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The latest report from the intergovernmental panel on climate change is clear that the world is warming. it is human—induced, and if we do not act now, we are going to see increased floods, droughts, heatwaves, and all of us will be affected. glasgow will host more than 120 world leaders and up to 25,000 delegates. around 10,000 police officers will be deployed each day. for those living in the city, disruption is expected, and there are mixed feelings about the summit. i think its really good...

After your services deadline, in other words, northern the army after december 15th then you must be vaccinated in order to deploy under those federal orders so there is a bit of an asterix there, but june 2022 is a very lodge way away. >> it is. >> and theres a lot of risk that can occur at that point. >> yes, absolutely. i do want to mention the g-20 because we know the main folk just fighting climate change. we know how this impacts military planning. weve been talking about how, you know, th...

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That tipping point. the question is whether the world leaders can take action now. what they will do by the end of the decade? listen to what secretary of state blinken said about that today. >> we are seeing every sung l day storms, droughts, that have been exacerbated by climate change. conflict, refugees driven by climate change. fights over resources. i think theres a much greater consciousness of that. >> reporter: i hate to say it but some news heading into this glascow summit is fairly pe...

China would move up the goals because the chinese saying were still developing and building. well peak emissions by 2030 and will continue to increase the emissions throughout the rest of this decade. president biden, prime minister johnson wanted china to say, no, well do that sooner. they declined. skepticism of whether the countries are making the changes to avert the changes. >> we see secretary of state blinken there in the room awaiting president bidens conference. building on what josh sa...

To do with going net-zero by 2050. but scientists tell us thats too late, that action has to be taken within the next few years if the u.s. and the rest of the world are going to be able to prevent effects that will include more drastic and frequent hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, as well as disease and hunger around the world. now, the u.s. has made a commitment to curb its own emissions by at least 50% under the biden administration by 2050, but theres a lot of skepticism about whether or no...

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And alongside energy is a big question in climate change, food security is also a huge concern. extremes of weather, including droughts and floods, can put supplies of food at risk. but as well as the threat, there may also be opportunities, as ourjournalist reports from benin in west africa. this market is the largest in west africa. shops here are filled with imported goods from europe, russia and asia. in 2019, benin registered $2.9 billion us of imported products, according to the world trad...

Highlighting the fact that china, theyre trying to take advantage of many climate changes around the world, to strengthen its position. so thats why its so important to link these changes that president biden wants to make to security and protecting america. >> yeah, so many people around the world now feeling that urgency as you were mentioning, the droughts and flooding and wildfires. a lot of us seeing that happening in our own backyards. back to the security implications and the first of a k...

Fear but the time for talk is over. their future is slipping away. that was katya adler reporting. now, from europe to africa, and alongside energy is a big question in climate change, food security is also a huge concern. extremes of weather, including droughts and floods, can put supplies of food at risk. but as well as the threat, there may also be opportunities, as lila site reports from bennion in west africa. —— benin. this market is the largest in west africa. shops here are filled wi...