india brazil more people want to fly so this is why we see the need to make every nation more compliant with climate protection how to ensure that it would we see is the most effective way so far is to invest in new crafts with lower emissions that is rather hopeful on that way but we want to do more or target is to fly carbon neutral you know and that can only be done if you replace the fossil kills even by sustainable fuels so carbon neutral that sounds brilliant is that something that can be done within the next 510 years is that doable technologically it is just easy to do so that is proving you know what we need is an industrial age and a political agenda to invent that and you have the feeling that berlin when it comes down to german aviation is doing the right thing well if it comes now to politics we see one of the ideas of the german government is is that the fall of that idea would be very much proof that the government understands the importance of sustainable fuels for aviation we support that very much that there's a lot of talk of course about people shouldn't use domestic flights anymore and go

climate summit at the united nations. the german the german government response chancellor angela merkel's coalition agrees on a $58000000000.00 euro climate protection package protesting students say the plan is to disastrous fails to fix the crisis. and briere scenes of protest in egypt crowds return to top near square angry over claims of corruption against the president and military is the 1st sign of public outrage being. after a crackdown on dissent. a michael ok welcome to the program. protests to demand action on climate change have drawn huge crowds with an estimated $4000000.00 people taking part in demonstrations in almost every country around the world the movement started with children skipping school on fridays and has grown into a global force uniting young and old and young people will keep up the pressure today holding the 1st ever youth climate summit at the united nations in new york. they believe to be the largest climate protests in history the. tens of thousands in new york join millions around the globe day message it is now to act. on wall street's doorstep the girl who's become the voice of a generation right now this is an e

climate summit at the united nations. the german government gives its response its chancellor angela merkel's coalition agrees on a $15000000000.00 euro climate protection pact but protesting students say the plan is disastrous and fails to fix the crisis. and we're scenes of protest in egypt crowds returning to tell their square the over claims of corruption against the president and the military it's the 1st sign of public outrage in years safdar crackdown on dissent. i'm michael okwu thanks for joining us protests to demand action on climate change have drawn huge crowds with an estimated $4000000.00 people taking to the streets in cities around the world a movement that started with children skipping school on fridays as grown into a global force uniting young and old and young people we keep up the pressure today holding the 1st ever youth climate summit at the united nations in new york. they're the largest climate protests the world has ever seen that's what organizers have been calling friday's wave of strikes for the planet. student demonstrators took to the streets in well over a 100 countries some of the 1st rallies kicked off in australia. i

this responsibility on the international stage and on the national stage internationally we shall crease our funding fight global climate protection from 2 to 4000000000 euros compared to 2014. and particular we were in 1500000000 and pay those to the green financial and we're working for really only in these climate to ensure himself policy and will has been active for years and will continue to do so in protection of forests the national level we have the following situation germany. well as one percent of the global population and his hands were 2 percent of global emissions if each and everyone around the planet would act as we do it global emissions would and everyone no matter where or what this means i say by 23rd we want to reduce c o 2 emissions by 55 percent compared to the base 190-2050 we want to be to find that neutral in 2030. and to. get 2 thirds of. energy from renewables and 2022 we will phase out the last of our nuclear power plants at the latest in 2038 will face and . we shall initiate a turnaround in our transport sector over the next few years and. also as regards to insulation for example buildings we have e

a little more about the interplay of climate and national security and what this carbon dividends planned would do to protect security interests. guest: good question. the military leadership talks about how climate change is a threat will to player because it creates instability throughout the world. for example, the rising sea levels and droughts which creates pressures for mass migration. that gets worse going forwards. leaders are saying we need to solve climate chains. weekend jimy last mattis spoke specifically about the national security implications of climate change, and we were pleased to see that he says that our plan makes sense. host: does the proposal offer shielding from oil or gas companies they son climate change? guest: the plan does not include that. what it focuses on is a forward looking solution that is proenvironment and pro-business and pro-middle-class. meaning that we can have all of those things at the same time. this is a climate solution for all sites can win. pro-business.ly the problem so often is any policy, on the one hand liberals against the industry. that typically doesn't

step up himself climate mitigation and we should because we have agreed to on the nations in pairs in 2015 but i think. the way you step up on climate mitigation or not need to protect your own people your own base is the most vulnerable in the world so every nation every company in the world need to step up on climate adaptation in your own interests and i think we need to do forcing such pressure to 1st of all create more transparency on how climate risks are influencing you as a country and every country is exposed for you as a basis in terms of fuel supply chain in terms of your locations or whatever it turns pregnancy and also reinvest us that is very important secondly you need to protect your own operations taking care of your own supply chain if you talk about food and agricultural products or flooding sites or drought state your workers cannot come to your sites certainly you need to focus on innovation trying to do new products new solutions and as a company you can make money and as a society you are served by those innovations we for example make the oceans more resilient.

should because we have agreed to is 200 nations in pairs in 2015 but i think all countries in the world where do you step up on climate mitigation or not need to protect your own people your own business is the most vulnerable in the world so every nation every company in the world need to step up on climate adaptation in your own interests and i think we need to do 4 things especially 1st of all create more transparency on how climate risks are influencing you as a country and every country is exposed for you as a basis in terms of your supply chain in terms of your locations or whatever it turns parents and also investors that is very important secondly you need to protect your own operations taking care of your own supply chain if you talk about food and agricultural products or flooding of your sites or drought state your workers cannot come to your sites certainly you need to focus on innovation trying to be new products new solutions and as a company you can make money and as a society you are served by those innovations we for example make the oceans more resilient for fishing we make culture and africa more resilient to doubts and to force an

climate protection before growth. what makes me optimistic is that it's not only a moral question for china there's also a lot of national interest they do already have very high economic costs because of climate change the major issues aren't air pollution around decide if occasion for example so they have good reasons to move and next year is actually quite important to you china summits. both hopefully try to work together to work towards a more ambitious term of policies alexander thank you very much because it is not. and now to some of the other global business stories making headlines today chinese firms have ordered considerable amounts of u.s. pork and soybeans in a sign of a potential breakthrough in the long running trade war for more than a year the 2 sides have been slapping each other with tariffs. leading the cigarette maker jewel labs has announced a change in leadership and pledge to suspend advertising in the u.s. after recent regulatory backlash it follows the deaths of 9 people from mr mr a long illness mostly linked to illegal black market culture just containing t.h.c. the primary active ingredient

protect the climate. here's abc's chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas witnessing the crowds firsthand. >> reporter: tonight, in record numbers, and in cities around the world, demonstrators taking to the streets to combat climate change. leading the charge, the world's youth. from washington to paris to sydney -- 2,500 planned protests in more than 150 countries. millions of students skipping school, they say, to teach the world a lesson. joining the demonstrators all over the world, students here in the united states. all across this country, demanding change. saying time is running out and they're fed up. >> just because we're kids doesn't mean that we don't have a voice. sure, we can't, like, vote or anything, but we're here because we can use our voice. >> reporter: organizers say more than 100,000 people gathered in each of these locations -- melbourne, australia, in front of germany's brandenburg gate, and on the streets of london. leading this global march, 16-year-old greta thunberg from sweden. the teenage activist met with leaders on capitol hill this week to deliver a message. >> i don'

national stage. internationally we will increase our funding for global climate protection from 2 to 4000000000 euros. oh boy. we believe that. an ounce of right these each one of them more of them are reaching new duvel goodwin here as heads of state in government must work together to respond more quickly we need to stick with the paris agreement and remain true to its goals for me yet it says objective. well my 1st guest tonight says it is still possible to prevent the worst of global warming with the help of artificial intelligence in his new book solomon's code humanity in a world of thinking machines olof growth writes that ai will enable us for the 1st time to improve humanity with no 0 sum game of growth is a professor at holt international business school and he is the c.e.o. of cambrian futures which describes itself as a global network of fault leaders and mr grote is here with us tonight at the big table it's good to see you again it's pretty are you reading your book you provide a positive message especially when we apply it to the negative outlook on climate change that we got today how

united nations for a dialogue on climate change amazing comes the day after millions took to the streets to rally against global warming we'll speak to a young person in new york fighting to protect the environment also coming up. more protests flare up in hong kong police fired tear gas angry crowds cheering and now the weekend pro-democracy protests petrol bombs also fly as clashes resume once more between security forces and demonstrators and. i was up to. the pier down flowing in munich has a total fest gets underway millions of visitors are expected to join the world's biggest fish during the next 2 weeks. thanks. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program. it is a gathering at the united nations in new york for an unprecedented crisis meeting on climate change on friday 4000000 people took across the globe took part in the world's biggest ever rally calling for radical climate protection among them was granted to the young woman who start of the fridays for future demonstrations in her home country sweden's more than a year ago she was one of nearly 100 young people at the summit it's a chance for them to make decisions. because like un leader and tony are going to harris ahe

and taking away any chance we have for the future your so called climate protection is nothing else than a monstrous steel industry nation program combined with veritable job destruction you waste billions to avert imaginary doomsdays in the distant future we're not just hearing this kind of talk from politicians though a new report says that renewables are threatening shortages in germany's energy supply and the country hasn't even come close to its energy transition goals germany is missing most of its self-imposed targets for the energy transition by 2020 at the same time energy supply security is being jeopardized in the medium term by the decision to phase out nuclear and coal emissions germany's over reliance on wind and solar energy has created a big deficit at times of little wind or sun and the government has imported energy from neighboring countries to avoid blackouts and just to balance 2900 and. budget germany had to foot a bill that skyrocketed to $38000.00 euros for a megawatt of power per hour as compared to just $64.00 euros in 2017 not to mention that every day germans pay the highest energy prices in a

protect our planet that's the clear message from young climate change activists who gathered at the united nations a day after the biggest mass demonstrations ever seen the youth leaders criticised older generations for doing too little to prevent global warming and now they want to greater role in decision making. yesterday millions of people across the globe. marched and demand does real climate action especially young people. we show that we we are united and that we young people are all stoppable that's the message from the u.n. youth summit in new york on the back of the world's largest ever climate protest on friday organized by friday's for future a movement she founded in response the head of the un admitted that runaway climate change poses an existential threat to the human race i have granddaughters i want my granddaughters to live in the life of planet. my generation has a huge responsibility it is your generation that must make us be accountable to make sure that we don't betray the future of human kind of grand words but one of actions on monday world leaders will meet in new york to

climate protection putting an employee. if the greens joined a governing coalition it would be a 1st just a national level but with so many other parties also in the frame voters have mixed feelings about the overall results. and it's a cause out there honestly it's great exactly what i was hoping for and i'm not curious about coalitions and what the coalition talks will bring. them we'll see whether the greens really want to implement a green policy or whether they're just meddling communists. i don't think lecture us plants the environment is a currency and in my opinion and i'm not the only person to think that politics has nothing much to say now adays only the economy matters being groomed sebastian kurtz wants to put the challenges facing the economy front and center in coalition talks the negotiations are expected to last several weeks. if not months. in sport the world athletics championships in khatab has been dominated by empty seats in the stands and athletes complaints about the heat organizers say they've done all they can to mitigate the effects of the high temperatures and to get in more spectators but it doesn't

climate protection before growth. what makes me optimistic is that it's not only a moral question for china there's also a lot of national interest they do already have very high economic costs because of climate change and major issues of air pollution around this if occasion for example so they have good reasons to move and next year is actually quite important it will be a major you china summits. both hopefully try to work together to work towards a more ambitious chemical he says. thank you very much for this analysis of. stocks in asia have risen following what the u.s. and japan signed the 1st stage of a new trade deal but powerful column b. says it's incomplete the comic has wanted more support from the government after the deal only kept all the tariffs on change. japanese car companies welcomed the overall thrust of a trade deal signed between prime minister shinzo abbey and u.s. president donald trump the deal keeps also tariffs to 2.5 percent and the u.s. promises no more for now but the carmakers say their industry is suffering they want to do way with the tariffs altogether. so. the auto industry is facing

should because we have agreed to is 200 nations in pairs in 2015 but i think all countries in the world where do you step up on climate mitigation or not need to protect your own people your own business is the most vulnerable in the world so every nation every company in the world need to step up on climate adaptation in your own interests and i think we need to do 4 things especially 1st of all create more transparency on how climate risks are influencing you as a country and every country is exposed for you as a basis in terms of your supply chain in terms of your locations or whatever it turns pregnancy and also reinvest us that is very important secondly you need to protect your own operations taking care of your own supply chain if you talk about food and agricultural products or flooding of your sites or drought state your workers cannot come to your sites certainly you need to focus on innovation trying to be new products new solutions and as a company you can make money and as a society you are served by those innovations we for example make the oceans more resilient for fishing we make aquaculture and africa more resilient to doubts and to f

climate protection. >> if the greens joined the governing coalition, it would be a first t at a national lelevel.h so many other parties also in the frame, voters have mixed feelings about the overall results. >> honestly, it is great. exactly what i was hoping for. i am curious about coalitions and what they will bring. >> we will see whether the greens want to implement a green policy, or whether they are meddling communists. >> i don't think the trees, plants, the environment is a priority. in my opinion, i am the only person to think that. politics has nothing much to say nowadays. only the economy matters >>. sebastian kurtz was to put the challenges facing the economy front and center. the negotiations are excited to last several weeks. brent: in sports, the world athletics championship in qatar has been dominated via empty seats in the stands and athletes complaining about the heat. organizers say they have done everything they can to of -- to mitigate the effects of high temperatures, but it is -- it does not bode well for the football world cup planned in the year 2022. >> the women's 10

climate protection before growth. what makes milk to mystic is that it's not only a moral question for china there's also a lot of national interest they do already have very high economic costs because of climate change and major issues aren't air pollution around decide if occasion for example so they have good reasons to move and next year is actually quite important it will be a major you china summit they're both hopefully try to work together to work towards a more ambitious term of policies alexandra thank you very much for just not. for asian stocks have risen following what the u.s. and japan call the 1st stage of a new trade deal prime minister shinzo aviv joins us president donald trump who described the announcement as phenomenal trump said it would open up japanese markets to $7000000000.00 worth of american products the u.s. trade representative says the deal eliminates tariffs on some japanese food products such as albums and blue book it's all on some industrial goods and it includes an agreement on a digital trade. a top director of the european central bank has handed in her resignation germany's. did no

climate science. amy: let's talk about the destruction of the amazon, the worlrld's largest rain forere. the uniteded nations calling for the protectionf the amazon amidst fears that thousands of fires raging across brazil are paving the way for a climate catastrophe. environment laissez most of the fires were deliberately set by illegal miners and cattle ranchers. meanwhile, as the fires continue to rage, the far-right brazilian president jair bolsonaro pinned blame on non-governmental organizations. >> regarding the fires in the amazon, i am under the impression it could have been set by the ngos because they had asked for money. what was their intention? to b bring about problems for brazil. amy: and then i want to turn to in indigenous activist, and indigenous actors from brazil travel to the u.s. from brazil for friday's climate strike actions. i territory in brazil is in the dry highlands. even the young can see this highland disappearing and are david -- are native plants are dying due to lack of water. if it goes on like this, 20 years from now by people will be at risk of becoming history. right now the amazon, home to millio

an empowered message to world leaders at the united nations climate action summit yesterday, criticizing world leaders for their inaction on protecting them to take action and provide solutions to environmental problems that have been backed up by science for more than 30 years. watch. >> this is all wrong. i shouldn't be up here. i should be back in school or the other side of the ocean. yet, you all come to us young people for hope. how dare you. you have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. and yet, i am one of the lucky ones. people are suffering. people are dying. and entire ecosystems are collapsing. we are in the beginning of a mass extinction. and all you can talk about is the money and fairy tales of eternal economic globe. how dare you. you say you hear us and you understand the urgency. but no matter how sad and angry i am, i do not want to believe that. because if you really understood the situation, and still kept on failing to act, then you would be evil, and that i refuse to believe. >> an incredibly impactful speech from a 16-year-old activist. i just think it is inspiration toll see a generation l

national park will be preserved. forests protect the park, which in turn helps to protect people living in coastal areas. as climateange continues, well-functioning ecosystems will become more important than ever. abrao filipe has experienced many cyclones before. but he's noticed a change in recent years. abrao: it seems to be getting worse year by year. the cyclone and floods we had last year reached the porch of my house. the cyclone this year reached my windows. things are getting worse. reporter: but abrao filipe has no plans to give up. he's building a new house where his old one once stood. he'll replace the mud walls with stones, once he has the money. maybe natuture will spare him nt time. if not, he's hoping the national park will protect him from the worst. host: and now from southeast africa to central america. guatemala has long been embroiled in a kind of civil war, between enemy drug gangs. the country has one highest murder rates in the world. often, even the police appear helpless to do anything. but what about ordinary citizens? many hope to leave, dreaming of a future in the u.s. or europe. other

united nations in new york for an unprecedented crisis meeting on climate change on friday 4000000 people across the globe took part in the world's largest ever rally calling for radical climate protection among them was going to back the young woman who started the friday demonstrations for climate over a year ago in her home country sweden she was one of nearly 100 young people gathered for the summit it's a chance for them to meet decision makers like u.n. secretary general antonio ahead of a major u.n. meeting this monday to spoke at the opening of the summit and praised everyone who took part in the global protests yesterday millions of people across the globe. marched and among those real climate action especially young people. we showed that we we are united and that we young people are unstoppable and let's go straight to d.w. correspondent alex von naaman who is attending the opening of the u.n. it used climate summit aleksandr what exactly do the young activists hope to achieve. well the young activists they want their world leaders to act as if the world as if the world is on fire they want them to stop talking and to start taking action they want stem to and fossil fuel extr

climate protection and influential. if the greens joined a governing coalition it would be a 1st just a national level but with so many other parties also in the frame voters have mixed feelings about the overall results. honestly it's great exactly what i was hoping for and i'm not curious about coalitions and what the coalition talks will bring. we will see whether the greens really want to implement a green policy or whether they're just middling communists. i don't think so. tree house plants the environment is a power is he and in my opinion and i'm not the only person to think that politics has nothing much to say nowadays only the economy matters. really sebastian kurtz wants to put the challenges facing the economy front and center in coalition talks the negotiations are expected to last several weeks if not months. 30 years ago thousands of east germans fleeing communism made their way to the czech of the vatican capital prague heading for a west german embassy the hope was to use the embassy as a staging point to get to freedom in west germany they gamble paid off and on the 30th of september 989 they packed on to

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nations climate actions summit in new york. >>> well, the state's earth ozone level layer is on track to heal fully. the united nations environmental agency says our planet's protectiveayer should be completely healed within the next 30 years. since the year 2000, the ozone layer has been recovering at a rate of about 3% every ten years. a hole first discovered back in 1985 before it enacted quickly to fix that problem. by 1987, 196 countries agreed to phase out the production of nearly 1 money substances that are responsible for ozone destruction. >>> and it is now 5:57. rescue teams still at the scene of a deadly tour bus crash right outside of san luis. what we are finding out about the musical act that had just performed. >>> and i thought it was -- the guy up in the sky. >> one man still in the hospital this morning after being hit by an out-of-control police car in redwood city. what we are learning about the victim and the police officer involved. >>>. firing back at president trump. the pollution he says the city is creating. >> plus an investigation is underway after a deadly tour bus crash along the central coast. the musical artist that was due to perform

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