forests the climate change response and they understand about the eco system services that they will get from. a perfect. country. given the costs. in fresh chapter and also. the ma nature. will be protected. and people can also live very friendly with the environment and for the local people to have a better life have a good income. and . a large part of india's workforce works and be susceptible to extreme weather conditions like excessive heat 2017 was the hottest. recorded in india's history the 4th straight year that the record has been broken in such a situation constantly hydrated becomes a necessity one man in delhi is making sure every person in his neighborhood has access to clean water. for the last 4 years 69 year old like nasser rajan has been on a mission to make sure no one in his neighborhood goes thirsty. i start my. 5 o'clock meaning to deliver the 1st round of water for the market and then i come back. and he. he starts delivering water much here's rounded earthen pot commonly used across india to store water and keep it cool natarajan is popularly called the much

little more uncomfortable about that because i think the west needs to actually take responsibility also because climate change is a major issue we can't ignore that and i thought a good response ability got industrial countries cannot be not discussed and the structure we just saw on t.v. but we've gotten some of our own of acceptance of what they call loss and damage ecology of debt and if this is also ordered sets at this point in time because finance is going to be needed and the nonsense is in my opinion an obligation of the west obligation of the dollar countries and that also needs to be taken into consideration when we're discussing china or anything or just look at a map that you showed us it's not just changing so we are we should be looking at other cities but the fact of the matter is that the world the western world also urls that let me countries financial not help but their duty because this is also a climate change a global issue english teacher did responsibility we will take care of the land use problems and and immediate surrounding problems and the data i don't know whether armies i'm going

as well so it's very concerning the amount that we're talking about how do we know that climate change is responsible or at least partly responsible for what is happening in greenland so they're hot temperatures that we've seen in your experience and very hot indeed very worrying. we can relate this directly to climate change because heat waves are really easy to link because it's about temperature it's about heat in the atmosphere and it's about the global mean temperature. is experiencing very very very high temperatures and that's very easy to make whereas things like floods and maybe when storms are not not quite as easy to relate because they're more complicated. is greenland ice sheet long term existence actually under threat i mean is it possible to have any estimate of of how long it actually has. well the sorts of things we don't know about the melting so it's very concerning the rate of melting and when you see this year after year we really do need start to worry about what's happening and because the melting can influence so many other things around that planet it can raise sea levels and

climate change. this is the greatest responsibility and opportunity of our times i want europe to become the 1st climate neutral continent in the world by 2050. she celebrated her candidacy as a step forward for women she would become the commission's 1st female leader the german politician also promised a new approach to asylum it was a nod to italy greece and spain which process the most asylum applications because of their proximity to north africa and the middle east fear corporation a common european asylum system must be exactly that common. we can only have stable external borders if we give enough help to member states chasing the most pressure because of where they are on the map we need solidarity. from the ally and earn the endorsement of germany's original top choice for the job man fed viva sistani and she is a committed european and that's why we will pursue our goals together with her she has a european peoples party firm support and our vote just it's one thing. a number of your of social democrats have also given her their blessing but the far right and the far left criticized her speec

and the e.u. 13 percent of global emissions so you get the picture while those responsible for climate change predominate be in europe asia and the us africans are taking the brunt and it's not just future growth rising temperatures and irregular rainfall are likely to hit agriculture the hardest making up to 60 percent of the lost jobs but some of the 21 year old sandy and radio reports are trying to fight back with knowledge. finding new. market trees the transporter could design be sold here squawking for climate fighter beauties fear reports how fairly trees has an impact on daily life in communities in. mingling with much sense in the market the young greedy reporter is looking for allies in our fight against climate change. we don't come here to look at what things people are doing but rather to help as come up with solutions that are going to help us you know. so those are the things that we have to do and this is why we always have to come here to collect stories that i want to be. free. community radio station. broadcast this month she talks about environmental issues in and tells us

the aim, to hold those responsible for climate change to account.oba: i asked myself, "who can help me?" the aid organization told us that the causes behind climate change are human. i took part in the lawsuit because i'm desperate. it has to stop. the heat is just about melting my brain. porter: roba and 250 o other fafamilies live e in the villaf badanreero i in kenya's nonortn bubushland. there's electrity, no tap war, no mole phoneetwork. viage lifes govern by the anals and e sun. he livesith his cond wif d their ildren. early morning breakfast is sometimes chapapati, a kind of pancake. but they often have to make do with just a cup ofof tea until evening time. he has t to get his heherd toe water r hole by 10:0:00. goatherds here only get one chance a day to provide their animals with something to drink. water is strictly rationed. the aim is to make it last for as long as possible. but the strategy is not proving very effective. there are simply too many farmers to cater for. at midday, the villagers gather for a meeting. the water level is dr

ge got in on the rest okay and dollar off cooled off as i'm going to free i co two is responsible for climate change. french for us capture about 10% of france's annual emissions. so it's really important to protect them to fight against climate change. is a very -- political social movements now we know the government is at least considering plans to cut down thousands of trees at to use the word. molly it's not so dangerous. i don't know it's based in danger and opportunity. for separate their north of trinity the danger is obviously that if we cut down too many trees. the card in store will decrease and fighting against climate change becomes complicated. however if you use with the materials to make furniture or in construction. the carbon capture during the trees life will still remain in ththe wood. box at the bottom of questions would have been in the works and using wood as a material is better for the environment then using steel or r pvc. at the end thank you very much indeed thank you. is a rag green oasis in the paris region but city officials have big plans for the space. ey wanant to c

anchor: how do we know climate change is at least partly responsible for what's happening in greenland so, the hot temperatures we've seen in europe, there are very hot indeed, very worrying, we can relate this directly to climate change because heat waves are really easy to link because it's about temperature. it's about heat in the atmosphere. and it's about the mean temperature. [inaudible] very, very high temperatures. that's very easy to link. where is like flood or windstorms are not as easy to relate because they are more come look at it. anchor: is greenland's ice sheet actually under threat? is it possible to have any estimate of how long it actually has? >> there's lots of things we don't know about the melting. it's very concerning, the rate of melting. when you see this year after year, we really do need to start to worry about what's happening. and because the melting can influence so many things around our planet, it can raise sea levels and the connections we get across the planet and both the atmosphere and also the ocean. i think we need to be concerned. anchor: and ar

climate change and our role specifically in climate change. not talking about india or china. talking about the u.s. as responsible of climate change. we are talking to our own rational environmentalist about this coming next. ♪ ♪ all right brad, once again i have revolutionized the songwriting process. oh, here we go. i know i can't play an instrument, but this... this is my forte. obviously, for auto insurance, we've got the wheel route. obviously. retirement, we're going with a long-term play. makes sense. pet insurance, wait, let me guess... flea flicker. yes! how'd you know? studying my playbook? yeah, actually. david: more news coming out of that freak hailstorm in guadalajara, mexico over the weekend. their governor is now playing the climate change card. ashley: five feet of hail in a place where the average temperature this time of year is about 85 to 90. it was a freak storm, i get that. the governor is saying hm, maybe this climate change thing is real. that's all he's saying. but look at this. but the experts are saying this can happen, it happened in 2012 where one storm, a very warm air above, holds

climate policy that has been. in criticize recently germany on track in fact to miss its targets in terms of c o 2 for 2030 let's hear her response now to a question about climate change. even before gratitude came on the scene as a government we'd agreed that we needed a climate protection. grant an avi young people have made clear the urgency that this is about their lives and that down live longer than us and so it moved us to act more swiftly. did it take a swedish teenager to prompt america to take action i thought when i heard that it was a stunning admission that it needed a 16 year old swedish girl to move the climate debate in germany forward and she paid respect to this girl who at the same time somewhere in berlin not far from from this place had her own rally had quite amazing and she paid respect to this young activist and the young germans who support her so there was a very clear message listen. guys we are listening to you. i found that to be stunning we've seen a lot of things happening at the end of her term but a couple years get to go banners on a long time watch. correspondent for the german broadcaster a.r.d. thanks very much thank you for having

president, the climate is ink cassidy-graham and humans have a collectively responsibility -- and, mr. president, the climate is changing and humans have a collective responsibility do something about it. our bill includes a climate change title that ensures the durability of our transportation infrastructure and it provides flexible resources to help states reduce carbon emissions. it'll help states build more resilient highways, but we want to make sure that our roads and our bridges are built to withstand extreme weather events like hurricanes, floods, natural disasters like wildfires, earthquakes and rocklieds. the legislation will also help reduce transportation-related carbon emissions. the very successful bill that had been signed into law previously and is expiring, the diesel emissions reduction act, this is a program that's helped communities in wyoming and montana replace aging school buses and public equipment. this diesel emission reduction act helps reduce black carbon emissions. well, that's one of the biggest contributors to climate change. our bill reauthorizes this program and it supports innovation. c

changes that have made the environment so fragile in the country you love. >> well, what the -- what i have said repeatedly is that the climate is changing. man has a responsibility. there are solutions that we're adopting in the senate that the president has signed to make a difference there. new age nuclear power, which we're working on. in terms of the research that can be done,th the investigatio and finding ways to make carbon dioxide into products that can be sold. we need to do that, not regulation and taxation. that's why i'm working with a bipartisan group of senators toto advance those issues. what the democrats are proposing, and they're doing it again today is unaffordable for the american public. it would add to the cost of families about $65,000 per family per year. no one can afford that. and it's unpopular even with the unions who say this would cost millions of american jobs and ultimately would ship the lifeblood of our economy to china. so the answer is innovation. working, research, to come up with a way to find solutions that we can have deployed around the world and that will be used around the world. otherwise, we're not being able to be ef

amy: t there is a vice resident ,efusing to say climate change that the climate crisis is a threat. your responsehr jamail, as he says you have to look at the science? >> it is not a surprise these fossil fuel stooges of this admiministration would react exactly as pence j just did. talkinge their points and they are executing them. if we look around the world of what is happening, again evidence is right in front of our face. there are so many native american stories that have talked about what happens when we do not live in harmony with mother nature will stop and what happens if we get out of balance with that. one of them that i've written about and discussed is a story from the pit river nation told byby darrell wilson. just as an example, he talked about a spirit f force that lils inside of the mountain that white people named mount shasta. and as l long as humans listen very carefully and lisisten to ththat spirit voice, nature will be kept in balance. but if people stop listening altogether and if enough people stop listening, then that spirit force will go away and stop singing and every

responsibility. we have to take effective action on climate change and now we are running ahead of kyoto. but we are not reckless or irresponsible for no environmental benefits that with that economic level of output to reduce lower greenhouse gas emissions. and then to actually hurt them with no purpose whatsoever. >> thank you minister. and then the country of 25 million and wound what are your plans to reduce pollution actually exporting clean energy or exporting gas that is much more environmentally unfriendly and here we are a growing population and a growing economy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. and by contributing all of these energy sources at the same time that how fantastic is that? and then of course we are big advocates if you are interested and that's to remind you again ff. >> so the worst threat and india's history is threatening. so the world meteorological organization is when will your government write up the emergency that's before us quick. >> thinking very much for garver government is committed to effective action on climate change. we have effective measures i

started talking to them and they are the ones that understand the responsibility the business is has to play in order to address climate change and also such that understand how important this message used to their employees and their consumers one of the projects plan a collects money for supports reforestation in kenya the east african country has little forest cover trees help to prevent erosion make the soil more fertile and improve groundwater quality environmental organizations in the countries themselves carry out the plan a project. how do you get here today. and by means of transporting by bike by bike yes i think you know what about your place where you buy them i bought this is made out of recycled plastic. i bought it from a shop found in berlin and then i had the shoes for the last 3 years and then i don't have anything else i mean. i get the impression a lot of these lofty minded entrepreneurs concerned about the long term perspective if a company isn't successful though close it down and start up a new one great for great ability to say. i plan on making my life project they feel a lot of potential for the work

climate change . i have this kind of sense of justice within me that makes me feel quite sad about the flag but also. feeling quite responsible about the fact that i can do something about it so i take it as an honor that i can respect the information that has been given to me to actually do something about fighting climate change with my own existence 2 years ago your nova launched a platform called planet 8 a reference to the notion that when it comes to our planet there is no plan b. anyone can donate money here for climate protection projects in regions vulnerable to global warming how would you. go a commission. if it was something you really thought was groundbreaking. for free. or to be honest with the fees that we charge at the moment which is. the. kind of platform that helps companies are going to get funding we kind of are charging nothing quite ok with this because i don't see the point of coming. by the fact that i've dedicated myself to a cause that makes sense for all of us humans today. charges a fee of 3 to 8 percent the startup is still mainly financed by jordan over savings . she earned the money working in

we passed 25 bills this past week por health care wsh climate change, robo calls. we have a responsibility, took an oath that nobody is above the law. and we have within the constitution the responsibility to follow in investigation where it leads. and so there are clearly things that are evidence and part of the impeachment process is actually to get at the- at the real evidence that's there. >> spo let me ask you about that. because that real evidence that's there -- obviously, you know, the belief of the house judiciary chairman jerry nadler is that the grand jury testimony is crucial to that. you need the interviews and everything else. one way to get that is formal kbechment proceedings that you go ahead and get that. the white house obviously refused to hand it over. fight going in court. another chairman nadler believes is this lawsuit he filed to get it. but as to what's happening right now, is this impeachment or not? let me play again the exchange he had with our manu raju, congresswoman. >> just saying there is no difference betweenway you are doing now and impeachment inquiry,

climate change and how farmers can be a part of the solution going forward. it's critical. you draszed the down playing of climate change in a letter you sent to me yesterday. i appreciate the response. this morning's story suggests that senior trump officials held back an agency wide climate science plan slated for public release in late 2017 which we certainly could have benefitted from. let me just ask this. at this point in terms of publicizing the work of agency researchers and so on, will you commit to provide this committee with all studies related to climate change that have involved usda researchers and were published after january 21, 2017? >> thank you, senator. are you talking about the research studies? >> i'm talking about the research studies. everything the usda has done with public money. the universities. there's a lot of important work that's been done. we need to have that information. >> yes. that's all in the public do main, and as an example, if you look at the rampup rate of climate research through nifa from 2016, there were 964 reports. if you were to use google scholar has an example, and in 2018 there were over 1,000 and we were on pace in 2019 to have ov

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one of the reasons why response recovery has gotten more challenging is because of climate change. in march of 2018, fema removed references of climate change from its four year strategic plan. this decision is baffling. if we all know climate change is happening, shirley it should factor into long-term strategic planning. owntrump administration's national climate assessment expects that the intensity of hurricanes, wildfires and floods will increase as global warming continues. so, we need to face the problem meet the needs of our fellow americans. , topve here with us today emergency management officials. we are going to let them tell us what they have seen and learned. almost two years after hurricane harvey, irma, what did their communities look like? how are people faring. what more needs to be done? how can we and congress help them get the money they need and how but rebuild their communities to be more resilient, equipping them to better handle the next disaster. it is not a question of if, it is a repeated question of when, when, when. john don famously wrote that no man

and i truly believe if we're going to move on infrastructure and climate change, you need a voice from the heartland. >> my responsecrisis is flint is just the tip of the iceberg. i was recently in denmark,subsic where there's a lot of talk about it being the next flint. we have a administration that's gutted the clean water act. we have disadvantages communities suffering from environmental injustice. what happened in flint would not have happened in rose point. this is part of the underbelly of racesism. the entire conversation we're having, if you think any of this is going to deal with the dark force that this president is bringing up in this country, then i'm afraid the democrats are going to see some very dark days. we need say it like it is. it's all over this country, particularly people of color, pla particularly people who don't have the money to fight back and if democrats don't start saying it it, then how will they feel we're there for us and thdonald trump will win. >> how do you convince primary voters you'd be the best nominee to take on president trump and heal the racial divide in america? >> we'l

climate change. this overheated rhetoric can serve as a distraction from focusing on the proper role of the federal response to these disasters, which is why this hear suggest convened. it's clear from recent natural disasters that many parts of the country are very vulnerable to weather extremes. it's my hope that efforts to spur continued improvements in weather forecasting will lead to the ability for communities to better prepare. still, natural disasters have been and will continue to be a reality of the world that we live in. inevitably, the united states will face another devastating storm or natural disaster. that's why advanced planning informed by lessons learned from previous disasters is critically important. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> thank you. now i want to welcome our witnesses. james lee wit, former director, federal emergency management agency. christopher curry. homeland security and justice team. u.s. government accountability office. dr.michael mann, distinguished professor of meteorology, the pennsylvania state university. and dr. judith curry, president, climate forecas

climate change context. of course, the political turmoil in puerto rico right now ulultimately is connnnected to e inadequate response of their government to a devastating storm, hurricane maria, that undoubtedly was supercharged by climate changnge. the impacts of climate change are no longer subtle. once again this summer, we are seeing them play out in real time on iraq television screens -- on our television screens and our newspaper headlines. climate is no longer just a only issue that deserves to be covered in science programs or science and technology sections. it is impacting every aspect of modern life and we need to integrate that context into our reporting. you mention "the new y york tim" article. i somewhat humorously tweeted i fixed the headline for them because they publish an article about this devastating heatwave without any mention, let alone , ofallusion in the title the critical role that climate change is now playing with these devastating extreme events. we simply would not be seeing these devastating, unprecedented weather extremes in the absence of the warming of the planet due to the burnin

many climate change experts believe a global vegan diet is crucial to saving the environment livestock is responsible for producing more than 14 percent of all greenhouse gases and grazes on land that could be used to grow crops now scientists in the u.k. are trying to develop more sustainable ways of farming from devon in southwestern england jessica bolduan reports despite their cheerful disposition and inquisitive nature these animals get a lot of bad press that's because they release huge amounts of me thing gas it's a greenhouse gas that damages the environment cows and sheep are responsible for 14 percent of global greenhouse gases that's the same as all the cars trucks and planes in the world also some of the land they graze could be used to grow cereals and grains for human consumption. scientists at this research institute in western england are looking for ways to reduce the animal's carbon footprint they vary the animal's diet trying different grasses or even see wheat they selectively breed choosing the ones that emit less gas into the air the air is continually monitored to see what work

any climate change experts believe a global view can die it is crucial to saving environment livestock is responsible for producing more than 14 percent of all greenhouse gases and grazes on land that could be used to grow crops now scientists in the u.k. are trying to develop more sustainable ways of farming from devon in southwestern england jessica baldwin has our report despite their cheerful disposition and inquisitive nature these animals get a lot of bad press that's because they release huge amounts of me thing gas it's a greenhouse gas that damages the environment cows and sheep are responsible for 14 percent of global greenhouse gases that's the same as all the cars trucks and planes in the world also some of the land they graze could be used to grow cereals and grains for human consumption. scientists at this research institute in western england are looking for ways to reduce the animal's carbon footprint they vary the animal's diet trying different grasses or even see wheat they selectively breed choosing the ones that emit less gas into the air the air is continually monitored to see wh

response seems to be a collective shrug. wildfires in the arctic circle. they're at "unprecedented" levels according to scientists — because of climate change.against the uk health service avoids a jail sentence in the us, on malicious hacking charges. and... racing is stopped in the tour de france — after a freak hailstorm and landslide in the alps.

from responsibly harnessing the huge potential of digital tackling climate change, and from preventing the further proliferation of nuclear weapons to upholding and strengthening international rule in the face of hostile states. during my premiership, the uk has all the way both domestically and internationally and in seeking a new settlement which ensures the internet remains a driver of growth and opportunity, but also that internet companies responsible comprehensively -- respond comprehensively to reasonable and legitimate demands that they take their wider responsibilities to society more seriously. that is why we're legislating in the u.k. to create a legal duty of care and internet companies , backed up by an independent regulator the power to enforce its decision. we are the first country to put forward such an approach, and such a comprehensive approach, but it is not enough to act alone. ultimately, we need a realistic global approach that achieves the right balance between protecting the individual freedoms of those using the internet while also keeping them safe from harm.

response? >> you know, all of us agree that we have to address climate change.republicans won't even acknowledge that climate change is real, dana, and that's because of the corrupt influence and money. that has been the fight of my career. and second of which is as we transition to this clean energy economy, you have to recognize there are folks that have spent their whole lives powering our country, and far too often democrats sound like they're part of the problem. we got to make sure to aid in those transitions as we get to a carbon neutral world which i think we can do by 2040. >> just to clarify, who is part of the problem? >> oh, no, i think democrats often when they're saying, oh, these fossil fuel industries, these workers, those coal mining workers, the world is changing, we got to make it change, but i think democrats often sound like the people that as congressman ryan would say, shower at the end of the day, that they're part of the problem and far too many communities are being left behind as we make this transition. >> thank you. >> look, we're ha