she is lead author at the intergovernmental panel on climate change, the ipcc. was also a lead author on the asia chaer in the most recent ipcc report and a draft author on the report's summary for policymakers. and a twitter thread about the heatwave, she noted -- "it is deep climate injustice that those who face the brunt of the current heatwave have contributed so little to the problem." chandni singh, welcome to democracy now! explain the extent of the crisis in india right now. >> thank you for having me. i think as you laid it out very clearly rit now, there is very severe heatwave going on not only- in pakistan asell, adding temperatures from 110 to 160 degrees fahrenheit, which is absolutely debilitating if you go out in the sun. what is most problematic, while some people have the oortunity to stay indoors and cool their homes, there are lots of livelihoods that necessitate you to goutdoors, either working as construction laborers, agricultural laborers, or street vendors for examplhave to go out. they are saying the brunt of the heatwave. amy: can you

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the ipcc does not mention. it's got thousands of pages. it does not mention it professor destler. i've never seen him mention it. he doesn't mention it here. this is like discussing polio and the effects of polio without discussing the fact that we have a polio vaccine. we are masters of climate to not discuss. this is climate mastery denial pure and simple and nothing. i want to really emphasize this nothing a climate mastery denier projects about future harms of co2 can be trusted because they deny our climate mastery abilities applies to the ipcc reports certainly applies to professor destler. and so the final factor, which is he even more egregious denial if that is possible is denying the benefits of fossil fuels. so fossil fuels are uniquely scalable and versatile source of energy scalable means provide energy for billions of people and thousands of places versatile means all types of machines. you might have noticed professor destler only talked about electricity. what electricity is only 20% of global energy use fossil fuels are growing particularly in china and other part

we can still, according to the most recent ipcc scientific— according to the most recent ipcc scientifics it very clear that if we do the things that are available to us we can still avoid — are available to us we can still avoid the _ are available to us we can still avoid the worst consequences of the climate _ avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis. but people need to understand, that's avoiding the worst— understand, that's avoiding the worst consequences not the crisis to some _ worst consequences not the crisis to some degree. we need to break the mould. _ some degree. we need to break the mould. we _ some degree. we need to break the mould, we need to behave like the rhetoric— mould, we need to behave like the rhetoric suggests we should which is, we _ rhetoric suggests we should which is, we call— rhetoric suggests we should which is, we call the six essential but is a world _ is, we call the six essential but is a world we — is, we call the six essential but is a world we are not behaving as if it is. a world we are not behaving as if it is we _ a world we are not be

the ipcc has been clear that we need to start massively reducing our greenhouse gas emissions this decade, and the current plans that have been submitted to the paris agrment aren't giving that result yet. we really need governments to be picking up their level of ambition and otherwise, these temperature goals are going to be out of reach. phil: it's interesting that your report comes out today, the same day the european commission has announced this multibillion euro effort to wean itself off russian fossil fuels that -- and invest in renewable energy out at sea. it's intriguing that it takes a war to get countries to take this seriously. >> yes it is, a warrant a cost-of-living crisis as well. it's really not sustainable and it's t efficient, and it's not in national security interests to be reliant on fossil fuels. the ason - the easy a relatively cheap solution is to step up renewable energies and stop subdizing fossil fuels, and to accelerate action in that direction. phil: we saw in the report some of the effects and saw how he damages productivity. if this trend continues, what el

nevertheless nasa the ipcc put out these projections with great confidence. all right. we shall see. let me turn to weather extremes a bit. brought in the media over the last summer. historic heat waves in the northwest virtually impossible without human caused changes said cnn european floods were invoked the latest sign of global warming the climate connection behind deadly downpours around the world fires floods dead fish climate change fuels extreme weather. with no return to normal said the new york times and maybe the best one from other boston globe. welcome to the climate apocalypse. it's going to get worse. well, i want to talk about extremes. and a reminder that climate plays out over decades and to do that. i want to talk about denial. not climate denial, but denial river. so there's a map of cairo and in the manure cairo in the middle of the river is, rhode island. and at the southern tip of rhode island the medieval egyptians built a structure called a nihilometer. with a measured the height of the nile river was very important to them as you might imagine.

we can still, according to the most recent ipcc scientific report — it makes it very clear that if wensequences of the climate crisis. but people need to understand that's avoiding the worst consequences, not the crisis to some degree. we need to break the mould, we need to behave like the rhetoric suggests we should, which is we call this existential — but as a world, we are not behaving as if it is. you can find much more news about the climate on our website, including this special section looking at cop26 — what it achieved, and how that is being transformed into reality. just log on to bbc.com/news or download the bbc news app elon musk has said he will reverse the twitter ban imposed on donald trump, once he takes over the social media company. the richest man in the world agreed a $41; billion takeover bid with the twitter board last month, but he said it was not a done deal and that ideally it would be completed in the next two or three months. our technology correspondent james clayton has more. he has kind of already intimated that this was going to happen. this is the first

we can still, according to the most recent ipcc scientific report — it makes it very clear that if we. but people need to understand that's avoiding the worst consequences, not the crisis to some degree. we need to break the mould, we need to behave like the rhetoric suggests we should, which is we call this existential — but as a world, we are not behaving as if it is. we have to break the mould of the status quo. we cannot do business as usual. we have to begin to mobilise more money, we have to mobilise higher levels of investment, we have to do greater research and development, we have to deploy demonstration projects faster, we have to push the curve of technology — all of these things are doable. and already, we have the technology that we could deploy to do what we need to do over the next eight years. if we need a 45% reduction in emissions now for the next ten years, we can get thatjust by deploying current technologies. after that, it becomes tougher to get the residual, the rest that you have to get to get net zero by 2050. but we will develop new methods of doing things as

term, -- the international panel on climate change, under governmental panel on climate change, the ipcc, said that we need to rapidly transition to a clean energy economy and notably, they warned that we have 20 fewer years to cut methane pollution than we previously thought. instead of by 2050, we now need to cut global methane pollution by 33% by 2030. mr. woods, exxon refers to itself [inaudible] methane pollution and you have committed to working with the u.s., european, and other governments to implement the global methane pledge. as mentioned in my remarks -- we have to accelerate -- my 20 years to avoid dangerous -- in light of the ipcc's finding, should exxon and other companies testify today, to set more aggressive commitments to reducing methane emissions to align with the new scientific findings? >> congressman, i think you touched on a very important part that the industry is very focused on. our work to reduce methane, i know across all the companies that i engage with, we are focused on and our company specifically has committed by, 2030, to reducing methane emissions by 7

the ipcc put out a reportjust back in february that provided a lot of strong evidence for the importancestanding of what works for adaptation. what types of approaches and solutions are most feasible and who stands to benefit the most for them, which i think is a really important point that may sometimes be a bit lost in the discussion. climate change does not impact everyone equally and it is often the people who did the least to cause the problem who bear the brunt of climate change impacts. so i think you're going to hear about that adaptation in cop27 in particular butjust more and more in the global conversation about climate change. fire more in the global conversation about climate change.— about climate change. are you optimistic _ about climate change. are you optimistic that _ about climate change. are you optimistic that we _ about climate change. are you optimistic that we can - about climate change. are you optimistic that we can reverse | optimistic that we can reverse climate change to a point, or to a degree, if you pardon the pun, and learn to adapt and live with climate

possible consequences about this heatwave, because spain is one of the hotspots considered by the ipcc likely now than ever. if we continue on the path of emissions we are currently on, we will see wheat diminished by 40% in yield. there is a very competitive system of instruments, horticultural instruments, and irrigation is expanding with some requirements. short uses of water. but it still a problem because it is a moderate warming climate change but if we reach severe conditions, the adaptation may be limited so those are big concerns.— are big concerns. pablo from the national farming _ are big concerns. pablo from the national farming union - are big concerns. pablo from the nationalfarming union in - are big concerns. pablo from the nationalfarming union in spain, j nationalfarming union in spain, thank you very much. an astronaut capsule developed by boeing has successfully docked with the international space station. the company hopes that the starliner�*s test flight will prove to nasa that it can safely transport crews to and from the space station after its first demonstrat

consequences of this heatwave, drought seasons, because spain is one of the hotspots considered by the ipccf the possible consequences. if we continue on the path of emissions we are currently on, we can see wheat yield diminished by about a0%. there are measures installed to reduce the risk. there is a very competitive system of insurance, horticultural insurance, and irrigation is expanding with some requirements. short uses of water. but it still a problem because it's useful for a moderate warming climate change, but if we reach severe warming conditions, maybe even those adaptation measures will be limited. australian networks say labor will form the next government after the liberal—national coalition has failed to win enough seats. it is still not clear whether it will be a majority administration — or a coalition with minor parties such as the greens who have done well. it means the end of the leadership of scott morrison and anthony albanese will be crowned australia's prime minister. tom mcilroy, is a political reporter for the australian financial review in sydney. he is also at

i'm joined now by dr chandni singh in bangalore, lead author on the ipcc report, working on the asia. starting with the state of play at the moment. these are extreme conditions. how are people coping? conditions. how are people co..in?- , conditions. how are people coinu? �* , , conditions. how are people coinu? ~ , , ., coping? absolutely. this heat wave is really _ coping? absolutely. this heatj wave is really unprecedented. we have seen it come much earlier in the year. we really had no spring at all in north and central india. india is a country that is no stranger to heat. we do know and have various open strategies to deal with things like keeping in the shade, wearing good clothes, drinking a lot of fluids but given that this heatwave has started sooner and has been so intense for such a long period of time, these coping strategies can only get us so far. it is really pushing the limits of coping with the heat. i know we always have to be careful around what is an extreme weather conditions and what is climate change induced, if you like, but is there a general awareness that

in light of the ipcc's findings, should exxon and other companies testifying today set more aggressive commitments to reducing methane emissions to align with the new scientific findings. >> i think you touched on a very important part that the industry is very focused on. our work to reduce methane, i know across all the companies that i engage with, we're focused on it. our company specifically has committed to reducing methane emissions by 70 to 80%. as we work towards that goal, we're trying to improve upon that number. i think that -- >> what are some of the specific steps that exxon should take to accelerate methane emission reductions? >> there's a process of changing out equipment, making sure that the operations that we use are sensitive to events that release methane, making sure the equipment is of the of maintenad replacement of equipment that drives that. >> don't you think u.s. oil and gas companies should be leading the world in reducing methane pollution? after all, our customers, your customers, will be looking for clean gas. >> i think i the oil and gas industry has a

we saw this week in the news from the ipcc, the window for managing these climate threats is narrowing. we are excited to say that we have some really focused -- we can, through the bipartisan infrastructure law, even more from the resources we have asked from the president, to shore up our nation's crumbling water infrastructure and pivot and pay very special attention to the stocks. >> the reagan administration, first of all, let me thank you for the time you and i spent together to get used to each other and what we are doing, what we are trying to accomplish. one of the issues has been ongoing for decades. at least 60 years that i know. i have been involved in aviation that long. i think i speak for all members of the panel that want to see a safe and smart transition and are working towards that. however, there remain concerns of the epa's impending announcement of the endangerment finding, the transition to unleaded fuel could be in jeopardy before we get started. there are over 200,000 aircraft and 1800 different engine types in general aviation today. a large sector of the flee

we saw, just this week in the news from the ipcc, that the window for managing these climate threatss narrowing, is shortening. and so, this year, we are excited to say that we have some really focused work that we can do, through the bipartisan infrastructure law, but even more with the resources that we've asked from the presidents budget request. that specifically continues to shore up our nation's crumbling water infrastructure, but pivot and pay very special attention to the cyber threats. >> thank you, thank you mister chairman. >> senator inhofe? >> thank, you mister chairman. the regular administration, first of all, let me thank you for the time that you and i spent together to try and get used to each other what we're doing and what we're trying to accomplish. one of these issues has been ongoing for decades, at least 60 years that i know because i've been involved in aviation that long. removing lead from gas, and i think i speak for all members of this panel that want to see a safe and smart transition and are working towards that. however, i remain concerned that the epa