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Valencia, california. mike romo is in california. >> reporter: we started out at about 5:00 in the morning, it was 86 degrees, and the last hour we crossed the 100 degree threshold. as soon as that happened, we started seeing a lot of people coming this direction, from the street and into the shops. were here in front of the fashion show las vegas, the largest mall in the state of nevada, and thats the option that people are taking right now. because, honestly, the heat right now is feeling very...

Are concerning to humanity become that much more likely. things like more extreme sea rise, more extreme storms, more extreme droughts and flooding, those sorts of things. and so were not falling off a cliff, but its definitely an area where we see these things accelerate. and thats concerning. but certainly not a cliff that we would prefer to go over, right? no, not at all. of course not. how surprised are you that we might be approaching and even passing this threshold as soon as the year 2027...

Expected to out the programs he signed into law to reduce pollution and promote clean energy across the u.s. cnns david mckenzie joins us from egypt. theres a real chorus from developing nations asked to carry too much of this. >> reporter: well, carry too much weight with the emissions drops and big deal with the brunt of the climate catastrophe, max. world leaders are streaming in this morning. there will be tense negotiations behind the scenes specifically on the issue that youre talking abou...

Talked about 250 million, 270 million americans dealing with temperatures above the 90 degree threshold. this was the last few million areas where we hadnt seen temperatures but, its here now across the pacific northwest, seattle, portland toward eugene across the south as well where it could feel as hot as 100 to 109 degrees. climbing up, pretty impressive run of 90 degree days considering you get a couple of these per year, and now they are getting four of them in consecutive fashion. 79 is wh...

Science and recommendations about policy says we need to put can our emissions in half as a planet by 2030 to give ourselves a decent chance of staying below this 1.5 degree threshold. we are not going to do that. were going upward, a new peak right now, that means we are doing more damage this year, 2022, than in any year in the entire history of humanity, were going to hit a new peak next year, possibly the year after that. we are not going to get down to 50% by 2030 which means were almost ce...

Below the 45, 50 degree threshold. its cold enough to paralyze iguanas. heres what it looks like. areas of west palm beach down into the lower 40s this morning. that trend shifts to a warmer one in the coming days. what were watching is whats playing out over the next few days, potentially around portions of the central united states. storm system on the move as it my grates farther toward the east, the element in place to produce a fair amount of wintry weather. not just snow this go around. a ...

Investments, clean energy incentives. and he has been telling world leaders this is a framework that shows that the united states is really back a as a leader on climate change and trying to set an example for the global community about what the richer countries can do anyway to pour money into investments to have a chance at capping global warming to this 1.5 degree threshold and kind of, you know, eliminating dirty fossil fuels from the picture here. but the president is tamping down expectati...

Gap is the result of a leadership 93p- gap is the result of a leadership gap. but leaders can still make this a turning point within our future, instead of a tipping point to climate catastrophe. the year of half measures and dollar promises must end. the time for closing this leadership gap must begin in glasgow. here�*s our environment correspondent matt mcgrath. every year this report shows the gap between the ambitions and the reality. the scientists say that to keep this 1. 5 degree thres...

You dont have these numbers at your disposals in 2017405 points per million. a report the world will face untold suffering due to the climate crisis unless society makes major environmental adjustments. the report noting there are certain indicators that society must monitor in order to combat this crisis, like population growth, meat consumption, energy consumption, deforestation and burning fossil fuels. the two degree threshold was established in the paris climate agreement and refers to a tw...

Making in advance of the climate change conference coming up in paris this year. india is expected to generate 40% of electricity from ren renewable sources but the challenges are increase in coal burning power plants and increase in population. look at the pollution per person. 1.7 metric tons. you look at the country as a whole, we have 2.1 billion mega tons from india alone with its projected increase in population theyll be emitting 9 billion mega tons by 2030 just second behind china. if th...