ok, carol sparks, thank you very much for your time. carol sparks, the mayor of glen innes.of how climate change is affecting the globe. 25,000 people will be at the conference to look at the latest data and what action can be taken. 00:19:20,104 --> 2147483051:46:24,767 here on bbc world news we‘re looking 2147483051:46:24,767 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 at so—called ‘climate defenders‘ — this is a day after a protester was shot and some of the most dramatic u nrest we shot and some of the most dramatic unrest we have seen. shot and some of the most dramatic unrest we have seen. riot police firing tear gas at protesters in: time. we will bring you more details. the 0scar—winning bidders film director steve mcqueen opens a new exhibition at the take gallery on wednesday. brenda alice went to meet him to out more. three, two, one. big smiles! for the last year, this has been happening across schools at london. class voters of seven eight —year—olds part of one of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever staged. it is the brainchild of this man steve mcqueen, an award—winning arti

it‘s very, very terrifying. 0k, carol sparks, thank you very much for your time.5 thousand people will be at the conference — to look at the latest data and what action can be taken. here on bbc world news we‘re looking at so—called ‘climate defenders‘ — personal stories, of people taking practical steps to reduce global warming. hannah long—higgins reports. for this man, solving the problem of climate change isn‘t a matter ofjust tackling one issue. if we don‘t solve this problem, we won‘t be able to solve the other problems of poverty, of peace. this is going to overwhelm everything. what will it take to move the planet away from the brink? we have to prioritise the fastest avoided warning. this has to become a new metric, the metric of speed. and his idea for speeding things up? your air—conditioning unit. the amendment and decisions are adopted. three years ago, she was sentimental in getting 197 parties to adopt a climate treaty in kigali, rwanda. the so—called kigali amendment intends to face down powerful greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons or hfcs.

among those to have experienced the blazes firsthand — is the mayor of the town of glen innes, carol sparksweather that brings on this sort of catastrophe, high winds, high temperatures and all came together. we had a fire burning in ourarea fora came together. we had a fire burning in our area for a couple of weeks, and then it blew out embers onto our property and then united and itjust took off with an 80 km hour wind behind it. we had fireballs and trees on fire and walls of flame coming out on us. my home was severely damaged, my neighbour's home was totally destroyed. all out trees, animals and vegetation was destroyed. the school and the bridge and the fire shared and a0 homes at least. many people had to run, my granddaughterour partner was severely burned. he was trying to get away from us and my neighbour was killed in the car trying to get away. i believe that this is climate change, and this is an emergency. we could have addressed this years ago. the signs of this have been proven however it's not believed by our government, they can hardly say the words climate change and so i