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State and local partners, as well as throughout the state and elsewhere and in addition, were grateful for the support that we have imbedded from our israeli and mexican teams that have joined our operation. We have a full set of social Services Available to the families. At the hotel, where most of them are staying, and so they are operating in shifts. Theyre available around the clock with grief counseling, rabbis, other religious leaders all onsite to assist our families during this difficult...

Times faster than today. we need reforestation five times faster. we need to transfer 22 times faster to electric vehicles. we are way behind." all of the above. so how do you get ahead? we get ahead by banging on the table, working, by doing the diplomacy, by pushing, and by citizens all around the world are going to hold the politicians accountable. this is happening. and people see what is happening. fires, floods, mudslides, droughts, extraordinary changes in climate right now. food producti...

That is the challenge facing all of us, and its a question that will increasingly define our politics. as with covid, heres a global challenge that requires a global response. citizens all around the world are going to hold the politicians accountable. this is happening and people see whats happening. i mean, fires, floods, mudslides, droughts, extraordinary changes in climate right now. food production interruptions, 10 million people a year die because of the pollution that exists — every si...

Million afghan children under the age of 5 at risk of dying from starvation. for months the u.n. has been sounding the alarm warning that afghanistan was on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. the taliban takeover on the 15th of august saw international funds immediately dry up triggering an economic collapse in an already impoverished country where foreign aid represented 43% of the countrys gdp and 75% of government spending according to the world bank. but as the u.s. with holds billions...

River. keir simmons explains. >> reporter: the mighty mekong river, source of food and water for millions and tonight the front line in a david and goliath confrontation with china. >> when the river have problems, then people will have problems too. >> reporter: you dont have the food because you dont have the fish. >> we have nothing. >> reporter: in ten years, the mekong has changed dramatically an estimated 40% of fish have disappeared on this stretch of river, according to the mekong river ...

Order to exert less toll on the landscape, its really important that we look at chalk streams and trying to re—naturalise the flows of chalk streams as best we can. as well as streams and rivers in london and the south—east, water comes from underground aquifers and reservoirs. across the south—east at the moment, we use 6 billion litres a day. by 2060, with population growth, we could need an extra 2.6 billion litres. climate change and more frequent droughts means supply needs to be made...

Droughts, floods and heatwaves become more frequent and more intense. 0ur health and productivity will suffer. farms will struggle to produce as much food. at the same time, the supply of goods from abroad is likely to be disrupted. to meet these challenges, the government needs to take action right away say its independent advisers on climate change. we really have got to start thinking about adaptation in everything we do. weve really got to start taking seriously the fact that our climate is ...

Those events are becoming much more intense than they ever have been before. the extent of, you know, heat events, droughts, precipitation, floods, the tornado frequencies. all of these things are changing. and there is enough good science to make observations to understand that much of this difference is associated with a change to climate. >> you spell out the fact that there is this feedback loop. can you explain that and the fact that climate change is at everyones doorstep now. this is not ...

Uk temperatures will not necessarily rise in line with the global average. this is now, we already sometimes get temperatures 2 degrees above average in the south of england. that will be more like three degrees if average global temperatures rise by two celsius but we should also be prepared for this, says this latest assessment of the risks of climate change. it is unlikely but if global temperatures were to rise by 4 degrees, maximum summer temperatures in the south could be as much as 7 degr...

Making things a little bit warmer stop we are seeing tremendous exacerbation of extreme weather. more heat waves, droughts, heavy rains, flooding is, sea level rising, stronger barricades. all of this. wildfires. it is all related to climate change and climate disruption. we have to be much more clear when we talk about it when we mentioned the cause, not some vague human activity. it is the burning of fossil fuel, activity. it is the burning of fossilfuel, coal, oiland gas. that is a three quar...