i am phil gayle, welcome to the program. we begin with another urgent warning on climate change, this time from the united nations. major climate change is here, the increase is inevitable. the increase in sea levels is -- this could pass by 2030. much sooner than previously thought. scientists say it is not too late to cut greenhouse gases. >> code red for humanity. that is how the secretary-general described the report. the first since when h14. it states unequivocally that we are to blame for global warming. greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have driven the global temperature up by 1.1 degrees since 1850. it is on course to pass the limit by 2030 unless rapid action is taken. the effects of the temperature rise had never been more visible. severe floods left other parts submerged. still, they stress it is not too late. >> if we start warming at 1.5 degrees, we will also start many of these extremes from getting worse. we can slow these changes down and we can stop many of the others -- after drastically reduc

. ♪ >> i'm phil gayle, welcome to the program.o end in sight for the intent loud dutch wildfires engulfing parts of southern and eastern europe. thousands of people were forced to evacuate as planes reached the outskirts of the greek capital, athens. authorities battle fires across the country. two have died. forests have been wiped out and religious in ruins. climate scientists say global warming has created perfect conditions for fires of this magnitude. an update from our correspondent in greece in a moment. let's look at the scale of the destruction. >> returning home, residents from this village in western greece find nothing of the charred remains of their houses, farms and the animals they had to leave behind. >> it is a catastrophe. the fire is around midday with swirling winds. homes burned and a lot of animals burned to death, rabbits, sheep, dogs, everything gone. while they pick through the metal and care for the injured livestock but survived, the battle to save homes near athens rages on. the fires leapt across the n