united states continues to 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

and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to need a crutch and event to pick it on a global conference a protest or as it was this time around the release of the intergovernmental panel on climate change is a special report on global warming the report's findings were monumental this is the most dire report we've had from the i.p.c.c. yet they're basically saying we need to move now we need to take really serious action if we want to prevent the worst impacts of climate change the report is something of a call to arms telling us that the survival of our species depends on a political revolution these are the overwhelming scientific findings frankly overwhelmed scientists and it is going to overwhelm journalists as well. the headline in the i.p.c.c. report is stark it says rapid far reaching and unprecedented changes are needed in all aspects of society if mankind is to contain the average global temperature increase to one point five degrees celsius the timeframe the i.p.c.c. has set for this. is just over the decade twelve years in the absence of a paradigm shift a rethinking of how the world functions the droughts food shortages environmental degradation and povert

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 me

as i understand it, tell us about that. >> well, the ipcc as it's called is the intergovernmental panel on climate changeis trying to tell you something there, it wants the governments of the world to have a unified view, and therefore a unified policy on climate change. that's what it was there for. now, i was asked to write a small portion of second report. i've reviewed the other ones and people said well, why did you work for ipcc, the garden parties there were a few skunks, the skunks dropped out because they were disgusted with it. we got our two cents in, and as you know, it's simply run away with the issue, and all these documents that are produced like the ipcc documents, the u.s. national assessment on climate change, they're summaries of scientific literature. now the problem is the scientific literature, itself, has to be biased, because we are working, we are funding the hypothesis that climate change is this horrible thing, have all the horrible effects and you don't get your grant renewed unless you publish and so that literature that you summarize is biased in a given direction. that's ho

report is really all about understanding the science. understanding the science. intergovernmental panel on climate changeolicymakers. choose to engage in individual conventions. conventions. call for a cut from two —— 2 degrees toi. call for a cut from two —— 2 degrees to 1. call for a cut from two —— 2 degrees to1. call for a cut from two —— 2 degrees to 1. to 1. 5 degrees and what difference it will make? it will make? targets from 2 degrees to pursuing efforts towards 1. efforts towards 1. 5 degrees that actually happened in paris in 2015. actually happened in paris in 2015. paris agreement, to pursue efforts toi. paris agreement, to pursue efforts to1. paris agreement, to pursue efforts to 1. to 1. 5 degrees, rather than settling for 2 degrees. for 2 degrees. what were the benefits of limiting warming to1. what were the benefits of limiting warming to 1. warming to 1. to allowing it to a rise to 2 degrees. degrees. and how hard it would be to meet that goal. meet that goal. that is why this report was commissioned. report was commissioned. then continue to discuss how they will manage that. will mana

so who are these experts warning us about a climate change well let's take a closer look at the i.p.c.c. 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

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 the least developed

caught up with michael grubb professor of 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 oil demand. that's probably going to affect some other regions like oil shales 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 middle east countries traditionally heavy dependence on oil significant on gas that's kind of both good and bad it's clipped much cleaner tha

and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to need a crutch and event to pick it on a global conference a protest or as it was this time around the release of the intergovernmental panel on climate change is a special report on global warming the report's findings were monumental this is the most dire report we've had from the i.p.c.c. yet they're basically saying we need to move now we need to take really serious action if we want to prevent the worst impacts of climate change the report is something of a call to arms telling us that the survival of our species depends on a political revolution these are the overwhelming scientific findings frankly overwhelmed scientists and it is going to overwhelm journalists as well. the headline in the i.p.c.c. report is stark it says a rapid far reaching and unprecedented changes are needed in all aspects of society if mankind is to contain the average global temperature increase to one point five degrees celsius the timeframe the i.p.c.c. has set for this is just over the decade twelve years in the absence of a paradigm. shift and rethinking of how the world functions the droughts the food shortages environmental degradation an

broadcasting a special programme at 8:30pm tonight, on the dramatic report of the intergovernmental panel on climate changeng 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. yes it has, the

and less urgent action is taken to tackle global warming the nobel prize winning intergovernmental panel on climate change says warming needs to be capped at one and a half degrees celsius otherwise they say millions of people around the world will be affected by flooding heat waves and food shortages and in baba explains all. from 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 and 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 ta

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 concerted action nee

so who are these experts warning us about climate change let's take a closer look at the i.p.c.c. 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

the independent says the world is getting a climate change ultimatum ahead of major report from the un's intergovernmental panel onnge 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 whether

scientists have given one of the starkest warnings yet about the changes needed to tackle climate change. the report by the intergovernmental paneln climate change says that limiting temperature rises to no more 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

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

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

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 newborn babies from

on. un climate scientists 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.

un climate scientists 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.

and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to need a crutch and event to pick it on a global conference a protest or as it was this time around the release of the intergovernmental panel on climate change is a special report on global warming the report's findings were monumental this is the most dire report we've had from the i.p.c.c. yet they're basically saying we need to move now we need to take really serious action if we want to prevent the worst impacts of climate change the report is something of a call to arms telling us that the survival of our species depends on a political revolution these are the overwhelming scientific findings frankly overwhelmed scientists and it is going to overwhelm journalists as well. the headline in the i.p.c.c. report is stark it says rapid far reaching and unprecedented changes are needed in all aspects of society if mankind is to contain the average global temperature increase to one point five degrees celsius the timeframe the i.p.c.c. has set for this is. just over the decade twelve years in the absence of a pattern time shift and rethinking of how the world functions the droughts food shortages environmental degradation and

we'll bring you the full details of that report in our special coverage of the the intergovernmental panel on climate changerazil's next president are making their final efforts to woo undecided voters before the first round of the country's general election tomorrow. the far—right politician, jae—ear bolsonaro is the frontrunner. the economy, crime and corruption are said to be among the main concerns of voters. some patients could see theirgps in groups, under plans being considered by the nhs in england. doctors have been trialling shared appointments for up to 15 patients with the same condition — ranging from raised blood pressure and rheumatoid arthritis, to chronic back pain and asthma. the royal college of gps says patients like getting the support of others — while gps say it stops them having to repeat advice. earlier i spoke to dr fraser birrell, and mary henfrey, a patient who's taken part in group—led sessions. i used to go to see doctor birrell each week and it was a three—hour group session and the good parts about it were people ask questions that you might not have thought of asking yoursel

areworld's top scientis rning of a climate catastrophe unless we change our ways. the intergovernmental panel on climate change says the world is on track for rising temperatur of close to three degrees celsius. they say governments must change their policies and we all need t to alt way we live to prevent devastating consequences. science editor david shukman has more. david: the warming of the earth is heang for levels that modern humans have never experienced. that is the unnerving implication of this latest report. eait says the rise of the could accelerate even with what sounds like a small ercrease in teure. heat waves are said to become more intense sooner than expected. and forest fires combined with moreng 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. >> if action is not taken, it will take the planet into aned unprted climate future if we compare it to what has happened during all of human evolutionary history. david: the report says massive cuts are needed in the gases warming the a

and we'll bring you the full details of that report in our special coverage of the intergovernmental panel on climate changeiamentary body overseeing mps expenses has criticised the disability benefits assessment system as a "hostile environment" after being he doesn't qualify for support despite having parkinson's and terminal prostate cancer. andrew mcdonald ran the independent parliamentary standards authority before retiring on health grounds. he had his benefits stopped after assessors decided he was no longer ill enough to qualify for a personal independence payment. a short time ago i spoke to mr mcdonald who described his experience of the process. ididn't i didn't realise that this assessment, unlike the previous ones, was going to determine whether 01’ ones, was going to determine whether or not i had benefits at all. it was said at the very start i would have annual assessment is essentially with a view to reducing the payments as my conditions worsened. what became clear this time was that the rules had changed, they had not been clearly explained and the issue at sta ke was clearly explained an

we'll bring you the full details of that report in our special coverage of the the intergovernmental panel on climate changenominee is expected to be approved by us senators later, despite allegations of sexual assault. toxic air pollution is much worse in eight areas of england than previously thought, a government review reveals. ray galton, one half of the writing duo behind hancock's half hour and steptoe and son, has died at the age of 88. tens of thousands of people have marched through edinburgh in support of scottish independence. historic environment scotland said their priority was to "facilitate the march safely". they had earlier said the rally could not be held as events of a "political nature" are not allowed. catriona renton reports. a sea of people make their way down edinburgh's royal mile, bringing together supporters of independence. in the lead up to the event, organisers said they anticipated the march to be the biggest and boldest demonstration for independence in scotland's history, and today, they are delighted with the turnout. i'm not a member of the snp. i'm not a member of any po

climate change? let's take a look at the intergovernmental panel on climate change. as 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 fisher

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 the least developed

and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to need a crutch and event to pick it on a global conference a protest or as it was this time around the release of the intergovernmental panel on climate change is a special report on global warming the report's findings were monumental this is the most dire report we've had from the i.p.c.c. yet they're basically saying we need to move now when you take really serious action if we want to prevent the worst impacts of climate change the report is something of a call to arms telling us that the survival of our species depends on a political revolution these are the overwhelming scientific findings frankly overwhelmed scientists and it is going to overwhelm journalists as well. the headline in the i.p.c.c. report is stark it says a rapid far reaching and unprecedented changes are needed in all aspects of society if mankind is to contain the average global temperature increase to one point five degrees celsius the timeframe the i.p.c.c. has set for this is just over the decade twelve years in the absence of a paradigm. shift and rethinking of how the world functions the droughts food shortages environmental degradation and pove

and yet climate change coverage nearly always seems to need a crutch and event to pick it on a global conference to protest or as it was this time around the release of the intergovernmental panel on climate change is a special report on global warming the report's findings were monumental this is the most dire report we've had from the i.p.c.c. yet they're basically saying we need to move now we need to take really serious action if we want to prevent the worst impacts of climate change the report is something of a call to arms telling us that the survival of our species depends on a political revolution these are the overwhelming scientific findings that created over the world scientists and it is going to overwhelm journalists as well. the headline in the i.p.c.c. report is stark it says rapid far reaching and unprecedented changes are needed in all aspect. society if mankind is to contain the average global temperature increase to one point five degrees celsius the timeframe the i.p.c.c. has set for this is just over the decade twelve years in the absence of a paradigm shift a rethinking of how the world functions the droughts food shortages environmental degradation and po

we'll bring you the full details of that report in our special coverage of the the intergovernmental panel on climate changecouncil, donald tusk, has offered an upbeat assessment of the brexit talks — saying he believes it's possible to reach a deal by the end of the year. his comments came after another senior eu official — jean claude juncker, president of the european commission, also suggested the chances of a an agreement have risen in the last few days. one week after the indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami — officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the mud and rubble. so far, the official death toll is around 1500. hundreds of buildings were destroyed in the city of palu when it was hit by a wall of water. yet alongside the despair, there have been stories of hope, as our correspondent nick beake reports. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival. including here, where the injured are still being treated outside because they fear the hospital could collapse. 12—year—old football fan rizki was in an internet

we'll bring you the full details of that report in our special coverage of the the intergovernmental panel on climate changehe indonesian island of sulawesi was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, officials say more than 1,000 people could still be missing beneath the mud and rubble. so far the official death toll is around 1,500. hundreds of buildings were destroyed in the city of palu when it was hit by a wall of water. yet alongside the despair, there have been stories of hope, as our correspondent nick beake reports. within this devastated city you find incredible stories of survival. 12—year—old football fan rizki was in an internet cafe in palu, watching highlights of his beloved manchester city when the earthquake struck. "suddenly the earth started to shake," he tells us. "i started to run, my hand was crushed, but i was able to stick out my other hand and wave it, someone saw me and helped me out." when his broken arm heals, rizki says he wants to get so good at football he can play alongside his heroes. who is your favourite manchester city player? riyad mahrez. algerian international riy

scientists have given one of the starkest warnings yet about the changes needed to tackle climate change. the report by the intergovernmental panelglobal population and natural world. will see more people going hungry, we will see more people in poverty. we will see more people in the developing world impacted. there are substantial developing world impacted. there are su bsta ntial costs developing world impacted. there are substantial costs from not acting on climate change. 20 people have died in a limousine crash in what police are calling the united states' deadliest road accident in almost a decade. the accident, which took place in new york state, killed all 18 of the limousine's passengers, as well as two pedestrians. there are reports that the victims included four sisters. the cause of the crash is unclear. the organisers of the cardiff half—marathon say they will carry out a review after two competitors died in yesterday's race. the two men, who have not been named but were in their 20s and 30s, collapsed at the finishing line. they are believed to have suffered heart attacks. the organisers say they were both given me

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 garrus last year said

report on climate change which is calling for urgent transformational change to avoid disastrous levels of global warming this is the i.p.c.c. 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

climate change. the protest comes after the united nation's intergovernmental panel on climate change released theirndst recent gs. the report warns that coal must be phased out by the year 2050 to limit the rise of global temperatures to a maximum of 1.5 degrees celsius. >> sreenivasan: finally tonight, we take you to northeast china, where the arrival t autumn brinusands of tourists to a park dedicated to maple trees. thrmany species of maple co and valleys, painting a natural landscape that changes colors as temperatures drop and the yellows, oranges as emerge. that's all for this edition of pbs newshour weekend i'm hari sreenivasan. thanks f watching. have a good night. y captioning sponsoredet captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> pbs newsho weekend is made possible by: bernard and iren.tz sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.p.b. foundation. rosalind p. walter.rb a hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of amerisi-- ing customized individual and group retirement products. that's

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

united states continues to lead the world on climate science and the united states continues to be very active in the intergovernmental panel on climate changeat 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 understand what is going on. will not they choose to engage in individual conventions. can you explain the difference why we're seeing this change from two to 1.5 and what difference that will make? this increase in ambition, this revision of the targets from 2 degrees to pursuing efforts towards 1.5, that actually happened in paris in 2015. that was the main outcome of the paris agreement to pursue effo rts of the paris agreement to pursue efforts to 1.5 rather than settling for 2 degrees. that was huge achievement of the paris agreement. but everyone recognised that the time the science av

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 the least developed

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.