>> eight u.n. report has predicted quicker global warming then feared. it's as coal, gas and oil should be phased out fast to drastically cap emissions. in afghanistan, taliban militants capture a sixth provincial capital monday after ousting security forces from border towns and trade routes. this ahead of a trait -- u.s. troop pullout. the french government has extended the implementation of a health pass to cover cafes, restaurants and intercity

travel. thanks for watching. the u.n. appointed intergovernmental panel on climate change has published a new report. it summarizes the latest scientific information about global warming and says the world is likely to hit a 1.5 degrees celsius warming limit within two decades. that means ever more frequent extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, and irreversible changes. >> time is running out. an alarming message reverberating from a u.n. climate report released monday. >> it shows that climate change is affecting every region on our planet strong, rapid, susined reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases will be required to limit global warming. >> the panel of scientists

reiterating that only fraction of the temperature rise recorded since the 19th century could have come from natural forces. >> there is no denying some of the impacts e irreversible. >> climate change is a fact. it is happening. it is not going to go away. >> 200 plus authors who hail from various governments and organizations revealed greenhouse gas levels in the atmohere are high enough to guarantee disruption for decades, if not centuries. that is on top of the deadly heat waves, hurricanes and other weather extremes that are happening now and are likely to become more severe. that sense of urgency was echoed by greta thunberg who took to twitter monday calling the crisis an emergency. the u.n. secretary general describing the report as a code

red for humanity while urging an end to the use of coal and other highly polluting fossil fuels. >> for an -- the director of the paris office for the ig st. focusing on international policy. thank you for talking to us. was there anything new in this report? the language around it is dramatic, but didn't we know we already have an emergency? >> we did, but it is good to let the scientists do their work. sadly, this assessment report does they pretty bluntly the physics of climate change are there. time is up. james: we are running out of time? that is the key message in terms of staving off extreme frequent weather events? >> yes. a few key takeaways ofhe

report, we are running out of threshold.ay below the we have warmed 1.1 degrees, the gap isetting closer. other takeaways, climate change is accelerating. each additional increment of pollution is going to cause irreversible harm. another interesting light this report was able to shed was on the tipping points that are irreversible points of no return in the climate system. such as the loss of arctic sea ice. these tipping points are looming closer and closer. another point the report was making is shedding a light on methane in missions. we know that methane in missions that she missions -- methane

emissis are rising faster. this is important because methane is a stronger greenhouse gas than co2. we need to step up our game on methane emissions. finally, we can say this report shows us that we are running out of time. we have a decade of action ahead of us and we are going to have to act fast to mitigate emissions in the near term and -- all polluters. all of them. james: your work focuses on the development of strategies for fast action. the need appears far fast. can you give us key policy changes that could be implemented that have political will behind them for the most number of jurisdictions? >> methane, we have the latest

global assessment on methane. methane comes from the leaking oil and gas pipes that are easy to go after, affordable, scalable solutions existing right now. methane is also coming from agriculture. reducing live stock, rich plant diets and consuming less meat as well as waste. all of the technologies to address methane are available, affordable and slable. jas: there are some lobbies who won't like this report. livestock farming, they won't be too happy at the prospect of having to downscale their activity. also, the oil industry. an interesting point was made

about your profile, oil companies have invested billions in lobbying against the paris climate agreement. can you give us more as to what can be done to counter that? >> we need to call them out. we need to keep citizens pressure, any kind of pressure to call them out and force them to foster their transition away from fossil fuels. recently we have seen emerging litigation against fossil fuel producers. the case in the netherlands was a landmark in the last few weeks. climate mitigation, suing these companies, calling them out and ending their lobbying in the background. james: thank you for those thoughts and insights into the climate report. taliban militants captured a six provincial capital after ousting security forces from border towns and trade routes.

the group is seeking to reimpose strict islamic law after their 2001 ouster. they have stepped up their campaign to defeat the government as u.s. forces withdraw after 20 years of war. >> women, men and children, afghans took to the stets in kabul in a show of defiance as taliban fighters make sweeping gains across the country. over the weekend, the militant group overran several provincial capitals. including this gate, the northern provincial capital. since foreign troops began a withdrawal from the war-torn country, afghan government forces he been struggling to keep the fighters at bay. the country's interior minister continues to maintain a positive tone. >> fortunately, the security situation in kandahar has improved.

afghan security forces are patrolling the city's. the enemy has suffered many losses. their plans to capture cities has been neutraliz. >> observers say the fall of these cities rages -- raises many questions. . about the afghan government there is. fear -- there is fear they could be plunged into a decades long civil conflict. >> france took the major step monday requiring people to show a qr code proving they have a virus pass before they can enjoy restaurants or cafes. it is part of a plan to encourage more to get a covid-19 shot and slow down infections. over 36 million people in france are fully vaccinated. i spoke with armen georgia. >> the pass went through various

stages, both houses of parliament, although some mps said there was not time for proper debate over such an important change. but, it also went through two other bodies. the council of state and the constitutional council. the constitutional council was the last stage of the process and it approved mandatory vaccination for health care workers, which is a key aspect of the law, as well as use of the health pass in everyday life. access to bars, restaurants, cultural facilities. >> of belarus has denounced western sanctions. washington and london slapped penalties on his regime. since 1994, lukashenko has announced a crackdown since demonstrations after an election many say was rigged. he claims to have won 87% of the

vote. thousands have been detained, exiled or forced to live in fear. it was exactly one year since that election. lukashenko seized the opportunity to lash out and defend last year's vote. >> [speaking foreign language] james: that is all from france 24 news. thanks for watching. ♪

>> [speaking french] ♪ >> that was a clip from the upcoming documentary, a story of one's own. -- is an afro feminist researcher. she wrote the forward for the seminal book, and founder of a francophone adoption awareness month. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> international adoption is made exclusively from interviews

from five people born outside of france who were adopted by french families. in it we hear them talking about race, identity and belonging. how important was it for you to approach this complex issue from the point of view of adoptees? >> i am always trained to -- when i was a teenager. it is important to start with life stories because everybody can identify with them and it is a good way to politicize the issue. often when talking about adoption, it is quite centered on emotions and sentiments and of course those are parts of all family history but in adoption you have racial issues. you have a whole range of political things that are happening even in the relationship between parents and children. it is rarely tackled. it was important for me to bring that forth so that adoptees

could relate to the stories and feel empowered. >> i'm going to bring a quote from your film of one of these people you interviewed, "people always say thanks to our parents we got a family, and they never say thanks to us our parents got a child." your documentary challenges that notion that adoptees should always be gratul. >> i think first, no one asks biological children to be grateful. or, not in such a public way as it is asked of adoptees. it is interesting to realize that because adoptees did not have a voice for a long time and we mostly heard either perspective parents or adoptive parents, the gratitude was focused on the adoptees, but never on the people who never could have started a family without children who were displaced. it is important to try to reverse the angle so that people can realize maybe it is not as

clear-cut as they thought. >> let's take a look at a clip. >> [speaking french] [speaking french] ♪ >> in your film, some of your interviewees talk about what it was like to be raised a white parents when they themselves are not. is it possible to extract interracial adoption from white savior complex? >> it is possible as long as parents are prepared to be political about racial issues. that is why you see there is tension in france because there is such a taboo on race.

it is complex to have children of color, black children in my case, grow up in families where sometimes those families won't be able to discuss race or even accepted as a social construct. in france now, it is a debate. when you are an adoptee, your well-being is going to depend on how political your parents are on the racial issue and how willing they are to engage it as antiracist. -- released a book that says there is nothing such as nonracist. i think that is important. either you do the work as an antiracist, or you are part of white supremacy. that is something that all white adoptive parents needs to understand. there is no safe space of being open minded, you have to to work actively to dismantle white supremacy for the benefit of your children.

>> you also worked in a country that attempted to forcibly assimilate indigenous children by adopting them out to white families. france is accused of deporting minors from the 1960's until the 1980's. what do you think government should do today? >> government should be prepared to face their history. even address the need for reparations. when you look at france, they have been willing to do it to a certain extent for the people from the reunion islands that were displaced possibly from the 1960's to the 1980's, but so far there has been nothing done or said from older indigenous people in french guiana who were -- on the school system in the canada and the u.s.. it has been decades if not centuries of indigenous children in new caledonia who have and suffering the same types of practices.

i think even if you look at illegal transnational adoptions, the french government still has a lot to do. -- adoptees have been trying to get a trial two times last year the judge refused to move forward. there is a recent case of adoptees and adoptive parents who have been trying to go to trial regarding illegal transnational adoptions in ethiopia and we are still waiting to see if the judge will put that case forward. to be able to do something, you need -- around adoptions to be able and willing to do the work. >> in france, people can give birth anonymously. you have been vocal about the rights of adoptees to have access to medical information of their biological parents. currently, lawmakers are

debating the anonymity of ivf donors being lifted. how are the issues linked? >> it is interesting to see how the -- to not make the same mistake again. what the situation of adoptees born under -- is that we do need a medical history and we do need a medical hisry throughout our lives. a donor could be very healthy in his 20's, then later on develop illnesses. or, the person born will need to be aware of that. there is an importance to maintain a link with donors with birth parents because of course your medical history is going to of all throughout your life. the information you need as an adoptee is going to be different from the time you are born to the time you're trying to have children yourself or even when you're older. >> your first film give a voice

to black women in a way i have never seen before. use very close up shots to interview black french and belgian women of different faiths and sexualities who all face discrimination because of the color of their skin. let's take a look at the moment you asked interviewees if they could name five black french actresses. >> [speaking french] [laughter] [speaking french] >> what you just saw there is the part that inspired this actress herself to organize a collective manifesto called "black is not my profession"

lamenting the stereotypical role given to women in films. france 24 them had the opportunity to interview her. here she is speaking about the importance of representation. >> france has a history of colonization. france has colonized asia and africa, many countries in africa and asia. this is why today our population is so diverse. we have diversity in terms of ethnicity, race, and to me it is not about complaining, it is about saying ok, what we do now? i think we should be very proud of that, of who we are as french people in a very diverse society. we should bring this on screen. >> you yourself used to be an actress and now you are a film maker. do you have any concrete suggestions for better representations of french society and french cinema? not just ethnic minorities but

sexual minorities. >> i would say first, give us the money. [laughter] we are completely capable of making our own films. as long as you have diverse voices you're going to have diverse and complex ways of representing all minorities. i am thinking of a group right now that has an instagram account and a website available for all filmmakers who want to either represent trans people on screen, or hire trans actors. we can give all those tools, but that -- but the basics are the producers or film institutions see us as human beings and do they fill our -- feel our stories are worth telling? if you think that is the case, you will start funding our films properly. if you do, you're going to have all types of stories brought forth that will be less stereotyped.

it is about us as human beings and not just us as black people. >> your film is coming out in french cinema. your essay called "chocolate noll" is being published in september. adoption awareness month is taking place in november. good luck with your busy schedule ahead. we have asked you for your cultural pick of the moment and you picked this album. how would you describe it? >> it is really both fresh but also profound in a way at least for me it moved me. in a moment when i need something that is really sweet and this album has that too. that is why i picked it. >> we will leave you with a music video from that album. remember our website. we are on twitter, facebook and instagram. more after this. ♪

♪ >> time now for french connections, a weekly look at the intricacies of life in france. good to see you. this week, we are going to focus on what for decades was one of france's most prestigious institutions of education. >> there are elite graduate schools, then there is -- [speaking french] a national monument of france, these highly competitive

institutions you might compare to ivy league or oxford. it is essentially a finishing school for top civil servants. amongst its alumni's are countless prime ministers. this school has -- is seen as a pathway to empower the public and private sectors. a lot of people say france is run by their graduates. >> president macron himself attended the school. now he has vowed to abolish the institution, which is rightly -- widely regarded as a symbol of elitism. >> when it was created in 1945 by charles de gaulle, the hall -- the whole purpose of it was to open france's civil service. this was world war ii and france really needed to rebuild its civil service, parts of which

had collaborated with the nazis. originally it to succeed in opening public administration to people of different backgrounds. in theory, the tough entrance exam is a mirror -- meritocratic exam, but richer candidates who have the right set of social skills have an edge over candidates from more modest backgrounds. that means over the years, the school's lack of diversity has worsened. only 1% of the last graduating class of 80 had a working class parent. critics say not only is it >> [speaking french]f touch.

>> critics say it is a symbol of privilege in a society where social movement has broken down. >> the main topic people were talking about in france was social tensions in a perceived growing gap between the haves and have-nots. this was visible during the yellow vests protest movement, a movement sparked by yet he france's leaders are out of touch with ordinary french people. >> [eaking french] >> so come out with -- what is going to replace it? >> it will no longer exist by name. in 2022 instead it will be merged with a dozen other public administrative schools into a

single organization called the institute of public service. this will still be based on the same campus. there will be a tough entrance exam. is it just a name change? not quite. according to authorities who run the schools, they want to open the recruitment process to make it more diverse and ensure that graduates get on the ground experience in the regions of real france before accessing top jobs. >> [speaking french] >> so the decision to overhaul it comes as the countdown to the big presidential election we have in france which has critics

wondering about emmanuel macron's intentions. >> macron says is it about creating a public service that is more modern, trans -- transparent and less bureaucratic, but riddick say it is all about politics. a pr stunt with macron and with the far-right movement. seems like a strategy to reconnect with the people, with real french people. critics say this is a populist measure that is mostly cosmetic and won't necessarily resolve the underlying problems of inequality in france

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