this is laid down clear in the ipcc report for policymakers.your first guest as well, yeah, much more ambitious measures are needed to achieve it. moving to your second point, which talks about preparedness. some aspects are irreversible and some, like the extremes, we have one point will be 2 degrees above preindustrial, we will see intense extremes. we have to adapt to some aspect of climate change. we can't avoid some of it. as we've seen in germany, in the summer due to the flooding, there was a slightly patchy geographical range in how prepared local regions were. the warnings are there because you can make weather forecasts. they are pretty accurate out to five days. we are able to use an array of observations to forecast in high-resolution. we are able to provide better preparedness in terms of forecasts. better preparedness for ongoing droughts, flash droughts that start to form, wildfire weather, hot, dry conditions, but also windy conditions. heavy and sustained rainfall falling on already wet cashman's. these need -- a lot more needs

ipcc conclusions or u.s. government conclusions have the proper context to that conclusion and they don't give a sense of scale and so on. >> you are right. again it's the perception of wine which which is difficult in sound bytes on tv as you know. if you are lucky you get three or four minutes of airtime and usually the host wants to make an impact like it's a hoax or biden did this are trumpeted that. and you get havoc for that. you need to come back with answer. you can't equivocate. you have to reach a conclusion and in three minutes it's hard. >> with science in particular it's so complicated and nuanced. >> you and i talked about this after i published my review. if i look at your book and apps which are very helpful. again i would tell those who are listening if you have a read that you should order it and read it. i would characterize it as a distillation of the lecture and critic form where you carefully explained what happened and where we are and what the data means. sea level accelerated and dee

according to the ipcc, if we do what is required, bubble temperatures will stabilize in just a couple of decades. we can avert the worst potential consequences of the crisis. that is our charge now. the science is clear, and it is up to the countries assembled here today to lead a decisive global response. with that, it is now my honor to introduce the president of the united states, joe biden. pres. biden: it's good to see you all. good morning. thank you, secretary blinken. a special thanks to the special envoy. john has been a friend for a long time and i trust his leadership on this issue. we are honored to host all of you today as a follow-up to a leaders summit for a climate we hosted back in april. that summit made good on a commitment i made to the american people that the united states would return immediately to the world stage and address the climate crisis. i want to show we are at an inflection point, and that there is a real consensus that while the climate crisis poses an existential threat, there is a silver lining. the climate crisis also presents real and incredible

the ipcc conclusions or u.s. government conclusions. sometimes they don't put quite to the proper context and that conclusion. they truncate the history or don't givehi a sense of scale ad so on and so i've done that. >> you are right to correct me on that because the precision of language is different and the sound bites on tv as you know. if you are lucky you get three to four minutes of airtime. it's a hoax or obama was wrong or bidenng did this or trumpeted that. you need to come back with an answer. you can't equivocate. you have to reach a conclusion and in three minutes it's hard. >> of the science in particular is so complicated and nuanced that it doesn't adapt well at all to soundbites. >> you andou i talk about this after i published my review that i can share with the audience. if i look at your books and the graphs that are helpful, i will tell those who are listening if you haven'tst read it, you shoud read it. it is i would characterize it as a distillation in carefully explaining what's happened, where we are, what the d

the ipcc has warned that human activity is changing our climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversible ways. global leaders will have the opportunity to act fast and in concert. but what are some of the key challenges facing those who want to forge a new agreement at these talks? the bbc�*s science editor, david shukman, has this assessment. year after year, the countries of the world have gathered for huge conferences on climate change. i've seen for myself how they can go wrong, like in copenhagen in 2009. so what's on the cards now for glasgow? well, the first challenge is to get rapid cuts in the gases heating the planet — something thatjust hasn't happened so far. back in the early �*90s, when climate negotiations started, about 35 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases were being emitted into the atmosphere every year. and since then, despite all the talking, those emissions have just kept climbing. now, with all the plans and promises to cut them, they could fall to about 46 billion tonnes a year by 2030. but the science is incredibly clear that they need to come down far more than

the ipcc has warned that human activity is changing our climate in unprecedented and sometimes irreversibleey challenges facing those who want to forge a new agreement at these talks? the bbc�*s science editor, david shukman, has this assessment. year after year, the countries of the world have gathered for huge conferences on climate change. i've seen for myself how they can go wrong, like in copenhagen in 2009. so what's on the cards now for glasgow? well, the first challenge is to get rapid cuts in the gases heating the planet — something thatjust

were not climate experts sat and listened to consensus scientists, some of them i think all of them ipcc in one way or another and who then showed skepticalscientists their presentations and we talked for a day or so. and i came away again with the sense that gosh, there's a lot here we don't understand . and some of it very important to know that we didn't know. i was also surprised by how i had not heard about those shortfalls in the time i had been studying the matter. so it was both a revelation about the substance of the science but also how poorly it had been vindicated to even the literate public. >> wants the rest of this program book dv.org. use the search box at the top of the page to look for the title of his book unsettled. >> we are delighted to have you with us, welcome to booktalktuesday. my name is jim and rusty at the washington library . the new year to you all, glad to see you back in this new year and delighted that you joined and decided to spend your evening with us . tonight i'm excited because were going to have an opportunity to explore the challenges, the stress

if you look at the ipcc report, despite the dramatic impacts that it lays out in detail, it is many sometive when it comes to the policy side of the matter and the political side. because scientists by their nature tend to be conserve in that regard. they don't want to get ahead of the science and wade into politics. they are afraid frankly of being attacked. i've been at the center of a massive, you know, attack campaign, the fossil fuel industry has funded attacks against climate scientists for decades now. and any scientist who would speak out about the threat of climate change would be villified on, you know the pages of the "wall street journal" and on fox news. and you'd have carb get angry politicians demanding you're fired from your job at your university. there has been a concerted campaign to intimidate scientists. and to some extent it's been successful. >> that's why i wanted to speak to you specifically this morning because i know you're at the receiving end of that. and i thank you for your bravery. michael mann, the new book, the climate war. >>> a small texas town gained

the ipp -- icpp -- i can't even say their name, that's how serious this is. [ laughter ] the ipcc sayshat only "transformational" action right now will help us avert the worst of it. but that will be tough, because for some baffling reason, climate change has become a partisan issue. even though some prominent republicans like the late john mccain warned us about it many years ago. >> the fact is that the overwhelming body of scientific opinion in america and the world believes that human activity is causing climate change in the world. and that is an irrefutable fact. >> jimmy: that clip is from 2003, and we're still arguing about this. whether it's factual or not. some groups are coming around. some evangelical groups are taking it seriously. some corporations are taking it seriously. but not seriously enough. we're still acting like this is something we won't have to worry about for 20 years. if we wait 20 years, we're screwed. you think life is hard now. wait until we don't have enough water. i don't know, how could anyone be opposed to trying to fix this? even if you run an oil co

the ipcc results? so it certainly does not rule out nuclear. but the issue is the construction, the timeline, and making sure that we can also focus on investments like for example battery storage and energy storage in our power grid so that we aren't completely reliant on continual generation but that we can store energy in times when it's not available. >> just lastly i want to ask you about something that texas governor greg abbott just said. he was asked about the texas abortion bill and why force a rape or incest victim, survivor to carry a pregnancy to term. this is how he responded. i want to play this for our viewers. >> why force a rape or incest victim to carry their pregnancy to term? >> it doesn't require that at all because obviously it provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion. so for one, it doesn't provide that. that said, however, let's make something very clear. rape is a crime. and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from

the state and i thought rather than like many professional societies just rubberstamping what the un ipcc says i thought we are physicists, we should have a deeper look at the issue so i convened a workshop and my panel which was five physicists who are not climate experts that and listened to three consensus scientists , i think of all of them ipcc authors and three credentialed skeptical scientists . there were presentations and we would talk for a day or so and ice say there is a lot here we don't understand and some of it very important to know that we didn't know. i was also surprised by how i had not heard about those shortfalls in the time i had been studying the matter so it was both a revelation about the substance of the science but also how poorly it had been communicated to even the literate public. >> it's funny, your epiphany was similar to mine. some years earlier on a different subject of nuclear energy which we will comeback to . i happened to have spent the week of the accident at three mile island as a documented immigrant from canada. and i'm an american citizen now to

the recent ipcc made clear we faced code red for humanity. because of the climate crisis that his wife i'm inspired by the american people and led by a climate champion and president biden and democratic majorities in congress are taking action. i wish this could be bipartisan but that's part of the public sentiment that we have to have success with. president biden says you don't have to talk to me about climate. i was the first member in congress to introduce legislation decades ago to address the climate crisis. maybe in the senate , al gore was in the house and he was doing that to the we take great pride in having great leadership earlyon pioneers in this fight . the president has made this very special to the his agenda. he will go to glascow and we want him to do so with legislation is passed to help again confirm our commitment to the paris records by honoring our commitment to our emission standards. and then to the president again has, this is today we're telling him about build back better for climate while creating jobs. this is a

linen, after the stark findings in the latest ipcc special report on the ocean here in a changing liemtwe know that ocean data and monitoring are critical in assessing and adapting to the climate crisis. i appreciate the acknowledgment in your testimony that we understand the effects of environmental stressors like harmful algo blooms, marine heat waves, hypoxia, but there is still a significant gap in our understanding of how to predict these phenomena as you mentioned. coastal communities including those i represent in northwest oregon are acutely aware of this gap. how can congress better support not only basic ocean science and observation, but also adaptation and mitigation research necessary to support coastal communities affected by the climate crisis? >> thank you, representative. yes, i think much of the community has started to turn to look at adaptation as well as understanding because we know that it's going to be necessary. as an example, my own university has a center for climate change impacts and adaptation that focuses on partnerships with our local and regional communi

to hit ipcc targets, we would need to see at least a 100—fold increase. ccs has its critics — one recent report saying it has "a history of over—promising and under—delivering". let's take a look at an online spoof on the subject. as things fall apart and calls grow for us to urgently reduce our emissions, we've come up with a pr campaign, and technology that makes us look like climate heroes, whilst doing sweet nada. introducing carbon capture and storage. stuart hazeldean is the world's first professor of carbon capture and storage — and one of the key driving forces behind establishing ccs in the uk and worldwide. he's based at edinburgh university in scotland. thank you for coming on the programme. mi; thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. g , ., ~ programme. my pleasure, thank ou. that programme. my pleasure, thank yom that was — programme. my pleasure, thank you. that was obviously - programme. my pleasure, thank you. that was obviously an - you. that was obviously an oane you. that was obviously an online spo

the ipcc said - i can't even say their name, that's a serious this is. >> the summer is over but thanks to climate change is not. >> 56% of young people agree with the statement humanity is doomed. how do you feel about that? >> it has always been doomed. i empathize, i feel the doom. >> it is why their audiences are fleeing and these shows barely break 2 million people a night. shauna carson had 10 million people watching when he left late-night. these people decimated the timeslot. over at comedy central trevor the good times rolling with the hilarious and charming greta thunberg. >> i understand it is comfortable but not something that makes you popular. it is an icebreaker. people don't like you a few talk about the climate crisis. >> don't worry, seth myers kept the late-night excitement going. >> we reported on the board and beauty is doing that musical number at the un. seth got into that with a scintillating climate talk, john kerry. >> ets. >> john kerry's - >> i watched the video of permission to dance or something. they are really good. >> kids are absolutely correct to be fu

issued a statement to controversy among the membership the issue statements rubberstamping what the un ipcc says. we should have a deeper look at the issue and so i convened the workshop. they sat and listened to three consensus scientists and all of them were authors in one way or another and three skeptical scientists there were presentations that were told and i came away with the sense there's a lot here we don't understand and some of it is very important to know. i was also surprised by how i had not heard about those shortfalls in the time that i had been studying the matter so about the substance of the science and also how it had been communicated. >> similar to mine years ago on a different subject, nuclear energy, which we will come back to. i spent a week at the accident when i first came to the united states as he documented immigrant. despite our trials and tribulations, i'm still proud to be year although it is challenging these days. but enough about canada. i was thrown into the debate around nuclear energy in 1979 and spent the week of the accident immersed in the commissi

so i think ultimately what the scientists are telling us in the form of the ipcc report that was releasedn the article you mentioned just a few days ago released previously is that what we're seeing with our own eyes, that climate change is not some crisis that is going to occur at some unspecified date in the future. it's happening now. it is here now. it's impacting our lives each and every day. and it is critically important for policymakers in washington to muster the political will to do something. i'm grateful for the first time in a long way, we appear poised to do precisely that for the reconciliation bill, the build back better plan that the congress is currently working on. >> can you play that forward for us? how does that work? what happens immediately, and what else would you like to see happen in the near term? >> sure. well, i think as i said, the ipcc report is really this red alert for humanity in terms of really motivating us to do everything we can on a very short runway to avoid the more catastrophic consequences of climate change. we have to meet the moment. the $3.5

can we get an energy mix constructed in the 10-year time line with the ipccs. it doesn't rule out nuclear. the issue is the construction, the time line and making sure we can focus on investments like, for example, battery storage and energy storage in our power grid so that we aren't completely reliant on continual generation. so we can store energy when it's available. >> i want to ask you about something texas governor greg abbott said. by forcing a -- this is how he responded. >> a rape or incest victim during a pregnancy? >> it doesn't require that at all because obviously it provides at least six weeks for a person to be able to get an abortion. one, it doesn't provide that. that said, let's make something very clear. rape is a crime and texas will work tirelessly to make sure that we eliminate all rapists from the streets of texas by aggressively going out and arresting them and prosecuting them and getting them off the streets. so goal number one in the state of texas will be a victim of rape. >> i'm wondering what you thought when you heard that. >> we

the ipcc report released a few weeks ago indicated that we are in the red alert, and we are seeing theral impact of climate change from new york and louisiana and of course in my state of colorado where in my district we had the first and the second largest wildfires in the course of colorado happen in last year. so i believe that the investments in the build back better plan is to including a clean standard, and a commitment to put folks to work in building out, and infrastructure and working on wildfire mitigation by way of example i believe it is going to meet the scale and the gravity of the crisis. i am excited that we are off to the races so to speak working on the bill, and have it pass through the house in short order. >> and the democrats are making the point that the bill that was passed by the senate doesn't, but you are making a point that the president's build back bert plan at least as he is seeing it, it is going to address many issues of climate change. thank you for joining us. >>> and now, unprecedented wildfires are burning across california and one is inching closer

i think the ipcc report has shown us that we need to be as aggressive as possible.we just indicated, we really have to move forward this decade or we won't achieve the kind of escalated reductions that the world needs to protect ourselves and give our kids a good future. we will meet our commitments. >> china -- china's president announced that china will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad. how significant is that? >> it's a big deal, because i think those of us who follow these issues know that china has been funding significant amounts of coal utility investments across the world. i think it's important for all of us, including china, who is the world's biggest or largest carbon emitter right now, to actually work together to make sure that we're not just transitioning our own economies, but expending the resources necessary to deal with this worldwide. >> finally, the president issued an interesting new regulation or at least a direction for development of federal standards aimed at protecting workers from the impact of rising temperatures linked to c

the intergovernmental panel on climate change, ipcc, which you mentioned, in their latest report really connected the dots in a way that previous reports hadn't. in large part, it has to do with the level of sophistication of the science now. we can do what's known as detection and attribution. it is a fancy way of saying we can do sort of a before/after comparison with the climate models. we run the climate models without the increase in carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning and run the models including the increase in car upon pollution. we see how often a particular extreme event happens in both cases. in many of the cases that you're talking about, what we see is that the event is observed to have been astronomically unlikely without the additional warming from human activity. and in the models that include that, we find that these sorts of events are likely to happen. here's the bad news. what we're seeing now, the models tell us, is baked in. that's what we're going to have to deal with now for years to come. it gets worse if we don't reduce carbon emissions dramatically in th

>> congressman, we have labels of confidence in the ipcc, for example, i would have to refer you backre homework to give you that with confidence. but i can tell you right now we have to do more work there. looking at the climate cycle and the ocean climate cycle, with carbon. that's an area we need more measurements in and opportunities to establish monitoring networks and such. one of the key issues that we talk about is is the climate related carbon sea quest ration. as we look at the atlanta conveyor belt, in the northern hemisphere, we have the same in the southern hemisphere, as we start to watch that slow down, that's very concerning to european colleagues because that is what keeps those highlight the two countries warmer from the gulf stream influence. if that slows down, wood effects may await us further? if it slows down? how will the carbon that is sequestered because of the organic activity in the approach, and how will that change? we need to know that better. that's an area that i think warrants the arpa-o discussion that we were having with the other innovative researc

. >> reporter: a new landmark study from the ipcc papers a pretty dire picture claiming climate changehe atmosphere, ocean and land. but now businesses are stepping up to help on a larger scale. our sponsor amazon teaming up with global optimism to create the climate pledge aimed at encouraging a group of diverse organizes to address the complex challenges of climate change. >> we have over 200 companies that have signed up, 26 different industries across 21 different countries. companies and organizations make the commitment to be net zero carbon by 2040. >> reporter: one of the companies, colgate pal mol i have introducing a new recyclable toothpaste tube. it will help inspire a global shift. >> this project is a little different because this one if there's any legacy we're going to leave behind when we're done you won't see the output. >> reporter: pepsico is focusing own sustainable farming processes. >> pepsi looked at the materials that they're making their products with and those chips that you might get will be made in a bag that's made from plant-based materials instead of dif