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The big. This is the news coming to you live from berlin and the United Nations Climate Summit opens in madrid. Do we really want to be remembered for generations after the bird you having to stranded. People while the granted for the birds. Thats all saving the earth by aiming for calm when you can achieve by 2050 says the u. N. Secretary general until youre good ted is also coming up. In just a driving a car look at the case of a saudi woman still in prison long after the band was lifted on wo...

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‘While I saw such a devastating sight, warm smiles still greeted us. Yet my heart told me otherwise - the people just suppressed their pains and frustrations,’ says Father Raymond Ambray, director of the Ecology and Environment Desk of Tandag Catholic Diocese

At the top of the climate conference agenda as a global emissions trading system it would allow countries that exceed their self set emissions reduction target to sell a right to emit some claim the system could create incentives to further reduce emissions. joining me now in the studio. shes a reporter with signs and environment desk welcome you is now under put indicated its time for urgent action what can we expect from the summit which is just got underway in madrid well the motto this year ...

Beijing president mccrone said cooperation between europe and china on emissions would be decisive it follows the trump administrations move to start the former joined us from the 2015 accord mochi and mccraw have said the accord is. over the past 2 years in the fight against climate change we have consistently acted together with great effectiveness and commitment that i regret the choices made by a few other countries but i want to see them as marginal choices. when china the european union an...

Steps being taken if there yeah if there are more agreements we have to wait for that but we also have to be. clear about one thing this trip from across at the meeting with with cheating paying oh ok they had this disagreement making the players agreement irreversible calling versa but at the same time they also contracted trade deals about for about $15000000000.00 so it was also about that to be have to keep it in perspective as you said tim schoen but from the environment desk thank you very...

Free. people are getting around in a different way now they no longer use a car for every 500 meters public transit is really bringing about change. but ticket machines will remain at the train stations those who prefer to ride 1st class will still have to pay. and im joined now by my colleague john from our environment desk tell me is making public transport really an effective way of reducing carbon emissions tackling the climate crisis and a lot of ways yeah its i mean cars are one of the big...

From an increase in heavy rains and hurricanes these weather patterns combined with rising sea levels could lead to more frequent and severe flooding the scientists on the uns panel say its the final call governments everyone must act the message is over to governments at the stage weve told you what the scientific facts the evidence the course it is up to the governments know to decide what to do with it. avoiding scenes like this will be hugely expensive so the scientists but it has to be done...

Struggling to muster up the political will for a timely exit from coal the absolute dirtiest fossil fuel and what the protesters are protesting was the cutting down of the forest for a gigantic coal mine one of the largest in europe so germany has given up not only . as is continuing to mine coal its given up on its self-imposed goal of reducing emissions forty percent by two thousand and twenty which is not happening either so internationally many see germany now as it really having back slid o...

About this is the tip of the iceberg of this icebergs micro plastic contamination appears to be widespread but what effect it might have in the long term is not clear its most likely liable to do far more harm than good. so why is this microcosmic coming from the sea get into the water from the plastic bottle or is it already in the water before it gets bottled thats something we asked song i.d.m. from environment desk and this was her explanation. well thats not clear and it cant be ruled out t...