climate change, and and yes of course there is more that we can do. but i have been announcing grants to fight climate change brought to us by the epa for example. all of these kinds of efforts need to continue. but chris there are some states where you can t even use the term climate change. they re running away from it and putting your head in the sand, but it s very clear that what we are experiencing in hawaii and so many other parts of the world. there s a severity and frequency of major climate events. we re not for hurricane dora and the 16 80 mile per hour winds in the white big island and maui, then this firestorm would not have been i would say, it would not have burned them so much of now is it did. that is the view of our climate scientists here. climate change is upon us in
example. all of these kinds of efforts need to continue. but chris there are some states where you can t even use the term climate change. they re running away from it and putting your head in the sand, but it s very clear that what we are experiencing in hawaii and so many other parts of the world. there s a severity and frequency of major climate events. we re not for hurricane dora and the 16 80 mile per hour winds in the white big island and maui, then this firestorm would not have been i would say, it would not have burned them so much of now is it did. that is the view of our climate scientists here. climate change is upon us in the more we recognize it and spend the resources and the focus that we need to do the better off we all will be. this is a worldwide position. senator mazie herman of
as liveable as possible. let s get more on this with daniela schmidt professor of earth sciences at the university of bristol. what do you make of these climate events we have been seeing over the past few weeks? the sheer extent of those events, the heat we see in several continents, the warming of the ocean, are a larger scale than we would have expected. how concerned should we be about them? they sure as very clearly that our interference with the climate system, and when it combines with natural climate variability, as previously introduced, really accelerate the warming and bring those events to us earlier than anticipated. what are the impact on humans and animals of these temperatures? what
trillion per year. that means a change in the world s economic relations. it means prioritizing life over capital. reporter: lula stopped short of gas exploration in amazon. but to stop illegal deforestation by 2030. saturday lula s first visit to colombia. showed this week that latin america is particularly sensitive to extreme climate events, drought, catastrophic floods and hurricanes. officials in brazil say at least nine people have been killed in the collapse of an apartment building. you see there rescue workers are using sledge hammers and power
festations or forest fires. every aspect of our lives. i resisted a beet for a long time because i didn t want to be pigeonholed. when they wanted to create a climate beat, it s everything is affected by a liveable ecosystem that s horribly out of balance. at the bottom line of every story is money and how things cost more or it s harder to make a living. i was looking at features yesterday in houston of a highway that buckled and crews are already trying to repair it. but the loss productivity and wear and tear on the cars and what it does to actually have your infrastructure affected by these climate events is something that s quite interesting. in georgia the peaches need this chill down time. they have to have a number of hours per day at a temperature to ripen properly. they are not getting enough chill time. that s a problem in growing our food. so it s something that consumers feel that workers feel drivers, commuters feel is just a fascinating moment and when you