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Celebrities throwing something behind that is a good thing. >> no matter what everyone agrees to at this conference, trying to stop a two-degree temperature rise is impossible. whats your thought on that? >> reporter: 2 degrees is the underlying number on these talks. theyve agreed is catastrophic climate change. its not like a cliff you fall off and everything unravels past that point. its true that the 2 degree range is very dangerous. there are reports that showing the current commitments of ...

Some very significant threats, as weve been discussing throughout the course of the interview. but i think also theres more to whats going on in the world than -- than the instability and the terrorist threat, as important and as critical as that is. the united states has been dealing with a number of leadership challenges. and in every instance, even as were dealing with these approximate threats, were trying to exert leadership in a way that makes the world more safe. we have led the world whe...

Countries setting its own commitments not the big u.n. context. i think thats promising. >> how realistic is a unified consensus, a mandate and how important at this point? >> i think theyll get a unified agreement. it will be like an umbrella agreement under which lots of things continue to happen. if they dont get an agreement, that will be a huge setback. i think a lot of businesses for example are looking at this process with great skepticism. people been talking about this for 20 years, not...

Thresholds, things become more possible in the future. the key is to have a legally binding framework which locks people into the way in which we handle this, and then the national commitments to give it effect. >> theyre trying to finesse the u.s. said because of congressional obstruction j but they think theyll get something binding in some way. >> on the legal stuff in the united states, and i think we all know what our friends in the united states congress can be like when it comes to treati...

The american people first. worry about all the rest of this stuff afterwards. and maybe if you had done your job in syria, the way you were supposed to, these people wouldnt have to be leaving their country. but instead, he lied about that, too, and walked away from his commitments. again, jamie, being lectured by the president of the united states is laughable. >> last question, now that the new york city "time the new york times is being so nice to you -- >> im sure its temporary insanity. don...

Generation. they have immensely failed at that. >> reporter: he was telling me that basically he is from the generation that has the most at stake in climate change. i think that was one of the most moving things about the demonstrations i saw yesterday in france, too, all these shoes laid out on the place de la republique. they had messages. many said were doing this for our children. we have to think about this too. terror is an important subject and one we need to address as well. the climate...

Headquarters. thank you for joining chris and i. give us a sense of what you will do in terms of public/private partnership to make a dent in this situation with carbon emissions. >> well, the key to getting increased commitments to avoid the temperature rise that we want to avoid is going to be innovation. we need to bring cost premium for being clean down. and the partnership thats key to that is governments funding basic research and private investors, like the group of 28 people i brought to...

What has to be done, what we are willing to do. >> you think this he will follow through then? >> we are very optimistic going into this agreement that countries are going to agree to do what is necessary. we have a lot farther to go, which is why after paris each country will need to go back and build on the progress from paris with its own very serious domestic commitments. >> appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thank you. coming up next, tis the season. the biggest online shopping d...

What period of time. thats really what a lot of these conversations are about. theyve all been meeting together, as you mentioned. he is meeting with the other two big emitters in the world, the leaders of china and india. two men with which whom he has very different relationships but both of whom hes been spending a lot of time talking to about these issues. then there is a very interesting sidelines meeting he had with russian president vladimir putin. white house officials say that that was ...

Governments can lead? >> its helpful to have a framework for commitment but five years from now, why will people increase those commitments? and how can we make it more feasible so we can get almost all those countries meeting their commitments as well as improving them in the answer is innovation. ive seen innovation in the digital space. in the interspace it doesnt happen as fast. its harder. now were bringing together literally on the government side and billions on the private side. thats go...