members, you can get lots more news on our website that's at dw, don't com. the europe is the fastest woman continent on the planet side to say the temperatures are rising twice as much as the rest of the world. feeling more and more extreme weather cleaning more and more locks last summer was the hottest on record heat related debts. $61000.00 and this summer could be even worse. national governments, including germany, have a plan to flag global warming. should there also be a plan to beat the heat? i break off in berlin. this is the day. the is really hard. i've got asthma to this. he is terrible. it's usual for me to leave the country because of the heat. but this here is this whole bunch like you can

flying really let me put it that way. they were nauseous, there are these the, they don't the way they want some work to see. so you have to, over at least 5 minutes, we need to stop drink as much water as you can. i've drunk like a gallon of water. is too hot. yeah. i'll say coming up in germany's new foreign policy, these of each showing how beijing became berlin's ultimate frenemy. they listened die out. we need to focus on our economic security more that many companies that make themselves, particularly dependent on the chinese market, will increasingly have to bear the financial burden of this risk music will to our viewers watching on cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin today with southern europe's sweltering heat wave

temperatures on friday and into the weekend are expected to surpass 45 degrees celsius. that's a 113 degrees fahrenheit. southern europe is trapped under a high pressure system that is moving north from the so hard. a dome, potentially deadly desert heat named severe after a mythological, 3 headed dog, which guards the entrance to the underworld. but authorities say the health thread here it is real. there urging residents and towards the likes to be cautious. now, the summer of 2022 was the hardest on record here in europe and forecasters expect this summer to be at the least a repeat. so i to say climate change is a guarantee for more extreme weather, including heat waves hotter longer and deadly year than the floods in india, spain and pots of the us wild fires had been raging in canada since april,

more than 9000000 heck to as a forest of band, and more than 150000 people have had to flee their homes. at the same time, heat waves have been scorching europe, particularly spain have one of these umbrellas here. and if shop owners allow, you can stand in front of the entrance, there's some cold air coming out. i mean, we just drink a lot of water. we have no other choice really side. this is climate change. and we just have to get used to it and somehow it's a crisis that has long since become a reality across the globe. not made climate change is making extreme with more likely, yet not old. extreme weather can be attributed to a heating, planets. for example, according to climate models, the heavy rain and northern italy earlier this year, one more and 10, so likely due to human and used warming. it was actually unimed streaming, rare,

and fierce weather event for the region. on the other hand, extreme heat waves in northern africa and southern europe last april, with temperatures up to 20 degrees above normal with different they would have been almost impossible at this time of year without climate change. and when it comes to the severe flooding that had pockets done in 2022 model, such as the global warming increased brain full intensity data by 50 percent, the event affected $33000000.00 people and destroyed 1700000 homes. if a more now i'm joined by elizabeth michigan, the chief executive of the royal media and logical society lead, it's good to have you with us again of our week, correct when we attribute all of these extreme weather events to climate change. i mean, is that what we're seeing? so yeah, so most of the heats events that we've seen,

the rec codes being broken around the world tends to be attributed to climate change. and we, we have a method that we can do to, to, to scientific a look at how we attribute these extreme events. so for example, we brought in models with all the human and juice. ringback greenhouse gases that we have put in the atmosphere, and we see how likely these bends. these events also happen. we also good models. we've out those greenhouse gases that we have puts in the atmosphere and see what the likelihood is that, you know, the world could produce these kind of events we've out those human induced greenhouse gases. so we get these figures of things being a 100 times more likely all twice as likely to happen because of these studies. most heat events are attributed to climate change. many of the flooding if i saw, but not all, as you said, it was an interesting study from the recent floods they know of, and they tell me which ones attributed to human injuries, climate change, but many, i mean, it's a suddenly a growing area of science but it allows us to really science, if we look at

a particular extreme events and the impact climate change is happening. we sold last week, these new record average temperatures being broken one day after the other. and now we're seeing record highs here in europe. when do these high temperatures, when do they become life threatening? when should we be talking about deadly new record ties? a while they all read a. and so if you look back to the heats of items that we have last summer, the heat wave events across europe when now see in scientific papers being published to be some paper in nature, shows that they were over 60000, expedite across europe, gibbon, the heat waves in 2022. so we can actually look at the dates of the real thing. so the actual facts of people from the sea, but even june, the heat wave when picking up, you know, people are, you know, there was a, a, some, a gentleman, a full, 2 year old mom died in albany tally. he was working in the, in the extreme,

he eats and unfortunately at, you know, both he takes ocean and himself passed away. so we see in a happening in real time. but we're getting these studies that actually can, you know, look at the, the, the number of extra tax because of the extreme heat events that we've been seeing this year. and last year, these extreme weather events live, you know, they, they're becoming the new norm. it's almost a regular pattern now that we're having to live with. are we prepared for this to be? do you see national governments taking action to adapt to this new norm? so yeah, so there's a couple of things here. i guess the 1st thing is, is government action to actually try and limit the whole mainland. and we know we, we talked about this regularly but, but there isn't enough action now at the moment being taken by government and spawn businesses and by ourselves as individuals to mitigate against climate change. i'm, we're seeing on climate change and around us. so we have to become much more

resilience and adapt to that changing climate. i'm not stream and challenging because a lot of the time it requires a large investment into the infrastructure around is because infrastructure was built on the climate that was probably 30 years ago, not to come in climate and certainly not the future climate. and we have to adopt for our health as well. so you know, it pops up. no, when you were not used to these kind of extreme heat events are buildings a, a back key because we're not cool. and so we have to think about how we, we manage to manage and keep ourselves healthy and fix it even in the process. something positive you that way. you know, they do get heat, spend some time, some they don't see these kinds of extreme temperatures, life threatening temperatures, and you've got a red heat, helpful load going out across many countries across a southern you, if at the moment. so you don't go outside even between 11 and 4 o'clock, don't go outside, stay in air conditioning buildings. that's how dangerous it is. yeah, and of course is that is if you have air conditioning and we know particularly in

northern europe, most people don't. elizabeth with the royal media logical side list, as always, we appreciate your time and your insights. thank you. so the climate active is got in the way it to major airports in germany earlier today. literally for testers, blocked one way using hamburg ended. so during the delay in flight, for thousands of passengers active is from the last generation environmental group are demanding that the german government do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions, climate activist, breach to security, fence and glued themselves to a run way. their actions halted flights for several hours. angry passengers who got an apple. that doesn't take any precautions. well, anyone can just walk in. this time that was climate activism. the next time it could be terrace to climb the fence. thing that you get,

the protesters from the last generation group say they wanted to draw attention to the climate crisis. but their protest coincided with the start of the summer holidays. in hamburg, several passengers said targeting ordinary people was the wrong way to achieve the groups. goals is put in a hit, the wrong people. it's a shame that doing this on the 1st day of the holidays when families are looking forward to taking the long awaited holiday. the trustees understand the active as they are to be the opposite of what they intended. the beginning of the holidays and families are happy and looking forward to going away. i understand the climate approach has to have sympathy for them, but not in this way. last generation activists have repeatedly blocked traffic by moving themselves to roads in cities across germany. the group say their unusual stance are designed to highlight environmental damage and press for more decisive

action to counter global warming. in the past decade showing that has made serious in of influence across africa. chinese economic ties to the continent are now on part with those of the us, but china is not alone. uranium presidents, abraham, where you see just wrapped up his 3 nation african visit in zimbabwe. right. easy was meant by, as in bob, we and presidents, emerson, and then god will add her rory airport. both countries are under us sanctions, and this visit is partly aimed at building new partnerships to soften the impact of that economic punishment. why you see has already visited kenya, and you game so what is the wrong looking for in africa? i want to pull in now danny, to turn that it sees with the institute for national security studies until a b. b also spent time is head of the

a ran branch and the research analysis division with the it's really military intelligence. danny, it's good to have you all into the program. but, you know, the west often sees china as the main rival in africa. russia is also seen as a competitor there as well. do leaders need to keep a closer eye on what your one is doing there? so most definitely i think that the world, especially the west united states, you will be focusing on the chinese and russian a creevy team. and i forgot. and then to neglect the ron and, and for the run off because extreme pulls in continental, it's not only the, the fact that the vast fuel minority and all over uh, africa country, especially in west time because one month to protect as it, to tell the protective oh stands around the world, but it also goes to the fact that you run through a lot the resemblance between the ron itself and the concoction is because both of them are fighting colonialism in the past against imperialism. so they things like

minded countries. so their thinking back into the account and try to make that like, you know, within your, in your discussion to appear with discussion and the other day. the trying to find a way to bypass the sanctions, us sanctions and also iran, as we make. and remember, once to export these capabilities is um, sales to us to go into dfcs and to see over here. so we can assume that you want me to try to sell to kenya to kinda susie, bob, what are the countries 8 to capability? so in that regard, you succeed quoting for a run and it can i add one and pull this thing above receipts. so that's remember, a run has a previous present present to. connie does actually try to call the. ready to open the relations between the wrong and the west, even the united states, nobody sees a different player, isn't, was very conservative, a president and was trying to do is neglecting the we should all dumpy shows all on the honey and actually try to do the opposite meaning, try to interact with the east, especially china and russia, as we can see today in ukraine. but also asked what kind of south america. so i see

visited south i'm central and make a couple of weeks ago in africa. and actually, since the cation, what he's trying to do to, and has this kind of cooperation between to run and the applicant comes and it is what he's doing. i mean, is it wrongs interested in africa? is it a purely transactional one? is it just about business deals that help be the sanctions or is there more here as well? it's, it's more in the fact that the around, you know, the thing that they have the same at the ology. you know, the issue of, we are conquering the width, we are only the same boat. so inductor got the basic concept is more, it's not transactional. but the run wants to that is towards the action of any way that it seems that the can manipulate the can exploits african countries. like i said, from sending to bypass sanctions to find ways to him to reach it. the poor economy that you want has to date. so the trying to use that in the, in the on to and if we can, as it's also the side with you on the right to counter west, some,

the friends in the, in africa and especially the east. well. and we can see that in how we run support . so example of julia, a huge war in against oracle, extension of guesswork by supporting the quotes. are you a movement in that you were since our so in that regard, you weren't trying to pushes back the us as well as the west and east west, and try to see how we can conquer in a way. i'm and i do a lot of the countries, the gnostic, a wisdom used to its own benefits. yeah. and that brings me to the abraham accords, which, you know, saw israel sign deals with long time enemies and to help stabilize regional relations in the middle east. is iran, what it's doing in africa? is it looking to make it, or the chords have a high price to high up a price for anyone thinking that they would might want to, might want to join these records? for example. definitely. and we see that we've couple of congress bessler, uncle,

and actually what the you weren't trying to do transact, like i mentioned help of julia. we need to come to really pay, make a morocco, pay the price for 2 months, ation activity or agreement with the set to be 0. but it's not only that you run the rates in other countries that's think about interacting with the east. well, for mass, a couple examples, a country is a that you know like more, we tanya is not interested in that. jump into the wagon or gabriel cause we know that you want to think of them as well. and then we see now you run is trying to, we influenced it could be because our abilities into done so and that's we got that's, that's the run is trying to push back and you know, my station efforts, uh, or trying to prevent countries to jump on the wagon no big going to colds, african countries. let me ask you before we run out of time, do you see the us and its allies? um, having a plan to push back against growing and radian influence in africa. unfortunate

the know we see the us suddenly restriction is becoming more interested in africa. we had the you have to consolidate in december and the white house we had the high ranking visits for me, usa members from as the ministration coming to africa. but they're mostly focused on china and russia to try to push them back and not trying to push learning back in a really seem to price to visit this indication to the fact that the needs to be of some sort of unified, holistic prodigy that can push back you on air force and enough because because it's not going to stop. right. so he has a plan and strategy is going to come in death and without covering it's emissions. if you have the dates that will succeed, then easy turn events. joining us tonight from intel, aviv, i'm fascinating analysis of what's going on in africa. the any thank you. thank you very much. i or the, well, the us is hammering the point. we are not the coupling from china, but we are

d risking from china and down. that is diplomatic language, which means we've become political and military rivals. our economies, however, remain intertwined. can't live with them, can't live without them. well, the same applies to germany. china is germany's biggest trading partner, former transfer uncle, a miracle. she succeeded in separating g, a politics from big business. but a lot has changed since she left office. here's germany's foreign minister on the bare bach on a new course with joy. they listened, die out. we need to focus on our economic security more common cause that so that means that costs the risk of the don't just impact the individual side, but rather impact the entire national economy must be minimized. louise's mission lines and of itself is an exempt of folks with us. companies that make themselves particularly dependent on the chinese market system will increasingly have to bear

the financial burden of this risk. easy cool. catch that zips garden mission and the part of the economic security is that companies need to ensure that the that in their supply chain and they are aware of the human right or move toilets and ensure that they are not violate image of naturally we have a responsibility to human rights all but we also have to reduce the risk for germany as a business location and also europe. because if we accept the violations of human rights, i'll get to that this will also have impacts on, on european countries here. so in time you are doing a pulling now, reinhardt, vertica. he is a driven member of the european parliament for the green party. he's a member of the problem. it's for an affairs committee. he's also an expert on china, just a bit of cover. it's good that you're on the program. let me ask you this germany position on china. do you buy it d risking instead of the coupling?

we're going to have our k getting it to is that gonna work? well, the 1st place, the coupling was never going to work. and you can see the by just looking at how often and chime or the us chamber came out in favor. the coupling mazda single time, that was a political slogan that was meant to mobilize some people, but it was never real book be risking is real at the risk and as an answer to the fact that you cannot anymore as michael fall and she could separate security issues and business, and we have to acknowledge that john that has been willing and still is willing to use economic leverage that they gain over other countries to co irs.

those countries. it's happened to japan, south korea to australia, leads to when you're sweet a know way and many other countries, and we have to reduce that risk. and is it going to be a successful reduction? i mean, china is germany's biggest training partner. and what we see in the strategy is that china or germany rather wants to keep those close economic ties. at the same time, he wants to be politically less the dependent or connected with china. i mean it can germany do one and achieve the other at the same time. we cannot just continue business as usual and been expect that we would not drop them risks. that is certainly a contradiction in itself. and the challenge is particularly heavy for some of the big multi nationals that have just put too many eggs in that one chinese

basket volkswagen. i'm afraid since they do 40 percent of that at turned on right in china and they rate 50 percent of the profits from china. the and and because volkswagen is offices stomach relevancy in the german economy. no government could afford planning going folks, well again, go down the drain. so in the end there is a risk about the tax payer would have to put the bill is and it's like the government would not be prepared to do that. that would provide perfect leverage for china to push us where they want to have us. so that certainly have to be for as analyses of where the most part to them risks lot like then we have to come up with the proposal. how to deal with. i'm just saying the risk and not doing anything about it. right, well,

lab work. let me give you an example that i missed a bit of cover. um we've got hallway, a chinese tech company that the united states proceeds as a national security threat. the company is currently responsible for 60 percent of germany's 5 g networks. does this arrangement align with the new strategy? 60 percent of your 5 g networks, basically, you know, provided by german or by china? no, it doesn't. and it doesn't align with the law that we have in the blue stock, which provides for a test of the vendors, whether they're trustworthy and qual way is a trustworthy vendor. so don't you tell me to call most try to get away with the product, but they have been in bed with all the way, and they fall off that politicians would never enforce the law. i think they made a wrong calculation. we have to face off qual way from the 5 g network. so that's

very clear. i wanna ask about tie, well, i'm the, the strategy stage that germany is actively working towards de escalation. if china were to invade taiwan an action that it has threatened to do in the past, how should germany respond it? well 1st of all, you should acknowledge that taiwan, as i mentioned quite a few times in the strategy about this strategy, set of steps to strengthen our cooperation with taiwan within the framework of the one china policy. and i think there are 2 colors on which we have 2 of built try. one policy, one would be to hold on to the one china policy, 2 reviews of supported any ideas by going the direction of taiwan independence and all the other. how we have to invest into our efforts to deter china from

ever going to where you said there might be willing to go. they will have to make the calculation whether they're willing to run the risk in a bad that wouldn't be connected to such military adventures. and this pertains that in particular, to political and economic risk. and i hope we will be able to convince the chinese leadership that every january 1st she didn't think comes to the conclusion. well, maybe not this year. well, we will see if that happens, come the next january, 1st, reinhardt vertica, as always, is a better coverage. good. talking with it. we appreciate your time. i appreciate you staying up a little bit later on this thursday night. thank you. thank you. well, the day is almost done, the conversation continues online and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we'll see you then everybody the,

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