all that really shows the need for action both to reduce our emissions, and to adopt to climate change. >> the philippines and other low-lying nations threatened by rising waters have been calling for attention for years. it was at this same conference less than a year ago when the philippines climate commissioner made a tearful plea for an agreement to r family the climae change. >> i appeal to all, please, no more delays, no more excuses. >> reporter: this week, he is once again pleading for a treaty, and instead of just imploring the assembly to come to a deal, the filipino climate commissioner is fasting. >> today we say i care. we can fix this. we can stop this madness right now, right here in the middle of this football field and stop moving the goal posts. mr. president, your excellency, honorable minister, my delegation calls for you, most respectfully to lead us and let hoe land anpoland and warsaw bee where we truly cared to stop this madness. >> reporter: ranks the philippines ninth among the countries most vulnerable to climate change worldwide. other low-lying countries st

the un panel on climate change is ninety five percent second that we human beings are to blame for climate change the computer simulations and also send that were unlikely to stay even though the two degrees targets outside and is on the rise in temperatures below that sets itself compared to pre industrial levels. everything above that threshold is seen as causing the point of no return to devastating and irreversible climate change so what happens when these affect the nice not to kick in his defense of what may lie ahead. we humans released more than thirty four billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in twenty twelve. that's more than ever before. in spite of all warnings climate change continues. so what will happen if we don't change. it all. some experts predict that global temperatures could rise as much as six degrees celsius by the end of the century. if those predictions come true glaciers and polar ice caps will melt in the sea level will rise. entire article echoes in some and areas would be flooded permanently not just the rural areas would be affected cities lik

resulting shortage of food and clean water which forced many people to leave their homes making them climate change refugees. cut with animals and plant species would be threatened with extinction because they wouldn't be able to adapt to changing conditions. that's why the intergovernmental panel on climate change laws to limit the temperature increased to two degrees celsius. so the consequences are still manageable many contradictions do come true though one day in thai islands will be swallowed up by the oceans. those who live on the molding for instance fit for the home is very existence car the man to carry ons is seeking insight into new zealand having to catch himself a climate change refugees. fifty two has affected many images that already playing a rose and fussing and personification of the crown court to accept many men without the traditional ways of finding a living as a result women have been thrust into the role of the breadwinner taken at the top changes in me to conceive that and the balance. in. the day begin to die to repeal prop boarding school. the children live on outlying i

climate change is expected to change many things but a particular threat comes to the food we grow. projections suggest global food productions could decline. this is according to a summary for the u.n.'s governmental panel of climate change. the next report is due out in march. the next report is expected to show how need for food will rise rise. bankruptcy among farmers from water shortages and other disruptions. infrastructure and ecosystem failures from extreme weather and flooding caused by rising sea levels. and heat waves which can spread to countries around the world. these trends and more provide backdrop as these food experts met. >> we have a daunting task ahead of us. today we have about 1 billion people who are suffering from malnutrition, and we talk about the fact that we're growing community. we're going to have 9.7 billion people on the earth. what is required we have to produce 70% more food than we have today. that eternal won't come easy. >> attendees range from ncos to ngos. one area of focus innovation the usa u.s. is employing now to feed the planet . >> roger

that the new zealand climate education trust a group working to quote reflect the truth about climate change and the exaggerated claims that have been made about anthropogenic global warming must hand over ninety thousand dollars to pay court fees for a recent lawsuit they were involved in the climate denying climate education trust sued the national institute of water and atmospheric research arguing the institute intentionally manipulated temperature data to promote the idea of climate change but a new zealand court of appeals just this force miller ruled that the climate education trust was the one manipulating and matt quote mounting a crusade against an i.w.a. and was not acting reasonably in other words the climate that is right the world is warming and if you believe otherwise and you want to use the legal system to push an unscientific pro polluter agenda then you better be ready to pay the legal fees for taking scientists to court so in a roundabout way polluters had to pay for once meanwhile back here in the united states billionaires like the koch brothers are spending millions to

of climate change but new zealand court of appeals justice force miller ruled that the climate education trust was the one manipulating and matt quote mounting a crusade against and i w a and was not acting reasonably in other words the climate that is right the world is warming and if you believe otherwise and you want to use the legal system to push an unscientific pro polluter agenda then you better be ready to pay the legal fees for taking scientists to court so in a roundabout way polluters had to pay for once meanwhile back here in the united states billionaires like the koch brothers are spending millions to fuel climate change denial campaigns while republican lawmakers on capitol hill continue to insist that climate change is one big hoax and no one is paying a dime for the damage this rhetoric is having on the planet the fact is climate change is very real and rather than waste precious time arguing about the legitimacy of climate change and the dangers it presents we need to be fighting back against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced and that starts with introducing

and this global challenge climate change is something that is fairly predictable that we would have a difficult time if we don't as human beings do well with threats that are distant in time and location we respond to immediacy number one and in addition to that we even when you do accept the reality of climate change you actually often feel diminished by your own ability to make a difference and so as we've thought through about advocacy and the need to give people an opportunity to engage to educate to inform and to invite we've really shifted our efforts to kind of create conversation. you can't solve a problem you can't talk about it and conversation about climate change has been treated like many other social issues that are pariahs like abortion is it cannot be discussed and they're not many dinner table conversations about it well and there are some very powerful forces who really don't want that conversation to happen. it's kind of a good news bad news story the bad news is that the old tobacco lobby and in many cases the exact same scientists funders have read it and in fact

science tells us that climate change is real, that human activities are fueling that change and that we must take action now to avoid the most devastating consequence. in june, president obama called on agencies across the federal government, including epa, to take action to cut carbon pollution to protect our country from the impact of climate change and to lead the world in this effort. the president's call included a directive for epa quote to work expeditiously to complete carbon pollution standards for both new and existing power plants, closed quote. currently there are no federal standards in place to reduce carbon pollution from the country's largest source of that pollution. epa has responded, continue our work it began under the president's leadership a few years ago when we established a stark fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles that will save consumers thousands of dollars at the pump and will cut carbon pollution from our cars in half by 2025. in september, we announced our proposal to set standards for carbon pollution emitted by power plants that will be buil

so the real question is in what ways does climate change actually influence these events. he tore into this mix all he could live with this typhoon is its warming oceans will what is the what is the link with the climate and their number of factors probably the most obvious one the cartoons themselves is warming surface ocean. but also the fact that the atmosphere is warming means that it can hold more water. the fact that sea level has risen already is a result of climate change will rise more. means that those storm surges will order that it takes michael tucker and pushes in. that's now are riding on the higher sea level which means it's more destructive in terms of doing damage to coastal areas in structure and tone. so multiple ways in which we can actually trace out a changed woman actually includes storms like ohio. it's all about them all straight da use make this criticism of australian government just explain to us what that control the sea was all about what i think the important thing down there's the whole issue of the rested on the staunchest been raised again

science tells us that climate change is real. human activities are fueling that change and we must take action now to avoid most devastating consequences. in june, president obama called on agencies across the federal government, including epa, to take action to cut carbon pollution to protect our country from the impact of time and change and to lead the world in this effort. the president's call included a directive for epa "to work expeditiously to complete carbon illusion standards for both new and existing power plants." currently, there are no federal standards in place to reduce carbon pollution from the country's largest source of that pollution. , continuingonded our work that began under the resident's leadership a few years ago when we established historic fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles that will save consumers thousands of dollars at the pump and will cut carbon pollution from our cars 2025.f by in september, we announced our proposal to set standards for carbon pollution emitted by power plants built in

then went to issues including climate change. but the position that is often the plaintiff against the rich developed nations including the us. china maintains it and the other industrialized countries have to live it for decades and it's the pollution not current including levels that cause climate change and feeding says they should pay actually you know i can open the core issue is the lack of political will of developed countries to field a commitment on funding. this is a serious problem. china's climate policy has undoubtedly shifted in the past twenty years since start of the un climate conference is also set up domestic grain fun. the cdm to help promote more climate friendly projects that seem some one billion dollars rt dispensed more than twenty chinese provinces for its part china has promised to reduce domestic emissions to nearly half the levels in twenty oh five but the year twenty twenty and this would fall in line with new policies coming out of the gene part of the so called twelve five year plan which includes

. >> plenty of coverage about the typhoon and questions about climate change. ut it. how to adapt to a changing world. those often get fleeting generally superficial coverage in mainstream media. what responsibility do journalists have to report on the global climate change? joining me to discuss this in washington, cnn's special correspondent philippe cousteau and chris jones and also senior fellow for environmental understanding at pace university. and full disclosure, i created and i host planet forward, a nonpartisan web to television project based at the george washington university where i work. planet forward solicits ideas. philippe, first to you. all of these questions when we see the typhoon here. scientists cannot say for sure but. you do this for a living on cnn international. what do you make of climate change that we're seeing in media? >> it's very interesting today that we're still having this discussion and debate in the united states about climate change, is it happening and skeptics have a powerful voice in this country. evidence is overwhelmi

>> coming up, a conversation about the politics of climate change. then a discussion with journalists. >> alan of the american enterprise institute talks about recent proposals calling for changes in the tax code. from the justice system reform with the sentencing project. of "lincoln in the journalwashington begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> on many campuses, women are taught that use in a patriarchal society where girls are shortchanged. and then channeled into low paying bills. what's and a marketplace, they are cheated out of their salary. invisible barriers and all sorts of forces that hold them down and keep them back and out of the upper echelon. does not fit reality. it is distorted. with the false claims that supported have been repeated so many times, they've taken on truth. but her critiques of late feminism in contemporary american culture have led critics to label her as antifeminist. sunday on and death. your questions for author christina sommers. year,g ahead to the new join radio talk show host mark levan. book tv, the first

>> well, even though i'm a skeptic, i don't know of anyone that has denied climate change. always changed. george clooney's analogy to medical issues is misplaced, because we have millions of examples of diseases that we know when they occur, how to cure some of them. in the case of global warming, we have one patient. the earth, the earth is a little warmer right now. we're not exactly sure whether it is 100% due to mankind or 50% due to mankind, 50% due to nature and by chance, today we had -- >> dr. spencer, that is not true, sir. that is not true. you are misstating the facts. >> which part is not true, mark? >> you should not do that, sir. to say we don't know, listen to what the ipcc just said in its report. that humankinds' activities are now responsible for most of this. frankly, i don't know why, dr. spencer, i believe you don't even agree that climate change is man made, last time i checked. if you revised your position i would love to hear about it. listening to you talk about climate change, that a man made climate change you reject that 99 -- so you stand again

climate change is real. it is happening. if we don't take significant it wills partners, continue to threaten not only our environment and our communities, but as our friends from the caribbean another island nations know, it will threaten potentially our entire way of life, certainly there's. irs. the climate of costed -- the climate of client because of climate change will cause a far more. the investment we need to make today to meet the challenge. every economic model shows that. and yet we shy away. our economies have yet to factor in the monetary costs of doing nothing. or doing too little. the devastating effects that droughts can have on farmers the hefty price tag that comes with rebuilding communities after every catastrophe, after every hurricane and tropical storm tears tour leaves instruction in its wake. fires thatry cost of didn't burn is ferociously and as frequently as they do today because of the increased dryness , the increasing signs of loss of water for the himalayas as the glaciers shrink and therefore

he spoke on monday after you and climate change summit in warsaw. after he spoke, several others announced they would join the chief climate negotiator in a hunger fast. meanwhile, three young activist were thrown out of the talks just after his talk when they unfurled a banner expressing solidarity with the people of the philippines. tune in next week when democracy now! broadcasts from the u.n. climate change summit in warsaw, and go to our website for all of our climate change coverage. this is democracy now! we will be back in a minute. [♪] >> a special shout out to the students and benjamin banneker high school who are visiting democracy now! today and watching the broadcast. democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a new analysis by the associated press finds budget cuts imposed under sequestration promises to be far more painful in 2014. spending is already frozen at 2013 levels and the operating budget of federal agencies could shrink by billions more. the cuts in place will remain in effect for the next ei

you know, the climate change cannot be solved over change. it is going to take a broad, n concerted effort. but we cannot afford to delay. we can successfully face the challenge of climate change if we work together and act now. the action we will discuss today is an important step in that process. again, i would like to thank you very much for being here today. and my colleagues and i look forward to hearing your comments. i am going to wrap up by doing something i should have done at the beginning and i apologize for delaying. i know you were thinking you were listening to a nameless bureaucrat, but i am joseph goffman and counsel member for air and radiation. and now i will turn it over to john millet. >> thank you. good morning, everybody. and thanks again for joining us. before i turn over to you, i want to walk through there part of the clean air acting the epa will be using to reduce the pollution from the coal power plants. as we listen to your ideas and approaches, we will be thinking about how they fit under this section of the law.

in an effort to fight back against the devastating effects of global warming and climate change countries across the globe have introduced carbon taxes to put a price on the pollution it's filling our skies and harming our planet and acidifying our oceans but here in the u.s. talks over introducing a federal carbon tax have stalled banks in large part to the opposition of big oil corporations argue that carbon taxes and clean energy alternatives are too expensive and will hurt profits but as it turns out corporate america might be worrying for nothing. joining me now to talk more about how introducing a carbon tax can enter it can encourage companies to go green while still making a profit or even increasing their profits is thomas stone author of the book small change big gains reflections of an energy thomas welcome well it's a pleasure to be on your show tom thank you for joining us a lot of carbon corporations are arguing the carbon tax dodges not just the fossil fuel industry but a carbon tax that hurt their bottom line what's what's your response to that. well i mean the opportunity

claim should -- climate change. the time for climate justice is now. >> my name is reverend ashley. presbyterianr at a church. 50,000 honeybees call the backyard of the church home. honeybees pollinated vegetables and the fruits of our gardens, along with the forest oasis right next to us. the eggplants, green peppers, inil, carrots that we grow our urban gardens, those are meals for opentable, our lunch for hungry neighbors. on sundays, our gardens are alive. hungry neighbors nosh on casseroles and egg lands made of soft and azle. -- basil. our backyard is home to beings that many think are disposable. they are threatened by an ecological rice is created by humans and climate change. we designed our backyard because our trust in the holy one and have a moral vision. we are to renew the faith of the planet. right now the planet is poor from climate pollution. there is a greek word for house or household. for christians of the ancient church, it is not limited to the private home, but referring to the planet itself as

the faith community has sought to address climate change for more than two decade. we believe it's the greatest moral issue of our time. sustainable and renewable practices must be implemented. meeting our own present needs should not prevent our children and our children's children from meeting their needs. we're looking for cooperation between the epa w states and utility to protect god's planet and people in a way that makes sense and meets various needs. we need strict emissions reductions standards to reduce pollution, but these standards also need to recognize the city of culture and economies. the epa should do all it can to guarantee that prices do not skyrocket and we urge the epa, states, and you till to prioritize plans that protect low-income consumers from disproportionate and large increases in utility bill. we have a responsibility to care for our neighbors and ensure they do not carry heavy burden from the necessary changes. this carbon rule needs reduce emissions by 35 to 40% in order keep the u.s. on pace with the international commitment weapon ur

but burning these fuels emits carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. how can we continue to supply our ever-growing need for power without damaging the environment? one possibility is to put the carbon dioxide back where it came from -- in underground rock formations. the midwest regional carbon sequestration partnership is investigating this strategy, which will help mitigate the effects of the continued use of fossil fuels for energy. renewable energy sources are another option. and in golden, colorado, the natural renewable energy laboratory is trying to scale up processes for creating biofuels from the products of american farms their goal is to supply up to a third of the country's gasoline needs within 25 years. both projects are pushing the limits of modern science in hopes of leading the way to a more sustainable energy future. 40% of the world's electricity comes from coal. coal is the fossilized remains of ancient vegetation. and with global reserves that could last over 250 years, it is the cheapest and most abundant nonrenewable energy sour

now climate change. i know you believe in climate change. should it be kept out of sports? >> no.an analogy but when you use sports teams which you should to promote breast cancer awareness week, i happen to think climate change is ravaging this country and anyway you can get it out, get it out. >> i don't think they should do the breast cancer awareness stuff. they should keep it sports. >> sports sports. if i were a republican i would run on this. obama care and they are using our sports teams to promote climate change. breast cancer is proven, bob. >> so is climate change. >> it's not. you are cranky tonight. >> no. i happen to believe -- you don't believe it. i believe it's the single most potentially great threat to this country. >> do you know anyone in this country that doesn't believe there's a thing called breast cancer? >> no. >> would you say there's a good percentage of the population who disagrees with the climate change? >> no. >> the ravens were paid $130,000 to promote obama care. i want seems like more and more sports is just a political forum. >> money well spent

living with climate change on the pacific island of kiribati. modern medicine. signing up for health care in rwanda. and, tuneful trash. how a youth orchestra puts garbage to use. recent u.n. projections that sea levels would rise faster than previously thought due to global warming have sent alarm bells ringing in many regions. low-lying cities and islands are most at risk. among them the pacific island nation of kiribati, east of australia. if water levels rise at the pace forecast, this spectacular island country will be one of the first to get submerged and disappear from the face of the earth. as the international community struggles to find consensus on how to deal with global warming, the islanders are taking steps to reach awareness on the issue of climate change at home. >> a new day dons as we approach the international date line over the pacific. we see a crescent-shaped sliver of an island in the vast ocean. we are headed for the island nation of kiribati. tarawa, the main atoll. but this south sea paradise is now under threat from climate change. >>

and business has to be part of the solutions to climate change as well, we can't do it without the active engagement of business. >> how to help the world's most vulnerable populations to adopt to a changing -- adapt to a chienging environment, and change kyoto protocol, and growing awareness that any agreement must include developing nations like india and carolina. >>> remained more or less constant. add to this the emissions of other industrialized countries and you even see a decline mirroring the recent economic downturn. but how look at china's emissions and you see where the real increases lie, more than 10% between 2010 and 2011, you get a sense of where the greatest are are situations lie. no break through agreements but those tying part say they hope it will lay important groundwork for a future pact. many imeeting voices and interests. the common ground as always will be lard to find. terek basley al jazeera. mr. . >> i'm dave warren. here's big changes happening across the country. with our temperatures clearly seeing where this cold front is. dropping from 68 to 34 between tu

in fact you know the problem of climate change i mean it's it's only a outweighed by the opportunity for solving business for solving business solving climate change and the business opportunity that presents and what are what are the natures of that business opportunity. well i mean you look back to the nineteen twenty is the new look at what they call an energy return on investment you know it takes energy to extract energy in the fossil fuel case so in one thousand nine hundred twenty s. in texas it took one barrel of oil to extract one hundred barrels today in alberta canada it takes one barrel to extract four barrels so your energy return on investment is declining when you knew that look at new technologies such as solar wind and an opportunities for energy efficiency through cut things like combined heat and power all of a sudden you have opportunities as a result of market innovation were price of installation is going down and performance is going up so you have a positive return on on energy and this is happening real time were it's happening in a market where these new tec

is one of the focuses of the folks who are being asked to assess how climate change may impact theirission and what they do. >> so now there's an executive order, a task force for nine months, what happens next. >> the nine-month period is really interesting because it's widely expected to overlap the period of time where the obama administration is going to be pak making a decision on the keystone pipeline out of canada which is an issue that the canadians want approved and the environmental community has rallied against. so for the obama administration, the timetable of this is going to overlap or coincide very likely with that decision. so a lot of what happens over the next nine months may be political, who is joining the task force, what are they asking for, how does this dovetail with the political case he's making that he's a steward of the environment. >> margaret, thanks so much. >> you it. ♪ >>> and now to our signature segment featuring in-depth reporting from around the nation and from around the world. for years now energy companies have been drilling underground to extr

it's always hard to argue with a single energy and climate change. but we know that's it's also clear that climate change meeting even began. i need to stay with me. the future for support. the curry is a regular fixture war so far by youths of disruptive much commemoration poland's national independence day the civil fines and protesters began marching peacefully. he doesn't broke off into a side street and the it sector building where left wing but the coals occupied this waltz. it's the third year in a row that the much work to an end to running souls in the middle of morsel which penalizes and police the woman taught this appears to be any symbol of left wing liberal views poets police commander type of youths throwing firecrackers and stones. many cover their facesh vomit up with some football stars. the cuts that the fire outside the russian embassy. the symbol for some tools of repression during soviet rule. police made several arrests. zz you the test is in libya have shut down the green stream pipeline which exposed yesterday. the action was

it's a topic that in full focus at the un climate change hoax which kicked off on monday in warsaw poland over the next two weeks delegates will be working to hammer out a deal to greatly reduce carbon emissions by the end of the decade. the of the support. meteorologists call it a super typhoon. and if climate experts are to be believed these monster storms are likely to be a more frequent occurrence in the future. the rising temperature of the oceans makes regions around the pacific ocean and the atlantic most vulnerable storms like leann and her eighteen seventy that struck the caribbean and the us east coast last year. only the oceans warm up. large amounts of water vapor rice into the atmosphere the earth's rotation since the resulting cloud masses in motion creating a super storm the philippines catastrophe dominated the opening of the world climate conference in warsaw. one hundred ninety four nations will have to close ranks second to reach a new binding agreement to fight climate change. nobody to overcome them. you know what to do the same tone. it is a problem. this weekend con

the cost of climate change would also hit germany hard. by 2050, it would need to pay 130 billion euros more for energy and transportation. insurance companies would have to shell out an extra 100 billion euros for damage caused by extreme weather. treating tropical diseases in germany resulting from global warming would cost around 60 billion euros. climate change would also impact each is an ski resorts, costing germany another 30 billion euros. the world bank says the worst could still be averted, at a comparatively cheap price, just 550 billion euros. that is about 1% of what the global economy is worth. other analysts come up with different figures, but all agree on one thing. doing nothing will be more expensive in the long run. >> one could say that poland is an interesting choice for hosting this year's climate conference. considering the country will also host and international cold conference just a few days later. >> about 90% of poland's energy comes from coal and it is one of the most polluting fossil fuels. >> the ruins are r

poland is host to the climate change talks. activist says it's no surprise which companies the organizers chose to sponsor the event. >> they include the world's largest steel and mining company. it's activities produce over 190 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. that's more than the entire co2 output for oil producing venezuela. also a partner - poland's largest trick company. it runs this power stakes, a large fossil fuel power plant in the world. >> it's concerning and dangerous and we have to ensure that this conference is for the interests of people on the planet. these companies, and their bottom line is to ensure that they continue to make a max miss profits. in my mind this is akin to having cigarette companies sponsoring a conference on lung cancer and then surprised when the conference says, "smoking is acceptable and should be encouraged." others in business say it's welcome and necessary. >> business is worried about climate change, it's an issue. they have to be part of the solution, they can't do it witho

every time there is one, they say sandy is climate change, katrina is climate change.rian mc nulty said with this typhoon: >> do you agree. typhoon haiyan was huge. the hurricane season this year... >> they fluctuate. a storm like this doesn't need climate change to exist. at the same time it is happening and there are reasons for this. we can't link it to climate change. >> possibly warmer oceans would fuel the hurricanes. >> that's it essentially, but it's a little more complicated. >> apart from the only problems faced by ocean side communities, there has been sea levels rising. since the late 1800s. they seem to be rising faster, and we have maps showing all sorts of coastal cities in the united states could be impacted as soon as the end of the decade. this is something that you look at down there - places like' which floods almost every time there's a heavy rain. what should people in coastal communities do to prepare for a future of rising seas. >> they need to be honest about the nature of the risk they are looking at. i think we have to be clear that we don't

they caution that greenhouse gas-fueled climate change could bring about extreme weather. legate from the philippines went on hunger strike to demand an ambitious deal. >> we stand together on this urgent call for climate action. and solidarity among the most vulnerable peoples on earth. >> wooduff: last week in poland, talks focused not only on the global effects, but on a shared responsibility for curbing emissions. >> every single country, small or large, every single sector, every single city, has to contribute because otherwise we're not going to be able to change the trajectory of greenhouse gases. >> wooduff: but the great disparity between the emissions produced by the industrialized, leading economies of the world and developing nations hung over the talks. how to finance assistance for developing nations to build cleaner-emitting industry was a major issue, as were demands for compensation by nations already suffering effects of climate change. a delegate looked at that proposal skeptically: >> we cannot have a system where there will be automatic compensation whe

climate change summit has just opened up. we will speak with naderev "yeb" sano, the chief negotiator for the philippines. a year ago he delivered an emotional appeal to the world. i appeal to the leaders around the world to open their eyes. i appeal to ministers. the outcome of our work is not about what our political masters want. what is demanded by 7 billion people. . appeal no more delays, no more excuses. as we mark veterans day, we will speak to ann jones, author of "they were soldiers: how the wounded return from america's warsthe untold story." to democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. -- nearly 1000 people are confirmed dead so far but the toll is expected to rise. sent huge waves that inundated towns, washed ships ashore and swept away coastal villages. more than 600,000 people have been displaced. struggling to are reach the survivors cut off by f

climate change itself. is where we really need to go let's hope the president doesn't forget what he told us this past january. we will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms the path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult but america cannot resist this transition we must lead. we cannot see that to other nations the technology that will power new jobs and new industries we must claim it's promise. that's. coming up did you hit a pothole on your way into work this morning and you've been out all laid flight lately is your house losing power every time is a huge gust of wind if you answer yes to any of those questions and you can thank america's super rich for your troubles to tell you why in tonight's military. dramas the truth be ig

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the but climate change is taking its toll.many species are finding their food sources in short supply and that's affecting reproduction. the last time these scientists visited, they marked nests to facilitate counting the local penguin population. they estimate that it's barely a thousand. one of the biggest threats is the el nino climate pattern. it causes extreme weather and rising temperatures. >> the problem is that climate change is making el nino more frequent and what's worse, it's making el nino even stronger than it used to be. the result is that the penguin population has declined dramatically and can't recover. >> the giant tortoise is also endemic to the galapagos islands. they can live to be 170 years old. the galapagos tortoise lives off grass, herbs, and cactus. but if it can't find enough food, it stops reproducing. things aren't yet that bad. the charles darwin foundation is working in collaboration with the national park galapagos to set up more breeding stations. ecuador is making the preservation of this un

we are dealing with climate change. it's not an easy time to be a leader which i'm so appreciative of you being here and working with you on the government to government basis to figure these things out. we want to consult with the first and that is why we held listening sessions yesterday and we will continue to do that this afternoon and over the course of time. we want to make sure we are operating as efficiently and effectively as we can so you can bank on me and my colleagues working together. the cabinet the 13 members participating today, the other folks that support them will be saying how can we coordinate in other areas as well. i know from growing up in this country the federal government does not have -- justice cannot be reversed overnight. i'm proud of this president for stepping up and recognizing it exists and i pledge i'm going to work alongside you and the president and my colleagues to continue to make important progress as they think you can see happen over the course of the last five years. i wish y

and now human-induced climate change is predicted to make matters worse. as on the loess plateau, centuries of subsistence farming practices have stripped the land of natural vegetation. the dry gullies bear the scars of flash floods. these gullies are evidence of the enormous power of run-off during the rainy season. without vegetation cover on the hillsides when the rains come, the water doesn't soak into the ground but flows away in a flood, then it's not available for agriculture during the rest of the year. this leads to drought, and famously for ethiopia, famine. but just as i witnessed in china, there is hope that the situation here can be reversed. in just six years, professor legesse negash and local villagers have transformed a severely eroded terrain by planting indigenous trees and plants. almost miraculously, a clear flowing stream has emerged where once there was a muddy trickle. how is it that it's possible for you to get the stream to flow throughout the year? >> it is because of the vegetation cover, which has been regenerating on this mou