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Thats not going to work. that wasnt going to work in an agreement that was going to apply to everybody. so now we have for the first time, as you say, an agreement that involves targets being put forward by everybody, 186 countries have already put forward their targets. absolutely an extraordinary number that nobody would have predicted a year ago. >> what are the consequences if the next american president decides to renounce this, essentially america were to elect someone who says either clim...

Succeeds a democrat, it is the long historic practice in the united states for new administrations to follow the international commitments that their predecessors have made, and its an important thing and across a whole range of national security and foreign policy areas. so this isnt just a matter of climate change or the environment, but this is a matter of the way business is generally done. and its important here. youve got an agreement that is not only about a tremendously important issue b...

Level of warming, two dana reeves celsius of warming and countries made voluntary commitments that dont add up to that. right out of the starting gate theres a strong target and inconsistency which is that countries that said heres what well do, heres where we aim to go and they dont match. the pessimists or cynics say already another talk fest and i take a different view which is okay at least were pointed in the right direction right now. now we have to get to work. >> giving yourself a chance...

United states for new administrations to follow the international commitments that their predecessors have made, and its an important thing and across a whole range of national security and foreign policy areas. so this isnt just a matter of climate change or the environment but this is a matter of the way business is generally done. its important here. youve got an agreement that is not only about a tremendously important issue but also an agreement that has huge international support. it would...

Isis. we heard a robust defense of the u.s. strategy and the president said we have ramped up the response. we are quesqueezing isis at the heart, strong language, and sending defense secretary carter to the middle east to review the strategy on the ground, secure commitments from u.s. allies. take a listen. >> just as the united states is doing more in this fight, just as our allies, australia and italy, are doing more, so must others. and thats why ive asked secretary cart tore go to the at le...

One thing i wrote down when you talk about rhetoric, he talked about squeezing isis at its heart. very different than what we heard when he addressed the nation from the oval office when he described isis as a cancer. you really got the sense that he has gotten the message he needs to do a better job of reassuring the american public, reassuring them as they head into this holiday season, one piece of news, though, that did come out of this, the fact that hes sending secretary carter to the midd...

Never seen before. the targets we set are bold and by empowering businesses, scientists, engineers, workers and the private sector, investors to work together, this represents the best chance we had to save the one planet weve got. >> the big question for many today is whether this agreement, which is not entirely legally binding, whether it will work. im joined by executive director of the sierra club. nice to have you with us tonight. >> hi. thanks for having me on. >> how would you characteri...

Climate deal be really? thats the big question after nearly 200 countries signed on to the pact saturday in paris. here to help me answer that, the president of the environmental defense fund. and fred with a big welcome to you. i want to start with your own words on the deal. what is most promising about the deal is that it matches ambition with accountability but accountability has been the big issue with this accord so far. questions about enforcement. how do you get all these countries in li...

These commitments. >> you recently wrote 2015 has been a breakthrough year for the environment. youve explained why for 2015. whats next for 2016? >> in 2016, china will be writing the rules for national carbon market. this is a huge thing. i believe that president obama and president xi of chinas cooperative spirit and both pledging actions in both our country was what really ended up creating the momentum to have a good agreement in paris. in 2016, china will be developing its rules. other cou...

>> so what does that take? >> it takes two things. one, we would love for k-12 programs deliver a better product. that has to happen. we cant replace that. and then we are looking for what we can do for career pathways and what does it mean when you join a company like walmart. can we develop and train you in our leadership? we pride ourselves that 75% of our leadership started off as cashiers and cart pushers. we wont change that. so weve got to develop folks and make sure that they are paid ef...