moderate systems like the wildfire system here in california, to ensure that towns like rainville, which has been destroyed by fire, and -- greenvilleich is been destroyed by fire, and the forest that you can see behind me, managed to survive into the future and are replaced by less productive ecosystems, brushy ecosystems, which many people fear in california. nancy: it is incredible looking at the destruction behind you and how quickly it happened. but inking about those droughts, we are waiting to hear from cop26. do you think these sorts of scenes have inspired leaders to take fiber action? justin: you know, undoubtedly, nancy, we have seen an incredible year of extreme weather. unbelievable heat in canada. we had terrible floods in germany. china, there were wildfires all around the world. record temperatures all over the place. storms. i think everybody in the world realized climate change was something real and something that could affect them and their communities. at that really is lvanized people to focus on the issue anyway we haven't seen since paris 2015. in one sense, this is an encouraging cop. the world has come toge

how they had a conversation with greenville california where justin conversation with greenville california justin rowlett was yesterday which looks like armageddon at the moment and what about the businesses and homes there, so when you start but language and document, legally sounding documents which appertains to these countries that are right on the front line of climate change, thatis the front line of climate change, that is all well and good and everybody in the room will come to the podium and say yes, we understand this is an existential threat for these communities but they've not had these conversations with their own people at home and of course there's not enough money in government budgets to satisfy everyone. so there is nervousness on the part of the americans about where this goes and once you start talking about compensation and loss and damage you start going down potentially, for them a dangerous line. i do remember somebody was telling mejust the line. i do remember somebody was telling me just the other week that around the time of the summit in 2012, there was storm s

reporting from california where it. reporting from california where it looks like armageddon in greenville, californiad similar scenes — do you think coming into this summit there was a fairwind think coming into this summit there was a fair wind behind the leaders because they experienced this? do they look at what they'll have to spendin they look at what they'll have to spend in their own countries and think maybe there's a cheaper and better solution?— better solution? yes, and that talkint better solution? yes, and that talking the _ better solution? yes, and that talking the diplomats - better solution? yes, and that talking the diplomats has - better solution? yes, and that l talking the diplomats has really come across. i was under a german diplomat who is saying they're spending 30 billion on one flood eventin spending 30 billion on one flood event in germany, and it makes what we are spending here in proportion to the huge damages people are facing, it's made them realise to tie the mitigation, but we really can't hold out from helping out the poorest countries. again, this is more the begin

the dixie fire in california this summer razed some communities to the ground. our climate editorjustin rowlatt is in the town of greenville time we spoke you were in alaska. . ., ., ., ., alaska. yeah, we are doing a sort of an american — alaska. yeah, we are doing a sort of an american road _ alaska. yeah, we are doing a sort of an american road trip _ alaska. yeah, we are doing a sort of an american road trip looking - alaska. yeah, we are doing a sort of an american road trip looking at the | an american road trip looking at the impact of climate change. where in california to look at the impact. i want to look at the devastation behind me and imagine a gold rush era town with clapboard houses. that building over there is the bank. this was a classic kind of western town, stood for about 150 years, completely obliterated by fire in just two hours. it's evidence that the fires are just getting bigger and bigger here in california. they've moved from calling the magnifiers, magnifiers covering how the 200s of acres was that not to talk about giga fires. the dixie fire was almost1 million acres talk about giga fires. the

our climate editor justin rowlatt has been to greenville, a town in northern california, that was completelymate—induced drought have left the vegetation tinder dry. add in a policy of suppressing small fires which allowed dead wood to build up and now fires are faster and hotter than ever before. on august 4th, nicole got a text from the sheriff saying everyone still in town was in imminent danger. my friend said, it's coming, it'sjust, it's running down the road towards you, get out now. we grabbed the dogs and we grabbed our suitcases, and we got in the truck and we left. fire consumed the entire town injust two hours. and the mightiest trees are burning too. the world's last remaining giant sequoia are under threat. largest individual organism in the world. they are amazing, they sequester gigatons of carbon every year. so let me try and give you an idea ofjust how enormous this tree is. these trees are ancient. up to 3,000 years old. but there are just 70 groves left, all in this mountain range. so look at that, 31 metres. wow. they are vulnerable, but they are also very resilient. so t

our climate editorjustin rowlatt has been to greenville, a town in northern california, that was completelyft. fire consumed the entire town injust two hours. what we're seeing is this change in almost fire regime type where these forests are burning hotter, more severe and greater areas in proportion. and the mightiest trees are burning too. the world's last remaining giant sequoia are under threat. largest individual organism in the world. they are amazing, they sequester gigatons of carbon every year. so let me try and give you an idea ofjust how enormous this tree is. these trees are ancient. up to 3000 years old. but there are just 70 groves left, all in this mountain range. so look at that, 31 metres. wow. they are vulnerable, but they are also very resilient. so they are picky, they are the goldilocks of the forest. but they survive fire, they survive drought, they live for thousands of years. the flames came within a quarter of a mile of the biggest tree. others weren't so lucky. we're the firstjournalists who have been invited into this sequoia grove since fire ripped through here

the dixie fire in california this summer left communities razed to the ground. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt has been to greenvillestroyed after being engulfed by flames in august. nicole faris's home was utterly destroyed by the dixie fire. we found peace and joy every day in our heart being here and i want to come home. but i want to come home to the day before the fire. this was supposed to be nicole and her husband paul's forever home. it took all the colour out of my life. look at it, everything is just a shade of grey. years of climate—induced droughts have left the vegetation tinder dry. add in a policy of suppressing small fires which allowed dead wood to build up and fires are nowfaster and hotter than ever before. my friend said, it's coming, it'sjust, it's running down the road towards you, get out now. we grabbed the dogs and we grabbed our suitcases, and we got in the truck and we left. fire consumed the entire town injust two hours. what we're seeing is this change in almost fire regime type where these forests are burning hotter, more severe at greater areas and proportions. and the mightiest trees

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california. you're looking at pictures of 15 year-old georgiana bamba loy. she was abducted from an arco gas station. again, this was a greenville road in santa rose about one, 5150. >> in the afternoon yesterday. and i think we have kron 4. sarah stinson actually standing by for us up in santa rosa with the very latest on the search efforts this morning and who the possible abductor is, what police know so far. sarah. >> well, the 15 year-old girl. she was last seen here at this arco with her family near the corner here on guerneville road when she was abducted and the amber alert didn't go out until this morning. and specifically for southern california. so they believe she was abducted from this area and then taken down south. >> and so they are specifically looking down there. take a look at that photo of the girl. again, it's georgiana band. boy. she was at this arco gas station with her family when she was abducted and they say a man ran across the parking lot forced her into his car at one 50 yesterday afternoon. she described as a 5 feet. 6 inches tall girl with long dark hair. she was seen wearing black jeans and a blac

visiting the town of greenville that was also destroyed by the dixie fire, and you talked about being overcome with emotions. what was it about visiting another small community here in californiaed by a wildfire. well when i drove into greenfield, it just brought back every memory i had of coming back into paradise. the day after the fire, cal fire brought me up and it was the same look. the same gut punch feeling, uh, was it was just terrible to see. and i know the road that they have to go. it's a long road. to recovery, but i also know that there is light at the end of the tunnel and hopefully were an inspiration to them. um it's just a shame that another community had to suffer. uh what we did, and, uh i just hope that we learn that we've got to do some forest management to get rid of these fuels that are causing these huge buyers. well i appreciate you taking the time here on this third anniversary of the campfire. steve crowder, the mayor of paradise. thank you. thank you. all right. you see hastings college of the law may change its name after its founder, was linked to the killing of hundreds of native americans coming up next, we'll hear from one of the schools, more

town called greenville, this was a gold rush era town — long—established town, beautiful town, before you would've come here and seen old buildings. it's an old west town up in the californiaul little community. and fire swept here, the so—called dixie fire, swept here and destroyed the entire place, more than 1000 buildings were burned down, more than 600 homes. terrible damage here. and it shows the severity of these fires is increasing so dramatically — they used to call the mega fires, they now call them giga fires because they burn up to a million acres, and it didn'tjust affect communities, fires have been burning in the hills where the giant sequoia trees, the biggest reason the world, where. and i went to see those, as well. here's my report. meet general sherman, the biggest individual organism in the world. this giant sequoia is 84 meters tall, and it is 2200 years old. these trees are restricted to 70 groves on the western slope of this year in nevada. that's all that's left? very narrow, little patches ofjust the right remaining habitat. it is a habitat that has always included fire. so these trees are exquisitely adapted to cope with fire. listen to this... th