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Options are limited. so the federal government has provided some commitments that theyre going to help us and we look forward to working with them and really appreciate their assistance and all of the partner agencies that have stepped in. superior is a four square mile town, but just to see the level of response to such a small town has been very gratifying. so we really appreciate everyones contributions. >> mayor, did i hear you correctly, you and some of your family members are also shufflin...

By limiting the rise to 1.5 was still possible, but projections they were headed for 1.8 and thats only if every promise is kept. more realistically we are on course for 2.4 degrees a really dangerous level. the difference between 1.5 and 2.4 is really the survival of millions and millions of people and species on the planet. this is what is particularly true for the islands. but according to a government adviser at the heart of the talks, the worst outcomes can be averted. we have kept 1.5 aliv...

Was striking. the white house response by contrast? very muted. were not going to talk about specifics. were not going to negotiate in public. a very brief call. it was really only from the russian version that journalists got a sense that this had been quite a sharp exchange. so heading into the diplomacy of january, i think the question is is there a formula that speaks to russias concern about security, repeated over and over again by every official, that doesnt violate fundamental u.s. commi...

Focus his foreign policy not on russia, but on asia, on combatting and containing china. and so putin is aware of that. he knows the u.s. doesnt want to get bogged down here. he knows the u.s. ultimately is not really interested in guaranteeing ukraines defense by inviting them into nato, but the u.s. has made commitments to ukraine. they believe very much in the sovereignty of democratic countries. and so putin believes he may have some leverage here, and it is a very precarious geopolitical si...

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More transparent and that change the policy set —— settings and privacy settings to users. whats your assessment of whether or not facebook is a safe place now. i think the platform is safer. we also know that he has made some commitments to protect children on the platform and thats definitely been a focus of my office so yes, facebook is a safer place to go for people but some of the commitments feel like they are sticking plaster as opposed to real changes in the data governance and how t...

Senator joe manchin who announced last week he would vote no on the landmark bill. she writes on december 20th, senator joe manchin went back on his commitment to the president and seemingly killed the bill on national television. in a town where your word means everything, this is a stunning rebuke. despite that, we must move foofrmd we are calling on the president to use executive action to imimmediately improve peoples lives. taking executive action will also make clear to those who kinder bi...

Increase to 1.5 degrees centigrade. and the fact is that major steps forward were ta ken in glasgow, to wit the rule book that had been outstanding since paris was completed so that market rules, transparency, are now accountable. next year, there is a requirement that those who are not aligned with 1.5 degrees need to step up and produce new reduction plans, which have to be filed with the process. so, theres an accountability process. there is, in addition to that, a very significant set of co...

Improve peoples lives. this will also make clear to those who hinder build back better that the white house democrats will deliver for americans. we cannot be naive about the difficulty of once again negotiating with someone who has not kept his commitments." executive action may be satisfying for those on the left while joe bidens president, but as weve seen, once he leaves office, that cannot be undone. right, sarah? >> thats right. if it were that simple, biden would have done so already. if ...

Way at all in this real world of ours that you, talking to russia, saying, "you know what, you have to ramp up your commitments, "you have to phase out fossilfuel production" — that is not going to work. let me share with you that in the history of humankind, particularly in the last 1.5 centuries, there are plenty of examples of nations that have huge, deep differences and objections to each other�*s actions actually getting together and making good things happen. a great example of that is...