promises a lot still to be done. we'll be talking more i know in the, in the next hours as the conference gets under way agent, ron john from our climate desk now to ukraine, where the military is welcoming the arrival of new western air defense systems. the latest weapons have been supplied by norway, spain, and the united states ukraine's defense minister alexei arrest. new coughs announced on monday that the 1st delivery of advanced na, sam's, and asked bod systems, would significantly strengthen ukrainian army. he said the weapons would help protect ukrainian energy infrastructure, which has been repeatedly targeted by russian missiles and drones in recent weeks.

are corresponding. nick connelly is in kia early i. he told me more about the western air defense systems that have been arriving in ukraine and how important they are for the country. this is currently the kind of area of support that ukraine's government says is the most crucial is, is about protecting steve's like here where i am now sometimes hundreds of clumps away from the front lines that have been hit time time again of the past month by those russian rocket and drone attacks and lots of the systems being promised months ago and, and our only, you know, as winter draws in, finally being delivered in the 1st kind of consignments. and we don't have much information about exactly how many have so far, rich ukraine, the u. s. had promised 8 systems 8 better than us ams, and then spain had promised these italian built espied a system router, a bit older, bit less technologically advanced, but have the advantage that it's more,

at least it's believe to be that there are more of these around in europe and they could be easily if it proved to be success delivered later is all about preventing this damage to ukraine's infrastructure. there really has left hundreds of 1000 millions of people at risk are very, very cold winter with his repeated attacks on the energy system on the heating plants. we heard just a few hours ago from the head of the company that deals with keeps eating. that if rushers it holds back from further tax on ukraine's power station, that within 2 weeks they could kind of restore electricity supply right now we have 3 for our power cuts every day in care of so basically other 2 weeks needed. but i think very few people here believe that russia is going to somehow suddenly stop these attacks, given how badly they're doing on the battlefield. now, russia has been lobbying dozens and dozens of missiles and drones at ukraine over the past few weeks. will these new deliveries of weapons do much to protect ukraine's vital infrastructure? neck was some of these are, it has be said,

very expensive weapons. so the question is, is it really worth, you know, firing a missile that can cost to attend that hundreds of thousands of dollars or euro's at a target like you, like an iranian droned costs 10 to 20000 dollars. there's that can be economic calculations. you made, i think the really important thing to bear and here is that busy. no western country has fought a war on this scale in decades. and you've got to think here the ukraine's fighting on frontline is more than a 1000 kilometers long cities, far away from the front lines being attacked. so basically a lot of territory needs to be protected covered by the system. so some of them probably will be held back for more serious attacks by ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and that's why ukraine engineers right now, a scrambling to come up with their own solutions to deal with drones coming up. some people will have seen pictures, video on social media of ukrainian police, ukrainian military firing drones with machine guns, and sometimes using a slightly more high tech systems. but broadly, it's about finding a solution that is adequate, and that costs

a similar amount of money to what the russians are spending on sending these drones here. we've heard from followed him zalinski the president who said that he thinks that russia is building up a big supply of those iranian drones, just about a 100 kilometers away from here in bella is ready to kind of send a huge swarm of drones to attack key of an issue there is of see, you can, you know, fairly easily knocked down these drones. but if there are so many at the same time, it might be impossible to get them all so sense here that yes, this is very welcome, but it doesn't solve the problem and you kind of feel very, very vulnerable at a time where temperature dropping and lots of people really asking themselves if it is safe to stay here and give nick, thank you so much as always our correspond nikia nick currently there in q sketch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. authorities in india's capital delhi say primary schools will reopen this week after being closed due to severe air pollution curbs. on certain construction work will also be lifted, but daily's air quality is still rate. it is very poor with pollution levels many

times above the world health organizations. acceptable limits. china has lashed out at the u. k. over a british minister's visit to taiwan. beijing denounced the trip by trade policy minister, greg hans and urged the u. k. to stop all exchanges with taiwan, this china claims the island as its own territory and has threatened to take it by force media report say facebook's parent company meta is planning to lay off thousands of employees. the plans follow recent job cuts by other major tech firms in the face of rising inflation and lower advertising revenues. meta employs more than 80000 people worldwide. we're focused on building the fundamental technology with one day left before the u. s. mid term elections. a final campaign push is underway. seats and both chambers of congress are up for grabs, as well as governorship since city may oral offices present, joe biden has been campaigning in new york. where are the states?

democratic governor kathy hoko is facing a type race against a republican rival and somebody former president donald trump, was calling on crowds in florida to support republican candidates in to say, spoke to south america. well, more than 8000000 young americans between the ages of 18 and 19 are getting ready to vote for the very 1st time. experts say they're less motivated by party and more by policy. jamie is a dedicated climate activist. she was sending campaign post cards to people around the country before she was old enough to vote. now in the mid term elections, she finally has a voice. she's one of 8000000 in the 1st time voters. and she's clear about what's at the top of her agenda. they say we have, i think, 8 years like now and to reduce our comm emissions by 1.5 degrees in order for this

planet to be livable. so the policies that are enacted now will determine the fate of this planet. for centuries. she's not a dedicated democrat, but she, like many other young people, feels that when it comes to climate change, she has no other choice. at the end of the day. if it's down to a democrat or republican democrats are far more likely to either be persuaded or actually make the right decision for the climate. aidan is also a student in a 1st time voter. he has 2 major issues in mind. this election cycle, which makes choosing between parties difficult. i think, democrats kind of have more of a initiative and drive to um, you know, that tackle the, the climate change issues than conservatives. but i think economics wise, i think conservatives have a better a better mindset going into that side of the climate change issue. i. susie, i'm one of a by part of he's involved with left middle home with bright torture. so the 1st

question is, how important do you think your vote is in elections and that the student found it? news outlet, showcasing diverse political perspectives from jen z. i'm from l. his work there means he talks with many people his age, which came for a lot of people like me who kind of don't see a fit in either party. so they're kind of just stuck in the middle kind of, you know, going back and forth between left views and right. these sandra ochoa knows just how much young voters can be more focused on policy than party. she spent several months talking with 1st time voters for the non partisan youth organizing group 18 by vote. young people aren't too tied down to parties themselves, as i think of other parties were able to rise up to power and represented us better . i think young people would be very willing to vote for them because i don't think they're tied down to a party name. they're tied on to to be issues. first time voters in the u. s. have seen the 2 party system produce chaos and a stalemate. while real life issues they care about become increasingly urgent. so

young people will have to make frustrating compromises with their boots in the selection. until the system or the parties adapt to how these new voters think about politics. you're watching d. w. news from berlin up next. it's dw news, asia taking a look at enron con pakistan's ex prime minister, who is trying to stage a political come back while recovering from a gunshot wound. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here dw, there's thanks for watching you sick? can't be destroyed. you can try, but it's impossible. ah. she performed for her life in auschwitz.