henna hundal is a four—time un climate conference delegate and national coordinator at climate live usamore about offshore drilling. essentially, what president biden is doing is putting a ban on oil and gas extraction from the sea bed reserve for about 20% of the united states sea bed reserve. now, i think in practicality, this is probably carries more weight as a statement rather than as a matter of policy, simply because this 20% of us sea bed reserve that president biden is targeting doesn't quite make up for much of the us�*s oil and gas production. for much of the us�*s oil and gas production. however, i think it's certainly a significant step forward in cementing president biden�*s climate legacy. he's certainly been a climate warrior throughout his four years in office, and i think he's trying to do whatever he possibly can before president—elect trump comes into office and plans to roll back all of these environmental protections that he's promising. what is the concern about this type of drilling? so the concern is twofold, i think, primarily oil spills. and we've certainly se

joining me now is henna hundal, national coordinator of climate live usa, and a four—time delegate ofthat paris climate agreement and to keep warming temperatures within1.5 degrees of preindustrial levels. is that it now?— of preindustrial levels. is that it now? . ., that it now? have we failed? thank you — that it now? have we failed? thank you very _ that it now? have we failed? thank you very much - that it now? have we failed? thank you very much for - that it now? have we failed? i thank you very much for having me and thank you for covering this very important topic. in one way this was expected, we had the hottest summer on record, the hottest day on record, the hottest day on record so it is not too far of a stretch to imagine we had the hottest year on record but this does not diminish how concerning this is. let's remember the paris agreement was one decade ago, 196 parties from around the world, climate scientists from around the world gathered in france and said we had to keep global averages will be two celsius and preferably under 1.5 degrees celsius and unfortunately w