james bayes al jazeera glasgow at live now to environment editor nick clark. how's the 1st take on nick m r m. the lead is a russia and china may not be here by the hundreds was the other world leaders on. they will be giving a variety of impassioned speeches to try and keep that one and a half degrees. 1.5 degrees celsius, a goal within reach we have from boys johnson, of course, his favorite mantra of coal cars, cash and trees phase out coal ramp up the transition to electric vehicles, a provide climate finance and, and deforestation. and i think we're gonna hear a big announcement on deforestation in the coming hours perhaps tonight or tomorrow, as will watch out for that at the dangers for developing countries for from the whole climate crisis highlighted very well there by mere motley, as we heard and james's report of the prime minister barbados saying that 2 degrees celsius is a death sentence bouts, no new announcements, no further embroidery from china on the latest announcements, at which has been they are the world's biggest emitter, and that's been

james bayes al jazeera glasgow. let's bring in christiana, forget it. she is called founder of global optimism. she is also former executive secretary of the u. n. framework convention on climate change she trans now from glasgow. thank you for your time. first off, i just wanna get your reaction to this pledge exactly signed shortly or announced shortly. to cut deforestation by 2030. well, you know, traditionally we have thought than biodiversity or deforestation. reversal and climate change were actually 2 different issues to dave, we fortunately finally had to have understood that these are 2 sides of the same coin. there is no way that we would be able to do any of the climate targets, let alone keep 1.5 degrees as a temperature, ceiling front and center without both protecting nature and in fact, even restoring and regenerating nature. hence, a very, very welcome, a warm welcome to the announcements that are being made today, but more than a 100 countries to stop deforestation, and a 3rd of them to start to stop food related deforestation, russia,

james bayes al jazeera glasgow. i am an adult life right now in glasgow. mohammad so deforestation is, is the big headline so far from the comp 26 on it. what are the details? what while the full details holler will reveal that a ceremony to be held at later today and which will be attended by leaders including the u. s. president joe biden, as well as the president of brazil chairperson. narrow a man who has been frequently criticized for not doing much to stop the massive deforestation taking place in the amazon forest. there will be the president of indonesia joke or we do as well as the president of the democratic republic of congo. felix to secondly, who's a congo basin is home to the world's 2nd largest rain forest in dot a ceremony. and the u. k. prime minister board is johnson is expected to tell the world leaders gathered there that the, this great teaming ecosystems, these cathedrals off nature of a lungs of our planet. he will say, and that for us support our communities, livelihood, and food supply. and

james bayes al jazeera glasgow and say from brianna free and now an environmental advocate for samo ally, low lying pacific nation, already threatened by rising sea levels. she says climate change is an every day reality for island people. this is a warrior high from young pacific islanders we are not drowning. we are fighting. and really, i think there is a misconception that we are mere victims of the kind of crisis. but if you actually visit an island, you would see that there's so much resilience coming out of our communities. climate changes in the everyday lives of us as island people because we are close to communities because we rely so much on our land in our ocean. when that relationship is change because the climate is changing, our livelihood change, and so we see are horribly cheap, meaning our fishermen aren't getting as much fish. we have extreme weather like psychos happening frequently, which means that businesses go out of business, family struggle are constantly in the state of adapting and having to the show resilience because of the climate crisis. but one of my big

james bayes al jazeera glasgow more on this plan to and deforestation. by the 2030, we spoke to michelle passer about the she is director of the nature conservancy, california climate program and says this packed is a good start. we need pledges like best to kick off call 26. this really is a determining decade for us to really turn the corner on climate change and avoid some of the hardest impacts that we face in terms of reducing emissions and what we're already starting to witness in terms of storms and sea level rise is still important we do need these high level political commitments from our leaders. we also need to know that all the way to the ground to engage communities and indigenous communities installation. it's important that we've got a lot more pledges than we did in 2014, to commit to re stopping deforestation, and reversing it by 2030. i think that is notable. in addition, there's over $900000000000.00. pledge in both public and private funds. so it is a good start. there's a lot more that we still need to do, but we do need a high level

the committee will come up with a report then goes to the entire un general assembly james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. in france, josephine baker has made history as the 1st black woman to be honored at the pantheon in powers. 36 years after her death, the u. s. born singer, actress and civil rights activists has been symbolically laid to rest there in the countries monument to its historical heroes president emanuel macross as baker is someone who fought for the liberty of all ah, now this time next year kata will be hosting the free foot well cup and in preparation, the golf nation is staging a major test form and the fee for arab cup, which kicked off today to new venues for 2022 had been inaugurated on tuesday, including a spectacular opening ceremony at in bate stadium. and richardson was there and he's gotten more on this unique arena. it's unlike really anything i've ever seen. and well, football is designed to reflect the nomadic culture of cattle in the region. so it appears to be as it append like structure on the outside. but inside, you've got to sink, promote, and 6

james bayes al jazeera glasgow. while our environments had, sir nick clark continued our comp 26 coverage light from glasgow. nick, how are you? thanks very much. i had lots of bold, impassioned speeches on day 2 of the you and climate conference here in glasgow. but then un prime minister and remedy came to the stage, came to the podium. and just before we go to eclip of his, remember the key target here is to get all the countries agree that net 0 should happen by 2050. he really changed direction on that and said that he's gay for 2070 barra. india will fulfill 50 percent of its energy requirements from renewable energy sources by 2030. between now and 20. 30 indian reduces total projected carbon emissions by $1000000000.00 tons by 2030. and you will reduce the carbon intensity of its economy by 45 percent. and by 2070 in, you will achieve the target of net 0 emissions. 20. well, let's explore this further. take this on. we can speak to at peter bets and he's an associate fellow in the energy and environment reso