the intergovernmental panel says massive changes will be needed to keep global warming to below 1.5 degreessius. these include changes to the food we eat and the way energy is generated. police in turkey are continuing their investigations into the disappearance of the saudi arabian journalist jamal khashoggi from the kingdom's consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia has denied mr khashoggi was murdered in the consulate when he went to collect documents for his forthcoming marriage. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and a very warm

lead the world on climate science and the united states continues to be very active in the intergovernmental panel on climate change. the current us administration has taken at position on the paris agreement which i believe is they will pull out unless they significantly improve the terms of united states but as a bechamel. and they have remained very engaged with ensuring that the signs in these reports is accurately reflected at a mutated to the world policymakers. 0n accurately reflected at a mutated to the world policymakers. on that score again everybody needs to

news audiences would have heard about the report released earlier this month by the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change or the i.p.c.c. and that's not because the report was or inconsequential no in fact it's been called the landmark study warning that the world has just twelve years left to limit global temperature rise to one point five degrees celsius anyhow. they are and the risks of drought floods and the extreme weather will soar coverage of the i.p.c.c. report was a flash in the pan like so much climate change reporting is the initial wave of headlines or receded as quickly as it had emerged climate change is the world's most significant existential challenge and those who want to cover it are still figuring out how to convey its size and scale the listening post meenakshi ravi now on the coverage of the i.p.c.c. report and what it reveals about the state of climate change reporting. it's a story as because this planet affecting every country every economy every individual and its oceans he ratchets up higher every year and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to nee

that's according to a new report by the intergovernmental panel on climate change. countries need to up their ambition and get moving now with climate change action if we're going to keep 1.5 degrees within reach. global emissions of carbon will need to halve in 12 years to limit temperatures rises to 1.5 celsius. so what if anything can you do about it? 40% of young adults cannot afford to buy a cheap house in their area, even with a deposit. could a proposal to give tax breaks to landlords who sell directly to their tenants make a difference? she's the first ever female doctor and expectations forjodie whitaker in the first episode of the new doctor who were stratospheric. it's coming back. what are you? 0k, don't like questions. more of a private type. i get that. what's your verdict on the first episode? let us know. and there are calls for tighter regulation of bouncy castles in the wake of fatal accidents. new figures show there have been more than 20 injuries on inflatable play equipment in the uk since 2011. two anchor points with nothing on. that's got no m

movement that started out in sweden with bert bolline, the first head of the united nations intergovernmental panelimate change and it was a very conscious plan to impose this not just on our society but the world. mark: what is this degrowth, deindustrialization movement? is it part of the massive progressive movement or worse, socialism or marxism or anything of that sort. i've studied, i've written about it, wrote about it, bornin yorp was exported to the united states? . >> that is true, but the problem is it enjoys broad support as long as you demonize the producers of energy. we should celebrate the producers of energy. it is energy that drives the technology that has doubled our life expectancy in the last 100 years. we should be celebrating this. and if you take this away, you're going to take that away too. mark: don't forget, folks, almost every week night can you join me on levin tv, levin tv, go to crtv.com/mark or give us a call at 844-levin tv. 844-levin tv. we'll be right back. as a pro athlete, the sleep number 360 smart bed is my competitive edge. it senses our movements and automa

the intergovernmental panel on climate change was founded in one nine hundred eighty eight by the united nations it's scientists analyzed studies from across the world in order to present findings on planet change it's possible consequences as well as strategists to fight it in two thousand and seven they committee received the nobel peace prize for its efforts despite this it has faced criticism from fellow scientists after a scandal known as climate gate in two thousand and nine and thousands of leaked e-mails called people to their impartiality. weisz is an expert on climate policy and works for the ngo german watch welcome to the w so this i.p.c.c. report calls for a forty five percent reduction in global c o two emissions by twenty thirty it says we need to reduce coal mining to zero the question for governments then is how do you persuade them to do this when doing that means the destruction of voters jobs and communities. i think you the report actually does a very good job and making this case you you have to look at the first section of the report that looks at the impacts the i

it‘s just been released and in it the intergovernmental panel on climate change says increases in temperatureselsius above pre—industrial levels. they warn countries that the existing target of 2 degrees, adopted in the paris agreement of 2015, is no longer enough. our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath, has been folowing events in incheon, south korea. he said the ipcc report was the most critical and controversial for many years. that‘s right, lewis. they have certainly not held back in their language. they are talking here about unprecedented changes in society are needed to essentially keep temperatures to 1.5 degrees this century. they have looked at this particular figure for the last three years, and the reportjust published in the hall behind me here has talked about the fact that, really, if we were to keep temperatures to 1.5 degrees, over two, there are many benefits for society. millions of people face less danger from sea level rise at 1.5 degrees of warming than two degrees. so they‘re talking about things like coral reefs, a whole range of animals and plants. so they say th

for such an important question i agree with you about the importance of that report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change telling us what staying at one point five degrees of warming means for the world and the difference between one point five degrees and two degrees and that's really important that we understand the two degrees is the over limit of dangerous and that we must stay at one point five degrees to have a safe world that means as you said we have to reduce the emissions by forty five percent by twenty thirty which is less than twelve years away and we need a carbon price globally on carbon so that people move away from carbon towards cleaner energy we need to remove all the subsidies on fossil fuel we need to have incentives to move to clean energy and you know top down but the laws of governments matter a great deal but also bottom up if people begin to take it seriously in their own lives then they begin to put pressure on governments they use their voice and their vote and their pressure to make sure that governments are much much more ambitious the small own states and t

it's just been released and in it the intergovernmental panel on climate change says increases in temperaturesus above pre—industrial levels. they warn countries that the existing target of 2 degrees — adopted in the paris agreement of 2015 — is no longer enough. professorjim skea, who co—chairs one of the panel's working groups, spoke to our science editor david shukman. there are two messages, first of all, keeping it to 1.5 degrees, rather than the two degrees we previously had. the other one is a bout the unprecedented nature of the changes that she would actually need to limit global warning to 1.5 degrees —— about. transport systems, the way we manage land, it would all need to change. your report outlines a number of scenarios. what runs through your mind about the scale of a change you say is required? what i’u ns a change you say is required? what runs through my mind about the scale of the change is that this requires heroic amounts of effort if we are going to do it. there is a strong message that business as usualjust won't do and even the pledges that governments have made since p

energy and climate change at university college london he's written several reports for the intergovernmental panel on climate change i began by asking him what a carbon free future would look like for this region middle east over usually has a concern that much of the middle east is dependent upon oil. not so much on coal and coal is the first in the line of fire the biggest sin in terms of climate change if you like. but one issue for many in the middle east is what is the future look like if we do have to curtail the oil demand. that's probably going to affect some other regions first because they're actually a bit more expensive than and a bit more carbon intensive but still we're talking about rather than the past century largely fuel an expansion of coal in oil this century being about that contraction in the rise of solar wind other renewable sources so that's the first thing we need to think what's the energy economy of countries in this case the middle east countries traditionally heavy dependence on oil significant on gas that's kind of both good and bad it's clipped much cleaner than coa

will be broadcasting a special programme at 8:30pm tonight, on the dramatic report of the intergovernmental panelimate change, urging a need for change to avoid the worst effects of the temperature. e—mail and text as or tweet at last. in other news jaguar land rover have announced plans to close their solihull location, for two weeks. it will lay off thousands of temporary workers because of the wea kest of temporary workers because of the weakest dunn weakness in the uk market. the announcement today of this two—week closure at... in a fortnight —— fortnights‘ time, let's discuss it, this reflections on what the company said today? this is bad news for birmingham and for britain, what we are seeing is mounting pressures on the jewel in the crown of british manufacturing which is jaguar land rover and accommodation of two things that the government are getting wrong, the mishandling of brexit and the mishandling of the transition from diesel and this is coming to take the company at risk in the government has to get it right in the next stages. has the government overcooked concerns about diesel

catastrophe unless urgent action is taken to tackle global warming the nobel prize winning intergovernmental panel on climate change says woman needs to be kept at one of the hof degrees celsius but as it currently stands the world is set to pass this mark by as early as twenty thirty. right candidate. has won the first round of brazil's presidential election taking forty six percent of the vote he says he'll stick to the tough rhetoric in campaigning for the runoff vote on october the twenty eighth. a sad nationalist who opposes bosnia as a state has want to share of its tripartite presidency in iran who has close links with russia as urged to secede saying bosnia has failed. as the headlines today with. my nigeria is up next. china used to take half the world's recyclable rubbish but not anymore with garbage generated by one point four billion people they've got enough of their own but where does it go. to live on china's war on waste on how to zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. zero. zero zero. zero zero you are. right. my nigeria is sucked up by nigeria is your development

news audiences would have heard about the report released earlier this month by the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change or the i.p.c.c. and that's not because the report was that or in consequential no in fact it's been called the landmark study warning that the world has just twelve years left to limit global temperature rise to one point five degrees celsius and higher and the risks of drought floods and the extreme weather will soar cover. edge of the i.p.c.c. report was a flash in the pan like so much climate change reporting is the initial wave of headlines or receded as quickly as it had emerged climate change is the world's most significant existential challenge and those who want to cover it are still figuring out how to convey its size and scale the listening post meenakshi ravi now on the coverage of the i.p.c.c. report and what it reveals about the state of climate change reporting. it's a story as big as this planet affecting every country every economy every individual and its oceans he ratchets up higher every year and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to n

catastrophe unless urgent action is taken to tackle global warming a nobel prize winning intergovernmental panel on climate change says warming needs to be capped at one and a half degrees celsius but as it currently stands the world is set to pass this mark by as early as twenty thirty years when rising sea levels with up to ten million more people exposed to the risks of flooding and you can say goodbye to coral reefs which we wiped out but also mean more heat waves with four hundred twenty million more people affected the ability to grow vital crops such as rice wheat and maize would be hit many more food shortages so what can people do to make a difference or some to suggest simple things such as buying less meat in a few a dairy products and choosing locally sourced food using public transport and driving electric cars would also make a big difference and taking fewer planes for business travel but even barber has our report the threats been clear and present for many years climate change caused by human activity is putting our very survival in peril now the un's climate change body says co

catastrophe and less urgent action is taken to tackle global warming a nobel prize winning intergovernmental panel on climate change says warming needs to be capped at one and a half degrees celsius but as it currently stands the world is set to pass this mark as early as twenty thirty again barbara has won the threats been clear and present for many years climate change caused by human activity is putting our very survival in peril now the un's climate change body says concerted action needs to come much sooner than previously thought early action to eliminate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is possible they are options available there are signs that mitigation is going on but if this is to be achieved there's an urgent need to accelerate. three years ago at the paris climate change conference many governments gave themselves a pat on the back they pledged to take action to limit temperature rises to one point five degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels now the experts say they're failing and time is running out the i.p.c.c. says meeting that one point five degrees target requires a forty

says the world is getting a climate change ultimatum ahead of major report from the un's intergovernmental panelchange tomorrow. the daily telegraph says police are setting targets to investigate fewer than half of reported crimes. it says one of the uk's largest forces has decided it should screen out 56% of cases. the sun's headline, ‘blame it on the boozy‘ refers to the so—called curse of strictly. two of the show‘s stars, seann walsh and katya jones, have apologised to their partners after being photographed kissing. the daily mirror leads on the apology from the strictly pair as well and they have a photograph of jodie whittaker after the first episode of the new series of doctor who, broadcast earlier this evening. a mix of stories on the front pages, let's have a closer look. caroline, starting on the times, skipping over the lovely picture of the dogs with their brexit... the lovely picture of the dogs with their brexit. .. what the lovely picture of the dogs with their brexit... what shall we say, brexit opinion reflected in their little flags. let's go to the main story, all about whet

the intergovernmental panel on climate change was founded in one nine hundred eighty eight by the united nations it's scientists analyze studies from across the world in order to present findings on climate change and its possible consequences as well as strategies to fight it in two thousand and seven the committee received the nobel peace prize for its efforts despite this it did face criticism from fellow scientists after a scandal as climate gate in two thousand and nine when thousands of leaked emails caused people to doubt their impartiality. is a climatologist from berlin's science and policy institute has just returned from the launch of the i.p.c.c. report in show in south korea welcome to the w so how do we convince how do you go about committing governments to reduce global c o two emissions by forty five percent as this reporter asks for to ask them to reduce coal mining to zero when this is going to mean the destruction of voters jobs and communities well climate protection is about winning the future and what the port clearly tells us that is if we fail to achieve certain c

intergovernmental panel on climate change or i.p.c.c. today warned that our species only has about a dozen years left to take urgent transformative action to avoid absolute climate catastrophe the i.p.c.c. says time is quickly running out to hold global warming to one point five degrees versus two degrees of voiding global death to coral reefs and cataclysmic consequences for humanity. the chinese central bank officially named the people's bank of china has cut the reserve ratio of deposits that banks are required to hold for the fourth time this year that means more money is freed up in china as enter. straits will be cut by one hundred basis points by october fifteenth lowering the reserve rate is a standard policy move to encourage lending and it also increases capital into the economy the central bank's policy change is expected to make roughly one hundred ten billion dollars in additional capital of ailill for lending the policy announcement came at the end of a weeklong patriotic holiday and suggests that chinese leaders are lookin

we talked about the on climate change's call to intergovernmental panel stave off a fossil fuels, oneo do that is to move toward electric cars. the e-tron was just released and what is unique is its approach to plugging it in. they have teamed up with amazon. here to discuss it is a contributor to bloomberg's opinion. amazon will be installing my home charger for my audi? >> that is right. proverbial audi e-tron. amazon will use its home services division to do installation of these chargers. and home services is one that i can confess i've never used before, because it is for infrequent big purchases, maybe something you do once or twice in a home's lifetime, like a refrigerator or a home charger. so what this is doing is removing quite a bit of the friction out of doing something that you do not do that often. it is an intriguing way to just simplify a process. you may know what charger you want and i am sure that adui would have a pervert -- audi would have a preferred set. this is getting somebody in the home to take care of the paperwork and to the connection for you. emily: what

whole global warming nobel prize winning intergovernmental panel on climate change says woman needs to be capped at one of the half degrees celsius but as it currently stands the world is set to pass this mark by as early as twenty thirty four right candidate joya bosso narrow has won the first round of brazil's presidential election taking forty six percent of the vote he says he'll stick to the tough rhetoric in campaigning for the runoff vote on october the twenty eighth . the serb nationalist who opposes bosnia as a state has won a share of its tripartite presidency in iran who has close links with russia has urged bosnian serbs to secede saying bosnia has failed. there's the headlines today with a still not sure of my nigeria is up next why for now. china used to take half the world's recyclable rubbish but not anymore with garbage generated by one point four billion people they've got enough of their own but where does it go. to live on china's war on wits to. work out that. it. is sucked up by nigeria is your development. this is my nigeria. now you know. my name if. we have a m

intergovernmental panel on climate change or i.p.c.c. today warned that our species only has about a dozen years left to take urgent transformative action to avoid absolute climate catastrophe the i.p.c.c. says time is quickly running out to hold global warming to one point five degrees versus two degrees of voiding global death to coral reefs and cataclysmic consequences for humanity. the chinese central bank officially named the people's bank of china has cut the reserve ratio of deposits that banks are required to hold for the fourth time this year that means more money is freed up in china as interest rates will be cut by one hundred basis points by october fifteenth lowering the reserve rate is a standard policy move to encourage lending and it also increases capital into the economy the central banks policy change is expected to make roughly one hundred ten billion dollars in additional capital available for lending the policy announcement came at the end of a weeklong patriotic holiday and suggests that chinese leaders are looking

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the report by the intergovernmental panel on climate change says that limiting temperature rises to noore than 1.5 celsius will require massive changes to the way we live. it warns that without action, all the world's coral reefs will die out and low lying regions will disappear because of rising sea levels. our science correspondent victoria gill reports. pictures of a warming world. scientists are more confident than ever that the impacts of climate change are playing out now in the severity and frequency of droughts, storms and other extreme weather events. and, having gathered in the south korean city of incheon for the past week, climate change researchers and government delegates hammered out the final details of a dramatic report, outlining the consequences of a global temperature rise of more than 1.5 degrees and a plan for precisely how that can be prevented. countries need to up their ambition and get moving now with climate change action if we're going to keep 1.5 degrees within reach. with no action, the world is on course to breach this crucial target by as early as 2030,

in a dramatic report, the un's intergovernmental panel says the world is nowhere near its target of keepingrage global temperatures to 1.5 degrees celsius — instead, it says we're heading for an increase of 3 degrees from pre—industrial levels. the report says that just to stay on track would require ‘rapid, far reaching and unprecedented changes to all aspects of society.‘ our science correspondent victoria gill has this report. pictures of a warming world. scientists are more confident than ever that the impacts of climate change are playing out now, in the severity and frequency of droughts, storms, and other extreme weather events. and, having gathered in the south korean city of incheon for the past week, climate change researchers and government delegates hammered out the final details of a dramatic report outlining the consequences of a global temperature rise of more than 1.5 degrees, and a plan for precisely how that can be prevented. so, the scale of the changes that we are experiencing in the climate system is unprecedented. the scale of the changes that humans would have to impl

catastrophe a less urgent action is taken to tackle global warming the nobel prize winning intergovernmental panel on climate change says warming it needs to be capped at one and a half degrees celsius but as it currently stands the world is set to pass this mark by as early as twenty thirty this will lead to millions of people around the world being affected by flooding heat waves and food shortages. far right candidate jaya bosso narrow has won the first round of brazil's presidential election taking forty six percent of the vote he says he will stick to the tough rhetoric in campaigning the runoff vote on october the twenty eighth he's already begun talks with other lawmakers in congress to gain support as his party will not be able to govern alone . a serb nationalist who opposes bosnia as a state has won a share of its tripartite presidency were dirty in his close links with russia has urged bosnian serbs to secede saying bosnia has failed. to hold office for the first eight months of attaining presidency shared with one bosniak and one crow that. spain is let off a former doctor who stole ne

news audiences would have heard about the report released earlier this month by the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change or the i.p.c.c. and that's not because the report was the or inconsequential no in fact it's been called the landmark study warning that the world has just twelve years left to limit global temperature rise to one point five degrees celsius any higher. and the risks of drought floods and extreme weather will soar coverage of the i.p.c.c. report was a flash in the pan like so much climate change reporting is the initial wave of headlines or receded as quickly as it had emerged climate change is the world's most significant existential challenge and those who want to cover it are still figuring out how to convey its size and scale the listening post meenakshi ravi now on the coverage of the i.p.c.c. report and what it reveals about the state of climate change reporting. it's a story as because this planet affecting every country every economy every individual and its oceans he ratchets up higher every year and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to need a c

for such an important question i agree with you about the importance of that report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change telling us what staying at one point five degrees of warming means to the world and the difference between one point five degrees and two degrees and that's really important that we understand that two degrees is the outer limit of dangerous and that we must stay at one point five degrees to have a safe world that means as you said we have to reduce the emissions by forty five percent by twenty thirty which is less than twelve years away and we need a carbon price globally on carbon so that people move away from carbon towards cleaner energy we need to remove all the subsidies on fossil few we need to have incentives to move to clean energy and you know top down but the laws of governments matter a great deal but also bottom up if people begin to take it seriously in their own lives then they begin to put pressure on governments they use their voice and their vote and their pressure to make sure that governments are much much more ambitious the small own states and t

have issued their strongest warning yet on the risks of rising temperatures a report by the intergovernmental panel on climate change says limiting global warming to one point five degrees celsius would immediately need rapid far reaching and unprecedented changes climate changing emissions.

have issued their strongest warning yet on the risks of rising temperatures a report by the intergovernmental panel on climate change says limiting global warming to one point five degrees celsius would immediately need rapid far reaching and unprecedented changes climate changing emissions would have to plunge by forty five percent by two thousand and thirty. turkish president recha type editor juan has called on saudi arabia to prove its claim that missing.

the intergovernmental panel on climate change say tthe world is ck for rising temperatures of close to three degrees celsius. they say governments must changa their polici we all need to alter the way we live to prevent devastating consequences. sence editor david shukman has more. david: the warming of the earth is heading for levels that modern humans have never exrienced. that is the unnerving implication of this latest report. it says the rise of the oceans could ac sounds like a small increase in temperature. heat waves are saito become more intense sooner than expected. and forest fires combined with more warming will have a profound impact on wildlife. when the report was unveiled at a press conference here in south korea, it came with a startling conclusion.f >>tion is not taken, it will take the planet into an unprecedented climate future if we compare it to what has happened during all of human evolutionary history.or david: the rsays massive cuts are needed in the gases warming the atmosphere. at means turning away fr fossil fuels like oil, because when t off carbon dioxide.

let's take a look at the intergovernmental panel on climate change.was founded in 1988 by the united nations. 's analysts analyze studies from across the world in order to present findings on climate change and strategies to prevent it. in 2007, the committee received the nobel peace prize for his efforts. it has faced criticism from fellow scientists. thousands of leads emails in 2009 call people to adapt their impartiality. an excellent on climate policy works for the ngo german watch. welcome to dw. this report calls for 45% reduction in global co2 emissions by 2030. it says we need to reduce coal mining 20. the question is how you do that? >> the report is a very good job in making this case. you have to look at the first section of the report that looks at the impacts we would face with two degrees of warming. they are catastrophic in some parts of the world. you want to avoid the destruction of communities and have to act now. with two degrees of warming, we can have no coral reefs left. they are not just nice to look at what the basis for fishe

deal bricks it would be disruptive to the environment but even without breaks it was the un intergovernmental panel on climate change telling the truth when it warned the world as twelve years to reverse transform nations that could spell the end of the human species joining me now is greg ajah clean vehicles director at the european federation for transport and environment joins me via skype from brussels greg thanks. inning us a time for celebration presumably there that even mainstream media finally awoke to the i.p.c.c. idea that policy needs urgent change if we are to be alive as a species i don't think it's a time of celebration but we've got twelve years same sequoias ocean but i think it's very positive that it was a good response more now and it sure is that there is a really constructive action from governments to make sure that they actually follow through and made sure that we really do start to prosecutions. the i.p.c.c. show the media already some people are saying there why is it the world wildlife fund in twenty seven said we had five years the u.n. climate boss for mcglone. for gar

today from the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change unless we reduce global c o two emissions unless we reduce coal use to always zero unless we spend two point four trillion dollars every year for the next seventeen but unless we are directly affected do we the governments really care i'm phil gale in berlin this is the day. you change is already affecting people ecosystems and livelihoods all around the world. to eat to reduce greenhouse gas emissions it's a loss of all the options available. the message is over to governments at this stage we've told you before you get the scientific facts the evidence because it is up to the governments no to decide what to do with it. also coming up on the day d.w. reports from northern syria where u.s. backed forces are fighting to retake the last bit of territory held by the so-called islamic state. looked out of so that i've lost so many friends so many i can't count this one died in my arms and another right next to me there were so many at the. u.n. climate scientists have issued their strongest warning yet regarding the risks of ris

news audiences would have heard about the report released earlier this month by the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change or the i.p.c.c. and that's not because the report was that or in consequential no in fact it's been called the landmark study warning that the world has just twelve years left to limit global temperature rise to one point five degrees celsius and higher and the risks of drought floods and the extreme weather will soar cover. edge of the i.p.c.c. report was a flash in the pan like so much climate change reporting is the initial wave of headlines or receded as quickly as it had emerged climate change is the world's most significant existential challenge and those who want to cover it are still figuring out how to convey its size and scale the listening post meenakshi ravi now on the coverage of the i.p.c.c. report and what it reveals about the state of climate change reporting. it's a story as because this planet affecting every country every economy every individual and its oceans he ratchets up higher every year and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to

the intergovernmental panel on climate change it is warning hundreds of millions of people around the world will suffer from intensifying natural disasters if forty five percent of carbon emissions almost half of them aren't cut by the year twenty thirty the details now with nothing but the threats been clear and present for many years climate change caused by human activity is putting our very survival in peril now the un's climate change body says concerted action needs to come much sooner than previously thought early action to really need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is possible they are options available there are signs that mitigation is going on but if this is to be achieved there's an urgent need to accelerate. three years ago at the paris climate change conference many governments gave themselves a pat on the back they pledged to take action to limit temperature rises to one point five degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels now the experts say they're failing and time is running out the i.p.c.c. says meeting that one point five degrees target requires a forty five

news audiences would have heard about the report released earlier this month by the un's intergovernmental panel on climate change or the i.p.c.c. and that's not because the report was that or in consequential no in fact it's. called the landmark study warning that the world has just twelve years left to limit global temperature rise to one point five degrees celsius and higher and the risks of drought floods and the extreme weather will soar coverage of the i.p.c.c. report was a flash in the pan like so much climate change reporting is the initial wave of headlines receded as quickly as it had emerged climate change is the world's most significant existential challenge and those who want to cover it are still figuring out how to convey its size and scale the listening post meenakshi ravi now on the coverage of the i.p.c.c. report and what it reveals about the state of climate change reporting. it's a story as because this planet affecting every country every economy every individual and its oceans he ratchets up higher every year and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to need a cru

for such an important question i agree with you about the importance of that report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change telling us what staying at one point five degrees of warming means to the world and the difference between one point five degrees and two degrees and that's really important that we understand that two degrees is the over limit of dangerous and that we must stay at one point five degrees to have a safe world that means as you said we have to reduce the emissions by forty five percent by twenty thirty which is less than twelve years away and we need a carbon price globally on carbon so that people move away from carbon towards cleaner energy we need to remove all the subsidies on fossil fuel we need to have incentives to move to clean energy and you know top down but the laws of governments matter a great deal but also bottom up if people begin to take it seriously in their own lives then they begin to put pressure on governments they use their voice and their vote and their pressure to make sure that governments are much much more ambitious the small own states and t

intergovernmental panel on climate change or i.p.c.c. today warned that our species only has about a dozen years left to take urgent transformative action to avoid absolute climate catastrophe.