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As bad as the 2023 fire season was, climate scientists agree the planet is in for far worse if global average temperatures are allowed to rise more than two degrees. 

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There is virtually no time left. Many believe we are already too late to do much to arrest climate change and the destruction of the natural world. Even climate scientists are stunned by the pace at which the climatic conditions of planet Earth are being altered, disrupted by the ignorance and deep-rooted selfishness of humanity;

Scotland. what lu be watching for, michael? how will you judge the success or failure of this hugely important climate summit? >> thanks, wolf. its good to be with you. im actually somewhat optimistic. you know, what would success mean at cop26? flds it would mean a number of things. all of the major polluters exit to the sorts of reductions that we know we have to see if were going to avert catastrophic warming of the planet. thats a roughly 50% reduction in carbon emissions within the next ten...

The ground — discussion at the 620, is action on the ground necessary to fulfil those commitments. we sometimes call this the implementation gap, the gaps that are _ the implementation gap, the gaps that are between the word that policymakers are using and the actions — policymakers are using and the actions in _ policymakers are using and the actions. in the case of the us, uk and eu, _ actions. in the case of the us, uk and eu, we — actions. in the case of the us, uk and eu, we are still...

Dramatically different thing. if we had acted decades ago, we could have brought our carbon emissions down fairly gently. we could have sort of gradually move d away from fossil fuels. now to avoid a catastrophic warming of the planet of more than 3 degrees fahrenheit, we have to bring the emissions down by a factor of 50% within the next ten years. thats going to require a monumental effort on our part. theres some signs of progress. the united states has made a very bold pledge to spring its c...

A half. how do we break this business? how do we let gas prices go up so that we are forced to find alternatives without having people suffer? >> thats absolutely right. look, the biden administration, its a change from what we had before. they have taken some bold action and real leadership. at the same time theres what we call an implementation gap between the words that the administration is using, the commitment to lower carbon emissions by 50% within the decade, which is what we need to do ...