terry tell us is the secretary general at the world meteorological organization and he says the details of the reports are not surprising these changes are very much 7 linked to the fact that we have. been using growing amount of force we will use coal oil and gas and and sample last year mr sparrow see the rising of 2 point one percent then that led to again the record high concentrations of carbon dioxide that are spirits is the main that has been warming on the planet and also it has been warming the oceans and i mean that's been also causing the melting of graziers and sea ice and that's also contributing to the sea level rise that we have observed so we are if we don't do anything we will creep $3.00 to $5.00 degrees warmer planet by the end of the century and to avoid that cyclical circle terrorists use just decided to hold a private summit that you have here in new york to morrow and the basic idea is to raise the recent level in climate mitigation that we would reach the limits of paris agreement which is from $1.00 to $2.00 degrees warming and that would be much better for the

york in any report it was that the impacts of global warming are speeding up the un's world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record that's because carbon emissions have hits new highs the amount of the gas going into the atmosphere in that time increased by 20 percent compared with the previous 5 years and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year due to the increased rate of ocean warming and melting of the greenland and west antarctica ice sheets will patel retard this is the secretary general of the world meteorological organization he says the details of that reports are not surprising. things have been proceeding us we have made it all reasonable yes. these syrian cities are very much. been using growing amount of. coal oil and gas and. temple last year they missed their old student rising at 2 point one percent then that led to the record high rations of. the averages that may. have been warming the planet and also there's been warming oceans and it has been also causing the melting of lazy a

climate change summit in new york that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature from 10 to 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year. israel's main arab political parties have endorsed ex military chief benny gantz for prime minister in a bid to oust by netanyahu the move breaks a 27 year long policy of not backing any candidate to lead the country. now donald trump is expected to make the u.s. his case against iran and his address to the u.n. general assembly next week he says he's not planning to hold talks with iran's leader who will also be in new york but secretary of state. says the u.s. government's policy on iran is to avoid war john hendren has more from washington. president donald trump is sounding newly optimistic about iran tremendous progress with was made with iran so we'll see we'll see but it's all going to work out always does we get it to work out if it doesn't sometimes takes a little longer but i get things to work out the u.s

climate change summit in new york that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year. the u.s. congress may be forced to pursue impeachment if it's confirmed president trump pressured ukraine to investigate democratic presidential hopeful joe biden that's according to u.s. house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. now earlier iran's president told western powers to leave security in the gulf to regional nations tensions are high after a series of attacks including a missile and strike on saudi oil facilities being blamed on iran same as our army has more on the reaction from terror on. against the backdrop of a military parade iran's president proposed a new security plan for gulf waterways sure. we're going to presume to plan at the u.n. so that iran in collaboration with regional states is able to maintain security in the persian gulf the strait of hormuz and the sea of oman to the world that the

climate change summit in new york the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year israel's main arab political parties have indorsed ex military chief benny gantz for prime minister in a bid to oust benjamin netanyahu the move breaks a 27 year long policy of not backing any candidate to leave the country israel's president is holding 2 days of talks to choose a leader for a coalition government those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after listening posts. talk to al-jazeera. what guarantees will you give to the people who will be attending the minimal workshops we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone who is also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter on the edges their own. c.b.s. news is joining. us to say are you think of i mean every national economy journalist for a future. where our planet as head next week i'm actuall

york with a new report warning that the impacts of global warming all speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record is this global sea levels of rising death aust is right and carbon emissions of hit new highs what the w. o. are saying publicly is what climate scientists have been saying privately for some time which is that climate is turning out to be more sensitive to them puts of greenhouse gases than we previously thought and that means the urgency of dealing with the problem is growing faster iran's president has told western powers to leave the security of the persian gulf to regional nations led by seron has been rouhani made the comment while watching parades showcasing his country's military arsenal you also promised to unveil a regional peace plan at the united nations next week to secure the gulf region without the need for foreign intervention the u.s. says it wants to avoid war with iran. hong kong police have clashed with protesters outside a shopping mall which was vanda

the world meteorological organization released the report ahead of the u.n. climate action summit that kicks off in new york city today. president trumump is not particicipating in the highly anticipated international gathering at the united nations. in related news, nbc recently reported that the trump administration ignored an internal report from one of its own agencies, showing that climate change is driving central american, and in particular, guatemalan, migration to the u.s. the report by customs and border protection confirms years of expert findings linking climate -- the climate crisis to migration due to its negative impacts on farming which lead to crop shortages, food and job insecurity, and poverty. i honduran mother and her 21 month old toddler died last week while trying to cross the rio grande into the united states to apply for asylum. they had recently entered the united states to apply for asylum but they were forced to wait in mexico for their immigration hearing as part of trump's contested remain in mexico policy. meanwhile, the u.s. an

warning that the impacts of global warming are speeding up the data compiled by the world meteorological organization says global sea levels are rising at their fastest rate and carbon emissions of hits new highs. what. i say publicly is what climate scientists have been saying privately for some time which is that climate is turning out to be more sensitive to their inputs of greenhouse gases that we previously thought and that means the urgency of dealing with the problem is growing faster iran's president has told western powers to leave the security of the persian gulf to regional nations led by terror on has been rouhani made the comment while watching parades showcasing his country's military arsenal he also promised to unveil a regional peace plan at the united nations next week to secure the gulf region without the need for foreign intervention the u.s. says it wants to avoid war with iran. on police have clashed with protesters outside a shopping mall which was vandalized along with a metro station the demonstrators trampled on the chinese flag and lit fires as they targeted stores links to

climate change summit in new york but the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 29000 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year. the u.s. congress may be forced to pursue impeachment if it's confirmed that president trump pressured ukraine to investigate democratic presidential hopeful joe biden that's according to u.s. house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff u.s. media reports claim that donald trump asked the ukrainian president to investigate biden over allegations that he used his position as vice president to help his son as far as my conversation was perfect it was a perfect conversation it was couldn't ability better but will make a determination about how to release releasing it saying what we say was an absolutely perfect conversation problem is when you speak in a foreign leaders you don't want foreign leaders to. feel that they shouldn't be speaking openly in good you have to be talking to people and the same thing for the amer

climate change summit in new york that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2050 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record that's because carbon emissions have hit new highs the amount of greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere in that time has increased by 20 percent and that's compared to just 5 years ago and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year and that's due to the increased rate of ocean warming and the melting of greenland and west antarctica ice sheets. patrick recorded in is the c.e.o. of the global center on adaptation which tries to bring together governments the private sector and civil society to overcome obstacles to action on adaptation and joins us now from new york good to have you on the program i'm good firstly going to ask you you are of course going to the u.n. it's quite a momentous summit that's taking place what are you hoping to achieve at this summit so success for the summit is that when leaders join the summit tomorrow they come with increased ambition bo

climate change summit in new york that the effects of global warming speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 29000 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record that's because carbon emissions have hit new highs the amount of greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere in that time increased by 20 percent compared to the previous 5 years and sea levels have risen by 5000000 millimeters a year due to increased rates of ocean warming and melting of the greenland and west antarctica it's and always prime minister in a solberg joined us earlier from the united nations or countries one of the world's biggest produces a fossil fuels but she didn't i norway is getting in the way of finding solutions. norwegian oil production has been no word naturally because we have not found that much oil last year so we peaked early 2000 on our production what we now have is a more and more gas oriented system and of course the costs are high and i think we have to push for more new technologies more more when your boss invests mall or lodges oil comp

climate change summit in new york that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record because carbon emissions have hit new highs the amount of greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere in that time increased by 20 percent compared with the previous 5 years and sea levels sort of risen by 5 millimeters a year due to the increased rate of ocean warming and melting of the greenland and west antarctica ice sheets or perhaps it is the sea of the global center on adaptation he says companies must be reminded that investing on adaptation to climate change is not only necessary but also profitable. success for the summit is that when leaders join to summit tomorrow they come with increased ambition both on mitigation meaning reducing the carbon footprint but also march more investments on adaption adaptation adapting to a changing climate the world has agreed that we will not warm the planet then more than 2 degrees celsius preferably $1.00 to reach those goals w

climate change summit in new york that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record and that's because carbon emissions have hit new highs the amount of greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere in that time has increased by 20 percent and that's compared to 5 years ago and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year due to the increased weight of ocean warming and the melting of the greenland and west antarctica ice sheets. well the prime minister of norway or now solberg joins us or joined us earlier from the united nations and she says not acting on climate change will be the most more costly in the future you know region oil production has been lowered naturally because we have not found that much oil the last year so we peaked early 2000 on our production what we now have is a more and more gas oriented system and of course the cost so high i think we have to push for more new technologies more more when you are both invest small our largest oil c

current china summit to new york that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to $29.00 team is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record because carbon emissions have hit new highs the amount of greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere in that time increased by 20 percent compared with the previous 5 years. and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year to due to the increased rates of ocean warming and the melting of the greenland and west antarctica ice sheets. patrick for a cooney and is the c.e.o. of the global center on adaptation he says companies must be reminded that investing on adaptation to climate change is not only necessary but profitable success for the summit is that when leaders join to summit tomorrow they come with increased ambition both on mitigation meaning reducing the carbon footprint but also march more investments on adaption adaptation adapting to a changing climate the world has agreed that we will not warm the planet then more than 2 degrees celsius preferably $1.00

york with a new report warning that the impacts of global warming a speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record that's because carbon emissions of hc new high the amounts of the gas going into the atmosphere in that time increased by 20 percent compared with the previous 5 years and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year due to the increased rate of ocean warming and melting of the greenland and west antarctica ice sheets tom burke is the chairman of a 3 g. that's a think tank focusing on climate change he says urgent action is needed to prevent reaching a tipping point of the crisis what the w o a say publicly is what climate scientists have been saying privately for some time which is that climate is turning out to be more sensitive to inputs of greenhouse gases than we previously thought and that means the urgency of. healing with the problem is growing faster and they are also saying that the rest of the earth's system is responding faster so the impact of a changing clim

the data, compiled by the world meteorological organization, says the five—year period from 2014 to 2019ise has accelerated significantly over the same period, as co2 emissions have hit new highs. 0ur correspondent nick bryant is in new york and said un officials were hoping this report would be yet another wake up call to world leaders. 0fficials officials are also talking up the greta effects, as it's called, the sight of those 4 million people marching on friday all around the world, most of them children, led by the 16—year—old activist greta thunberg. she will be addressing the climate action summits tomorrow, the un hoping to harness her global galvanising power and also hoping she will shame international leaders interaction. perhaps more significant is the no—shows out that summit. donald trump will not be there, a leader who likes to be called the trump of the tropics, president herr bolsonaro of brazil, brazil is particularly significant of course because it is the home of the undersigned, the lungs of the world. ——jair the undersigned, the lungs of the world. —— jair bolsonaro

report warning that the impacts of global warming a speeding up data compiled by the world meteorological organization says global sea levels are rising at the fastest rate of carbon emissions of hits new highs these syrian cities are very much linked to the fact that you have. been using a growing amount of or she would. call oil and gas and. last year i missed it because they are all sugar rising but when they are sent. to the record i call it racial. disparities that may. be warming on the planet but also it must be a warming all shows. iran's president has told western powers to leave the security of the persian gulf to regional nations led by terror on how some rouhani made the comment while watching parades showcasing his country's military arsenal he also promised to unveil a regional peace plan at the united nations next week to secure the gulf region without the need for foreign investment intervention the u.s. says it wants to avoid war with iran. hong kong police have clashed with protesters outside a shopping mall which was vandalized along with a metro station the demonstrators trampled o

climate conference the world meteorological organization says carbon emissions increased 20 percent in the past 4 years which are on track to be the hottest on record and ice sheets are melting faster than be full causing sea levels to rise by 5 millimeters a year scientists warn that even if every country meets the carbon emission cuts agreed in the paris climates agreement in 2015 the world would still be 3 degrees warmer which is potentially catastrophic. it's this see that's forced millions of young people to protest from asia to africa they rallied to demand action from political leaders meeting at the un the swedish teenager who inspired the global climate strikes says their voice must be heard. 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 unstoppable. before monday's summits the u.n. secretary general told al-jazeera as planet as a west program that world leaders need to turn up with plans not just speeches i've seen granddaughters. i have no idea how the world

the data, compiled by the world meteorological organization, says the five—year period from 2014 to 2019ortu nately, we unfortunately, we have been the messengers of bad news. global emissions have grown by 0.1% and this was a case in 2017 and we have been breaking records in main has gas concentrations, carbon dioxide, which is the most important one and also methane and nitrous oxide. of course what this bad news is we signed the paris agreement in 2015 and there was a plateau but in the past two years we have seen this previous emission growth continue. and reaching the levels of the paris agreement... that will not happen if we don‘t change our emissions behaviour. two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 15—year—old boy was stabbed to death at a skatepark in berkshire. the attack happened at salt hill park in slough. police believe there had been an argument beforehand. they are appealing for witnesses. reports from iran suggest the country‘s maritime agency plans to release a british—flagged tanker it has detained sincejuly. the stena impero was seized by ira

climate conference the world meteorological organization says carbon emissions increased 20 percent in the.

the data, compiled by the world meteorological organization, says the five—year period from 2014 to 2019ntly over the same period, as co2 emissions have hit new highs. a memorial has taken place in the alps today, to mark the disappearance of a swiss glacier. scientists, climate change activists and hikers marched up the pizol, which is now a fraction of its original size, to lay a wreath. from berne, imogen foulkes reports grieving for a place year. the old place year was declared officially dead. a worrying sign environmentalists believe of the threat from climate change to the fragile environment. at the end of the ceremony i asked gods blessing for courage because only we will succeed, climate change is important, protection of the environment is extremely important in the challenge to every human being is so great that we need the help of heaven. once a mighty sweep of ice high in the alps, it has lost 90% of its volume and just over a decade. now it is reduced to a few frozen lumps and soon, there will be gone too. you'll make you see the ice is broken up into lots of small pieces

the climate change summit, comes as the world meteorological organization is warning that the signs andting efforts to be boosted immediately. 0ur science editor david shukman explains the scale of the challenge. the ice at the roof of the world is steering. the ice at the roof of the world is stirring. the more it melts, the more it raises the level of the sea — threatening millions of people on coastlines. in the tropics, fires are destroying the great forest. and as they burn, they give off carbon dioxide, which accelerates the speed of warming. and all this, as industries and power stations burn fossilfuels and raise levels of carbon dioxide even more. despite all the warnings about climate change, the world keeps adding to the problem, releasing more and more of the gases heating up the planet. the latest figures from the un show a total of 53 billion tonnes of emissions. and at this rate, they could reach 59 billion by 2030. that's a path that could warm the world by up to 4 degrees celsius, a dangerous level, by the end of the century. to avoid that, scientists reckon we should c

new york today that's monday that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is now looking likely to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record and that's because carbon emissions of hit new highs the amount of greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere in this period of time increased by 20 percent compared with the previous 5 years sea levels they've risen by 5 millimeters a year and that's because of the increased rate of ocean warming in the melting of the greenland and the west antarctica ice sheets is our diplomatic editor james bays. it's the biggest diplomatic gathering in the world with delegations from all the countries that are members of the united nations in 2 and a half years heading the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists has made great efforts to resolve the world's most deadly conflicts but with little progress in an interview for al-jazeera is planet s.o.s. he told me he wants the focus of this year's high level week on an issue he says is even more important climate the sets

climate change summit in new york that the effects of global warming are speeding up the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to $29000.00 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year. iran's president has told western powers to leave security in the gulf to regional nations tensions are high after a series of attacks including a missile and drone strike on saudi oil facilities blamed on iran u.s. secretary of state might pump a assess his government's policy is to avoid war. and the u.s. president says next month will bring dramatic progress to the defense relationship between india and america trump announced a large military drill with india it's an unusual joint rally with the indian prime minister narendra modi the events in houston dubbed how the mo d. was a rare show of support for a foreign leader on u.s. soil. now the u.s. congress may be forced to pursue impeachment if it's confirmed that president trump pressured ukraine to investigate the democratic presidential hopeful joe biden that's

the world meteorological organization says we are in the midst of the warmest five-year span on recorddays after people in cities all around the world took to the streets to draw attention to the impact of climate change. and this week world leaders will meet at the united nations to tackle the climate crisis head on. but there's going to be one glaring absence. president trump is giving the u.s. climate summit to hold his own session on worldwide persecution. it is the second time in less than a month that the president will not attend a climate meeting. he also skipped out on the g7 summit in france. i'm joined by norton cohen. did i say that right? >> it's cohen, yes. >> the government came up with concrete plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and what is the message when the president doesn't show up with a plan and doesn't show up, period. >> this is not a new thing for president trump. he said he will pull out of the paris climate agreement that the rest of the world is going with. as you said, it was an empty chair at the g-7 summit just a few weeks ago. it's an absence of

the world meteorological organization says the last five years have been the hottest on record. le in cities around the world took to the streets to draw attention to the climate crisis. tomorrow world leaders meet here in new york at a special united nations summit on climate change. but there will be one big major noticeable absoluence. president trump is skipping the summit in order to hold his own session on religious persecution in the very same building. if that sounds familiar, that's because the president has avoided international meetings on climate before, most recently at the g7 summit in the south of france just last month. richard, thanks for joining me. this is a huge week on the u.n. calendar. what are the major issues that are going to be focused on? >> welcome to new york for this general asemimsemblassembly. >> thank you. >> don't step off the curb, you're going to get hit by a limousine. the summit on climate change is a galvanizing force, but as you mentioned, the u.s., a few other big countries that pollute a lot won't even be attending. the secretary general

added to the urgency of the meeting the effects of global warming are speeding out the world meteorological organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 2019 is likely to be the hottest of any 5 year period ever recorded that's because carbon emissions have hit new highs increasing by 20 percent sea levels of risen by 5 millimeters per year because of the increased rate of ocean warming and melting of the greenland and west antarctic ice sheets let's go live to the u.n. now our correspondent there israel in jordan and ross this is a climate summit like no other insofar as the secretary general has instructed representatives of each country to come with a plan of action. well not only hasn't structed world leaders to come with a plan of action but he has been adamant there cannot be people on the stage during the climate action summit a less they are bringing concrete steps to reduce greenhouse gases to reduce emissions in order to slow down the rate of the warming of the planet is he said if they're coming that. he will not allow them to have a platform during this event and in fact he w

climate conference the world meteorological organization says carbon emissions increased 20 percent in the past 4 years which are on track to be the hottest on record and ice sheets are melting faster than before causing sea levels to rise by 5 millimeters a year scientists warn that even if every country meets the carbon emission cuts agreed in the paris climates agreement in 2015 the world would still be 3 degrees warmer which is potentially catastrophic. it's this see that's forced millions of young people to protest from asia to africa they rallied to demand action from political leaders meeting at the un the swedish teenager who inspired the global climate strikes says their voice must be heard. 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 unstoppable. before monday's summits the u.n. secretary general told al-jazeera as planets as a west program that world leaders need to turn up with plans not just speeches i've seen granddaughters. i have no idea how the world

climate change summit in new york at the effects of global warming on speeding up the world meteorology co organization says the average global temperature for 2015 to 20 $9000.00 is on track to be the hottest of any 5 year period on record that's because carbon emissions after hit new highs increasing by 20 percent and sea levels have risen by 5 millimeters a year due to the increased rate of ocean warming and melting of the greenland and west antarctic ice sheets his that diplomatic editor james mills with more from the u.n. . it's the biggest diplomatic gathering in the world with delegations from all the countries the members of the united nations in 2 and a half years heading the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists has made great efforts to resolve the world's most deadly conflicts but with little progress in an interview for al-jazeera is planet s.o.s. he told me he wants the focus of this year's high level week on an issue he says is even more important climate the sets of each of these conflicts is to a certain extent localized and climate change became a global so that for humankind

climate conference the world meteorological organization says carbon emissions increased 20 percent in the past 4 years which are on track to be the hottest on record and ice sheets are melting faster than before causing sea levels to rise by 5 millimeters a year scientists warn that even if every country meets the carbon emission cuts agreed in the paris climates agreement in 2015 the world would still be 3 degrees warmer which is potentially catastrophic. it's this see that's forced millions of young people to protest from asia to africa they rallied to demand action from political leaders meeting at the un the swedish teenager who inspired the global climate strikes says their voice must be heard. 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 on stoppable. before monday's summits the u.n. secretary general told al jazeera as planets as a west program that world leaders need to turn up with plans not just speeches. city granddaughters. i have no idea how the world wi