we hear all the time from environmentalists that climate protection laws could be stronger.hy do you say this verdict his groundbreaking for germany -- is groundbreaking for germany? >> it's not just groundbreaking, it is an earthquake. i think, i am pretty sure that in the next weeks and months, we will feel more short waves in a lot of different respects. brent: how s >> you mentioned the election. at the moment, there's no political party running for the new parliamen with a program that would fit what the court is requesting. another point is that climate policy was made basically by a group from within the government. the cost additional court said this is not the right way. -- the constitutional court said this is not the right way to create new legislation. brent: you say there's no political party at the moment running the election. what about the green party? is the green party not the party that is supposed tprotecthe environment, by its own nature? >> um, i would expect they act as so, but it should take a close look at the programs they have for the election. r e

climate protection has a long tradition in winston since the late 1990 s. when we even had a department in the city administration devoted to the climate and energy and we engage the public in discussions on these issues issues such as wind turbines we have our own combined cycle power plant and funding programs for solar energy so it is a central focus if you consider to green city how much is that the result of citizen involvement. we're very interested in discussing and even deciding fundamental questions with our citizens that's also because we have a very young city with many university students but also a very committed city which weighs in on many social issues and we're quite proud of that. are you always bike or do you have a car if you have a very rarely i drive less than 5000 kilometers a year thanks for your time. and off we go. well and now we have to go to the wild nature of canada from ottawa was traveling with some friends to newfoundland and has captured his impressions of this green island in a video here's our weekly view me. please. my ne

we're here in germany the country's highest court has ruled that climate protection laws are too weak and don't go far enough to protect future generations current legislation said schools reducing greenhouse gas emissions until the year 2030 now a plan will have to be devised for the years beginning with 2031. so feedbacks and lives on the island of pendulum in the north sea her family runs a farm they experience the effects of climate change firsthand. it's very striking that we go from a very wet fall and winter to an extremely dry and warm spring and summer. we go from one extreme to the next. box and once politicians to do more to protect the environment so she decided to challenge germany's climate protection law this sets a long term goal that germany should be climate neutral by 2050 to reach the goal by 2030 it's a significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions but the law doesn't lay out a plan for the years after 2030 the constitutional court has ruled that this place is serious burdens on future generations violating their fundamental right to freedom the court says the gove

in their reporting from moscow germany's chord has ruled that climate protection laws are too weak and do not go far enough to protect future generations current legislation sets goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions until the year 2030 now a plan will have to be devised for the years beginning with 2031 environmental activists mounted the legal challenge. so feedbacks and lives on the island of penn farm in the north sea her family runs a farm they experience the effects of climate change firsthand. it's very striking that we go from a very wet fall and winter to an extremely dry and warm spring and summer. we go from one extreme to the next. box and once politicians to do more to protect the environment so she decided to challenge germany's climate protection law this sets a long term goal that germany should be climate neutral by 2015 to reach the goal by 2030 it sure significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions but the law doesn't lay out a plan for the years after 2030 the constitutional court has ruled that this places serious burdens on future generations violating their f

climate protection has a long tradition in winston since the late 1990 s. we even had a department in the city administration devoted to the climate and energy and we engage the public in discussions on these issues such as wind turbines we have our own combined cycle power plant and funding programs for solar energy so it is a central focus in ministers considered a green city how much is that the result of citizen involvement. we're very interested in discussing and even deciding fundamental questions with our citizens that's also because we have a very young city with many university students but also a very committed city which weighs in on many social issues and we're quite proud of that. are you always bike or do you have a car if you have a car very rarely i drive less than 5000 kilometers a year thanks for your time. and off we go. well and now we have to do the wild made sure can of us from ottawa was traveling with some friends to newfoundland and has captured his impressions of this green island in a video here's our weekly view me. my next stop

of climate protection that's a long tradition in winston since the late 1990 s. when he even had a department in the city administration devoted to the climate and energy and we engage the public in discussions on these issues issues such as wind turbines we have our own combined cycle power plant and funding programs for solar energy so it is a central focus if you consider to green city how much is that the result of citizen involvement. we're very interested in discussing and even deciding fundamental questions with our citizens that's also because we have a very young city with many university students but also a very committed city which weighs in on many social issues and we're quite proud of that. are you always bike or do you have a car if you have a very rarely i drive less than 5000 kilometers a year thanks for your time. and off we go. well and now we have to do the wild made sure can of us from ottawa was traveling with some friends to newfoundland and has captured his impressions of this green island in a video here's a weekly view me. my next stop i

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climate protection has a long tradition in winstead since the late 1990 s. when we even had a department in the city administration devoted to the climate and energy and we engage the public in discussions on these issues issues such as wind turbines we have our own combined cycle power plant and funding programs for solar energy so it is a central focus in the mideast is considered a green city how much is that the result of citizen involvement. we're very interested in discussing and even deciding fundamental questions with our citizens that's also because we have a very young city with many university students but also a very committed city which weighs in on many social issues and we're quite proud of that. are you always bike or do you have a car if you have a car very rarely i drive less than 5000 kilometers a year thanks for your time. and off we go. well and now we have to go to the wild major of canada from ottawa was traveling with some friends to newfoundland and has captured his impressions of this green island in a video here's our weekly view m

to cutting its fossil fuel emissions in half by the end of the decade was the most ambitious climate protection target ever set in u.s. history president by and made that pledge at a climate summit he's hosting some 40 states are taking part in the 2 day virtual summit let's take a listen what he said just moments ago the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half and half by the end of this decade. that's where we're headed as a nation and that's all we can do if we take action to build an economy that's not only more prosperous but healthier fair and cleaner for the entire planet you know these steps will set america on a path of missions or kaname by no greater than 2050 but the truth is america represents less than 15 percent of the world's inventions no nation can solve this crisis on our own as i know you all fully understand all of us all of us and particularly those of us who represent the world's largest economies we have to step up and there was a president joe biden speaking earlier i'm now joined by some some comedy that we correspondents in washington and in

now germany's highest court has ruled that climate protection laws in the country don't go far enough to protect future generations the ruling is a victory for environmentalists who argue that greenhouse gas reduction targets must go well beyond current legislation focused on the year 2030. so feedbacks in lives on the island of penn vom in the north sea her family runs a farm they experience the effects of climate change firsthand. it's very striking that we go from a very wet fall and winter to an extremely dry and warm spring and summer. we go from one extreme to the next. boxen once politicians to do more to protect the environment so she decided to challenge germany's climate protection law this sets a long term goal that germany should be climate neutral by 2050 to reach the goal by 2030 it should significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions but the law doesn't lay out a plan for the years after 2030 the constitutional court has ruled that this places serious burdens on future generations violating their fundamental right to freedom the court says the government now has until th

germany's highest court has ruled the government must rewrite climate protection laws to secure the rights of future generations set goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions until 2030 now a plan will have to be devised for the years after that and viral challenge the current plans don't go far enough to protect their futures. so feedbacks and lives on the island of pent vom in the north sea her family runs a farm they experience the effects of climate change firsthand. it's very striking that we go from a very wet fall and winter to an extremely dry and warm spring and summer. we go from one extreme to the next. box and once politicians to do more to protect the environment so she decided to challenge germany's climate protection law this sets a long term goal that germany should be climate neutral by 2050 to reach the goal by 2030 it should significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions but the law doesn't lay out a plan for the years after 2030 the constitutional court has ruled that this place is serious burdens on future generations violating their fundamental right to freedom the co

core issues are climate protection as well as european foreign and domestic security the mother of 2 children is regarded as quick witted objective and solid. she has been at the forefront of the green party since 2018 alongside. and for a long time she was considered to be the party's number 2 despite a steep learning curve and a lack of political experience she used her ambition to work your way up the ranks and i knew that going alina please the stage is yours. is germany ready for a green chancellor. is the question is germany ready for an agreement i don't think so. i think the germans are known as being very anxious they don't like change otherwise they wouldn't have elected. 6 for 16 years and. 16 years i mean there's no other country in europe where this should continue i mean you need to in the change of prime minister every 2 years every every 6 months in germany it's this huge long stretches and. this very famous quote from the outside kind of experimental you know it's experiments and i think this is going to know now it's the beginning of the you are calling on the germa

us more about what the constitutional court said well the court's at that germany's current climate protection law it's not extensive enough when it comes to the time after trying to teach the law as it is right now or blix has suggested government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030 compared to the level it's off 990 the cause however assess that it does not define in enough detail what can be done to reduce to further reduce those emissions as of that time saying that it puts too much of the burden on the younger generations and as we just heard that complaint was filed mainly by young people who fear that they are futurists of steak because of for example rising sea levels so what the court did today is it ruled that the german german government has to come up with a plan on how to reduce emissions after 2030 and it has to do so by the end of next year. so germany has cut itself as a pioneer in fighting climate change on you but the the government's plans apparently don't go far enough to the. well it is a blow for the grand coalition here and valiant you could say one

country during the pandemic whatever where the highest court here in germany has ruled that climate protection laws are too weak and don't go far enough to protect future generations current legislation sets goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions until the year 2030 now a plan will have to be devised for the years beginning with 2031. so feedbacks and lives on the island of pet vom in the north sea her family runs a farm they experience the effects of climate change firsthand. it's very striking that we go from a very wet fall and winter to an extremely dry and warm spring and summer. we go from one extreme to the next. backs in once politicians to do more to protect the environment so she decided to challenge germany's climate protection law this sets a long term goal that germany should be climate neutral by 2050 to reach the goal by 2030 it should significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions but the law doesn't lay out a plan for the years after 2030 the constitutional court has ruled that this places serious burdens on future generations violating their fundamental right to freedom th

areas of cooperation western china for example the whole issue of climate protection and more efficient use of often source is something where he started entering and out of china and of course in the end in certain areas there is more. cooperation between the e.u. and china but in other areas united states clearly show that it's not only in competition with china but he also sees certain gateways to cooperate whereas the competitor here the climate change was an interesting go one on the other i'm glad you're right about working with china because there's a history is that the world's 2 biggest polluters something has to happen they're setting that aside though when you look at what he had to say about china achieving its goals not at america's expense this is a president who cannot necessarily look at the europe to back up his stuns against china. absolutely and what i think is very interesting that if you look at the military expenditure at the expense that the united states will take it's still 4 times higher than what china can offer and here you see of course the united states hav

and a little bit a book came out and said there's no such thing as a little bit of climate protection we're going to go for it full. in its entirety that the implication was it could hurt it could hurt you yeah but you know it's a bit like you can't be a little bit pregnant or either doing it or you aren't doing it and that the real tension will be with the c.d.u. they'll try to do in industry friendly climate change which is kind of like if you're allowing the industry industry to do that you have what we have the current store america was lobbying for the car industry in brussels and they were cheating on exhaust fumes in sport on the same weekend so the greens will need to push that but all you shouldn't forget that bareback knows that they will as soon as the election really gears up they'll be put in this sort of green ideological corner partly only green people are ideological you know if you're a car lobbyist you're not an ideological person but they will be put in the ideological corner so already in her speech she was preempting up by saying we have to think of the lower earn

and a little bit a book came out and said there's no such thing as a little bit of climate protection we're going to go for it full. in its entirety and that the implication was they could hurt it could hurt you yeah but you know it's a bit like you can't be a little bit pregnant druther doing it or you aren't doing it and that the real tension will be with the c.d.u. they'll try to do an industry friendly climate change which is kind of like if you're allowing the industry industry to do that you have what you have the car industry or america was lobbying for the car industry in brussels and they were cheating on exhaust fumes in spork on the same weekend so the greens will need to push that but all you shouldn't forget that bear book knows that they will as soon as the election really gears up they'll be put in this sort of green ideological corner party only green people are ideological you know if you're a car lobbyist you're not an ideological person but they will be put in the ideological corner so already in her speech she was preempting up by saying we have to think of the low

core issues are climate protection as well as european foreign and domestic security the mother of 2 children is regarded as quick witted objective and solid. she has been at the forefront of the green party since 2018 alongside. and for a long time she was considered to be the party's number 2 despite a steep learning curve and a lack of political experience she used her ambition to work our way up the ranks and i knew that going alina please the stage. is germany ready for a green chancellor. there's a question is germany ready for an agreement i don't think so. i think the germans are known as being very anxious they don't like change otherwise they wouldn't have elected. 6 for 16 years and. 16 years i mean there's no other country in europe where this should continue i mean in italy and they change prime minister every 2 years every every 6 months in germany it stretches and does this very famous quote from the other now it's kind of experimental no it's experiments and i think this is going to know now it's the beginning of the campaign. you are calling on the german government

core issues are climate protection as well as european foreign and domestic security the mother of 2 children is regarded as quick witted objective and solid. she has been at the forefront of the green party since 2000 me team alongside. and for a long time she was considered to be the party's number 2 despite a steep learning curve and a lack of political experience she used her mission to work your way up the ranks and i knew that going alina please the stage is yours. is germany ready for a green chancellor. the question is germany ready for an agreement i don't think so. i think the germans are knowing this being very anxious you don't like change otherwise they would have elected. 6 for 16 years and. 16 years i mean there's no other country in europe where this continuing i mean you need to be in the change of prime minister every 2 years every every 6 months in germany strachey's and. this very famous quote from the other now it's kind of experimental you know expects parents and i think this is going to know now it's the beginning of that you are calling on the german governme

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join starts what are the most urgent challenges then for india in particular when it comes to climate protection. so it's very clear for us we are already seen the impacts of climate change we do not need to be told about climate change the poor in the wild in india in africa and climate change and the no way through the extreme weather events that happy up and depreciations and whether we are getting more rain and remember in india the finance minister is not the finance minister or cube i suggest it is a monsoon because the monsoon determines and i feel like me well it's in our countries and what we have seen today with climate change is more extraordinary which is leading to more flats more droughts getting more tropical cyclones getting us and each one of this it's not the the fact that we get one cycle but it's the intensity and frequency that is be breaking the back so that betty we're not worried and you know for most of france that message has to be around already in the brunt of climate change and the poor are victims of climate change they have not contributed to the stock greenhouse g

at the white house 40 countries are taking part china and russia have also to cooperate on climate protections more indonesian navy ships have joined the search for a missing submarine the last vessel has 53 crewmembers on board and officials say oxygen is due to run out early on saturday search efforts are now focused on a highly magnetic object discovered near bali though it's feared it may be too deep to reach. the pin violence between israelis and palestinians outside jerusalem's old city of the protesters were barred from areas where muslim muslims gather for ramadan israeli police put up barricades and use stun grenades to disperse crowds the far right jewish chances of slogans on both prevented from marching to the end. akhil is facing questions today over one of germany's largest corporate scandals the chancellor is testifying before a parliamentary committee investigating the collapse of payment processing company why a card lawmakers want to know why medical continues to promote the german company abroad despite multiple allegations of wrongdoing here is marks the climax of a public

carbon emissions by hauff by 23 it's the most ambitious climate protection targets ever set in u.s. history around 40 countries are taking part in the 2 day but will climate summit. hundreds of mourners have been remembering dante rides the young black man shot and killed by police at the small wright was killed during a tough.

climate protection is set to be enshrined in the new law after agreement was reached on the details following tough negotiations e.u. member states need to be climate neutral in 30 years lowering greenhouse gas emissions to 0. the chief negotiator in brussels says the bloc needs to work together to reach the goal. it must be very clear that the member states are doing its part on this travel towards climate neutrality and it cannot be that some member states are delivering for the rest of. the member states it's really important that all member states work force on their reduction part and also on their sink and how they can remove emissions and that affects every sector especially energy transportation. and agriculture the european climate low could be a guiding light for countries outside the block to i would like you to know that i truly believe that we take the global leadership and i know that during the e.u. us summit the european parliament helped the european union to take that leadership this week and showed that we are not only doing what we said a year ago we are improving it as we

with climate change progressing many hope the move other big polluters to ramp up their own climate protection effort.

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the climate debate is served as a springboard for the greens triumph in recent years climate protection exit from calls renewable energy there are 2 topics that babcock is fought for since the beginning of her career. was once by moving into ice we had less than 30 years to really make a change to pace our way of life our prosperity and climb. and neutrality that is neat task of our generation in that store. was born in 1980 in northwestern germany and now lives in the east of the country near berlin she and her husband have 2 young children. their back has a degree in international law and spent several years abroad in the u.s. london in brussels she became politically active in the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues and she soon became a member of parliament 1st at regional level then in 2013 she entered the blandest tok the german parliament at the age of only 32 she quickly earned respect for her thoroughness and knowledge of detail from day one she radiated confidence. i'd like to reason back you know you are me i love you can you can bet about this keep an

cozy is now getting trees planted in 30 countries along with 18 climate protection it's also about supporting the local population. the priorities are clearly defined the purpose of the company is at least as important as the company itself if we don't plant trees to earn money we earn money so we can plant trees so the principle is really different we have a totally different d.n.a. our aim is to channel 60 percent of our turnover into reforestation projects and each month at least 80 percent of the profit goes into reforestation. but the coronavirus pandemic has forced to many of the projects to remain on hold a video conference with brazil. is very. pleasure to me to. brazil has been hit especially.

a cozy is now getting trees planted in 30 countries along with 18 climate protection it's also about supporting the local population. the priorities are clearly defined the purpose of the company is at least as important as the company itself if we don't plant trees to earn money we earn money so we can plant trees so the principle is really different we have a totally different d.n.a. our aim is to channel 60 percent of our turnover into reforestation projects and each month at least 80 percent of the profit goes into reforestation. but the coronavirus pandemic has forced to many of the projects to remain on hold a video conference with brazil. this is very very. pleasure to me to. brazil has been hit especially.

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do everything in our power to ensure that we follow the paris accord that we strengthen the climate protection law and that we launch a program that will have an immediate impact in the next few years. environmental groups including greenpeace and fridays for future back to legal challenge for them and 1st a few bucks in this ruling is a 1st important step in the right direction. so let's talk to our feliks a. lawyer who brought one of the cases the court ruled on today a welcome to d.w.p. professor you described today's verdict as groundbreaking for germany why. well it is actually groundbreaking and this is the 1st ruling where the german federal constitutional court ruled in favor i'm not against protection it's paris climate time to get the. pre-industrial levels. not only legally binding international law but also finding from that perspective a fundamental right constitutional law it is unconstitutional according to the constitution of. all. if they follow the established. and so one of the this is being. told. the court said that this law does not protect future generations sufficiently

significant do you think is it that germany's top core germany's highest court is aligning climate protection with fundamental human rights well we know this is a win for the climate movement that has been tracking the past 2 years that is actually what is actually has been founded in many other parts of the world but now we know that now we have the leader. you have the legal knowledge that it needs for you for the future government to actually imply policies that work with the one point. 3 they made of the warming so looking at the federal elections we have in september it's really really important stuff. ok so this is being called a turning point in climate protection but where do you see things going from here. i think that that's actually a scary question because now we're looking at politicians fighting on social media about the meaning of this this isn't why they have been there once in the past. were not able to make actually decent climate policies so the question is how will they be able to reflect on their own failures and see that we really need also a turning point in urgent clim

the climate debate has served as a springboard for the greens triumph in recent years climate protection exit from coal renewable energy there are other topics that babcock has fought for since the beginning of her career. when supply movie we had less than 30 years to really make a change to base our way of life our prosperity on climate neutrality that is the task of our generation. and was born in 1900 in north western germany and now lives in the east of the country near berlin she and her husband have 2 young children. their block has a degree in international law and spent several years abroad in the us london in brussels she became politically active in the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues she soon became a member of parliament 1st at regional level then in 2013 she entered the boom to stock the german parliament at the age of only 32 she quickly earned respect for her thoroughness and knowledge of detail from day one she radiated confidence. by reason back you know you me i know you can be have a skip and such a colleague will you take a question and it

tarion majority of the elections will have to find new concepts in terms of climate protection and this will probably be also relevant for other countries because the german federal constitutional court is a highly concerned 'd. also in other countries as far as i can see i'm sure that to future generations thank you for your efforts thank you for joining us professor professor. felix. latin america is home to just 8 percent of the world's population but has suffered nearly a 3rd of all covered 19 deaths brazil the worst affected me 400000 people that have died president has consistently played down the effects of the virus but he's now trying to get more vaccines from broad. the streets so once again filling up in sao paolo and other cities after 4 weeks of local restrictions that have seen the number of new infections fall slightly but the statistics are devastating. april has been the deadliest month in brazil to date many experts say insufficient locked down restrictions make the country a breeding ground for virus mutations that then spread to other countries the p one variant that

it has become clear part of the climate protection law do not correspond with our constituonal rights post effective climate protection has to be implement it now and not in 10 years time when it will be too late. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. after weeks of speculation, palestinian president mahmoud abbas has postponed next month's parliamentary elections, which would have been the first in 15 years in the occupied territories. abbas said the delay was israel refusing to promise that thousands of palestinians living in israeli-occupied areas of jerusalem could vote in the election. the decision comes at a time when a rift is growing within the fattah party. well, earlier this week, human rights watch released a major report saying for the first time israel is committing the crimes of apartheid and persecution in the occupied palestinian territories. the international human rights group says israeli authorities have dispossessed, confined, and forcibly separated palestinians. human rights wat

it was a constant climate of fear there was a threat that you had to protect yourself from. something that was eating away at your. door when i saw all my patients who are worried. most of them or younger people or you might have thought they would just go with the fly out again how is it going but no they struggle just. you wives as you andy . now 7 months later the world looks very different the borders between europe and its neighbors are still closed but the small country is so far doing well with less than $100.00 deaths and only a few 1000 cases overall although infections have now risen sharply again schools and universities closed for a few weeks in the spring it was the same for shops. but now the streets are busy again many people voluntarily wear masks in public there's still a need for caution but there is also an obvious sense of relief that things are not worse than they are the mood is also upbeat at the pasture research institute when the pandemic started in march they were able to respond immediately with nationwide testing the testing kits came from these l

at least by 2030 but it's basically the same track towards climate neutrality until 2050 now climate protection of course is about the future of the planet the future of our young people and they are increasingly unhappy with the job that leaders are doing currently what do you say what do you want to tell those young activists in germany like friday for futures and extinction rebellion who are very angry about the establishment the failure to take stronger faster action to stop global warming. well of course we appreciated from the very beginning the pressure this young people are making and they're quite successful and some somebody i wish they could enjoy more the successes because it was not expected bill that the whole world is heading for climate neutrality already by 2050 us and i was a you. north korea just a nonstop financing. facilities outside the country so many many important countries are on their way and we have done much more and this would not have been possible without the pressure from the streets because a pressure from the young people their success and sometimes i wish the

young people over the world are committed to climate protection. so much impact will have. change doesn't happen only to. make up your room on. w. . minds. this is the news live from her land the global vaccination drive suffers a setback u.s. regulators recommend pausing the use of the johnson and johnson shot after reports of rare blood clots the company says it is now also delay its european rollout. also coming up the u.s. is reportedly planning to withdraw all of its troops from afghanistan by september 11th this year but with peace still far from secure what will this mean for this to .

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promise to cut carbon emissions in the hall by the end of the decade it's the most ambitious climate protection targets in u.s. history around 40 countries that's taking pot in a 2 day virtual climate summit and as global warming progress there's hope that this pledge would puts pressure on other nations to do. but in kicked off his address with a sobering summation of society's climate since from burning fossil fuel to inaction in the face of species extinction to rampant deforestation and air pollution in contrast to his predecessor biden said it was time for action and laid out his ambitious climate goals to the some 40 participating heads of state and government. the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half and half by the end of this decade that's where we're headed as a nation and that's all we can do if we take action to build an economy that's not only more prosperous but healthier fare and cleaner for the entire planet. since the industrial revolution the earth's climate has warmed by around one degree celsius it could reach 2 degrees by the end of the century

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carbon emissions in half by the end of the decade it's the most ambitious climate protection target ever set in u.s. history some 40 states are taking part in the 2 day virtual climate summit that biden is hosting as global warming progresses there's hope that the move will put pressure on other countries to clean up their acts but in kicked off his address with a sobering summation of society's climate since from burning fossil fuel to inaction in the face of species extinction to ramp it deforestation and air pollution in contrast to his predecessor biden said it was time for action and laid out his ambitious climate goals to the some 40 participating heads of state and government. the united states sets out on the road to cut greenhouse gases in half and half by the end of this decade that's where we're headed as a nation and that's all we can do if we take action to build an economy that's not only more prosperous but healthier fare and cleaner for the entire planet. since the industrial revolution the earth's climate has warmed by around one degree celsius it could reach 2 degrees b

the climate debate has served as a springboard for the greens triumph in recent years climate protection exit from kohl's renewable energy there are 2 topics that bareback has fought for since the beginning of her career was once by moving we are less than 30 years to really make a change to base our way of life our prosperity on climate neutrality that is the task of our generation and that sort. of arc was born in 1980 in northwestern germany and now lives in the east of the country near berlin she and her husband have 2 young children. their bank has a degree in international law and spent several years abroad in the u.s. london in brussels she became politically active in the green party in 2008 focusing on foreign and security issues she soon became a member of parliament 1st at regional level then in 2013 she entered the bundestag the german parliament at the age of only 32 she quickly earned respect for her thoroughness and knowledge of detail from day one she radiated confidence. i'd be present but you know. you can be have a skip and such a colleague will you take a question and

young people the world are committed to climate protection. but willing. to change doesn't happen on its own. make up your own mind to play w e 4 minds. and . greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to arts and culture and here's a look at what's in the pipeline for today's program. norwegian director under us hummers documentary do not split explores the pro-democracy protests in hong kong and is shortlisted for an oscar an apparent source of content concern for beijing. and after 3 years of renovations the house of british mexican surrealist artist leonora carrington has now opened as a museum. well it's not every day that an investigative journalist sees his or her story made into a feature film and even less likely the film will be picked up by netflix for international distribution but that's what happened with ono to ok a nigerian crime drama that not only gets under your skin but could have quite an impact on the future and perception of african cinema. to do things you think shall not be every scene. until. they tell you that i was a very good act