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Commitments? >> well, its regrettable that president xi jinping did not come to this event. i will agree with that point of view. but remember this, that this meeting is more than just what takes place in the meeting rooms. in advance of this meeting, in preparation for this meeting, the president of china made a very significant commitment to end all of chinas financing of overseas coal plants and they were building 72% of them. so thats a major commitment. and then in advance of this summit, h...

Youve covered. australia, very weak in the detail on its commitments. at the moment, weve got a three-speedworld when it comes to decarbonization, taking it out of heating systems. we have those who are moving fast. the european union has put itself at the front of that pack. youve then got a group of countries that are saying good things but not yet delivering on them. china, u.s. are in that category. they tear two biggest emitters. then you have those who are in denial, russia not turning up,...

This cop26 summit before its too late? >> first of all, thank you for having me on, wolf. its very critical. i think most everybody understands that by this time. were using the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet as if its an open sewer putting all of this heat-trapping pollution there. weve seen the consequences that the sciences predicted would occur all these heavy downpours and floods and droughts and hurricanes and sea level rise and all the rest. and so there is a widespread c...

Reground. gina mccarthy and john kerry are here. ive talked to them about it. the new provisions, of course, they havent passed in the congress yet, but i still have some hope that they will pass. senator manchin who held it up has said he needs more time to study it. i hope that well end up getting most of that package and that the u.s. will be able to continue on the pathway to meeting those commitments. >> president biden actually apologized at this summit for former president trumps decision...

And really— do if we are to tackle this problem and really tackle the climate emergency. sol and really tackle the climate emergency. so i think weve seen incredible — emergency. so i think weve seen incredible work now within the sports — incredible work now within the sports community, we are seeing commitments and increased ambition, and we _ commitments and increased ambition, and we are _ commitments and increased ambition, and we are really on the right path. but there _ and we are r...

Major weather events now, and that major disruption is set to continue in the coming decades if global warming stays on the same trajectory. so theres that — but theres also the fact that i think more people are becoming aware is of sports power to spread a climate positive message and to reach people in a way that politicians cant. and thatis in a way that politicians cant. and that is something that clear pool is trying to do with her organisation, the sport positive summit. ive been speakin...

Teaming ecosystems, trillion tillage cathedrals of nature, 3 trillion pillared cathedrals of nature that are the lungs of our planet, and the destruction, together with agriculture and other change of land use that account for almost a quarter of all global emissions. if we want to keep the paris goal of 1.5 degrees in sight and support communities in the front line of climate change, we must protect and restore the world�*s forests, and i believe we can do it. many in this room have made bold...

Seen moving through the sky at lax. the calls came in saying the person was getting too close to the airport. that person coul captioning sponsored by cbs >> odonnell: tonight, the decisive decade for climate change. president biden announces new commitments to curb global warming and calls out china and >> americans showed up and decided to lead and lay out clearly what it wished to do. >> odonnell: president bidens historic crackdown on a dangerous air pollutant, and the latest on a new plan t...

To put pressure on companies and the companies to get further commitments. it is an essential component. we need both distant political decision—makers to take these steps and we also need the private sector to come along as well. that is what is so exciting about this announcement. it brings the public in the private sector together. there was always going to be a danger of getting carried away by moments like this. it is very early in the summer but, nonetheless, as we have said, borisjohnso...

What he was essentially arguing there, though it does raise questions, wolf, because, of course, the question of whether or not china is actually going to commit to the same levels of these climate goals other nations are has an impact on what the entire world can achieve. and the president was asked about the fact that indias prime minister says theyll not reach a net zero emissions by 2050 until 2070. thats two decades later. the question that so many activists have had and youve seen a lot of...