Of speech and freedom of press. Giving freedom of Choice Global news that matters d. W. Made for mines. This is. The United Nations morning that were falling behind in the race against Climate Change between current Greenhouse Gas emissions and target levels remains to watch report comes just days before the next round of human environment talks are set to open in poland also coming up scientists Around The World are condemning
the chinese researcher who says hes created the first genetically edited baby even his own University Says that the work violates ethical stand so. Its good to have you with us tonight a stark warning about Global Warming the United Nations says we are falling further behind in the race to limit Climate Change global emissions of Greenhouse Gases shows no sign of peaking according to a report released today by the uns Environment Agency in fact c o two emissions this year are higher for the first time in four years and the report is urging countries to put more forward more ambitious voluntary National Targets the European UnionsClimate Chief has called for Net Zero Emissions by the year Two Thousand And Fifty that me. The European Union would not create any more emissions
then it removed. Are we going to get back on target here to talk about that im joined from paris by an old hoff she is a Climate Scientist at the un environment Denmark Technical University she is also a leave author of that report out today its good to have you on the show your report finds that the gap between Greenhouse Gas emissions and global targets to limit emissions is wider than ever so set out for us in laymans terms what that means exactly are we just polluting more than we should we are policing all of them oh you can say that the ambitions that countries have put forward in the current. Contributions which is what they promised to do within the u. N. Framework tenants and Climate Change and on to the past agreement do not live up to what science tells us needs to be done we measure its got its we where were
headed and where we need to be. In in twenty six year which is what the pitches look at. The new science is such as yourself tell is that if we continue with the current Trend Temperatures are on track drives roughly four degrees celsius by the centuries and i mean what would the consequences of that be. Well actually the report says that if countries continue to implement the current official level less expressed in the nationally disownment contributions we will be facing around three to three point two degrees so its one of the century weve already seen and he says this Estimate Record is the answer Governmental Panel on Climate Change that would have extraordinary effects especially on populations and areas that are already under significant stress. In the paris in Climate Agreement immediate aims obviously to limit this increase in Global Temperatures do you still
see that agreement as the main instrument with which the world can achieve some type of control. Increase or control Climate Change. So theres no doubt the has a green light in the process under the un it is to keep political purposes to both raise and bishan but also to accelerate action but in addition a lot of other stuff is going on weve seen this year earlier this year at the Global Climate action summit that nonstate to some National Action says are stepping up that action and setting what ma impish pledges and that can help bring about some of the change that we need that we need to see a need to see in a very short time frame all right and joining us tonight from paris Climate Scientists at the un environments Denmark Technical University missile i think you very much face the. Well here are some of the other stories now
that are making headlines Around The World a Russian Court in crimea has jailed a number of ukrainian sailors held after a standoff at sea on sunday theyve been remanded in custody for two months pending trial the men were captured when russian vessels fired on board and seized three ukrainian boats near the disputed Crimean Peninsula mexico says that it has deported almost one hundred Central American migrants who tried to cross illegally from tia juana into the United States on sunday it has also called on the u. S. To investigate how u. S. Border agents came to fire tear gas across the border when migrants stormed a wall near san diego. Or tonight scientists Around The World are condemning a chinese doctor who claims to have created the worlds first genetically edited babies and he says he altered the d. N. A. Of twin girls born earlier this month to try to make them resistant to infections
with hiv but his claims have prompted a backlash from the Scientific Community including the one in china with many casting doubt on these supposed breakthrough and questioning its ethics. The study is not yet been published but academics Around The World say quaid has crossed the line the geneticist is said to have changed the d. N. A. Of two babies born earlier this month through regular in vitro fertilization. Claims the father of the two babies is hiv positive and that he edited the genes while there were just embryos to make them resistant to the virus. I feel a strong response be to. That its not just to make a first but also make good. Example there we have some want some well history in this if its not me its someone else questions are now being asked
about the credibility of his urine quiz claims along with his motivations did he simply want to further Scientific Research on the topic even though scientists worldwide have so far agreed not to test gene editing on embryos. That i made he wanted to play god i dont know i think doing these kinds of tests on humans is absolutely inexcusable we have no idea about what side effects there might be what might happen to these children in the next fifteen to twenty years doing these kinds of experiments on humans is beyond reason and ethically completely unacceptable the Gene Editing Technology used in the experiment was initially developed to treat inherited diseases it involves changing the genetic Make Up Of Plant Life animals and humans. Its a special protein that can be precisely programmed to take out entire snippets of d. N. A. Mutated genes which can cause diseases for example can be
completely switched off. Genes can not only because out but they can also be repaired or even replaced. Using the technology on Human Embryos however has so far been taboo not all research is feel bound by these ethical traditions for some it may be more important to prove theyre at the forefront of gene therapy technology. By max i meant hundred in the house in my opinion this represents a reckless Human Experiment and feel you can neither the risks nor the benefits of being properly established in society hasnt been consulted me its medically not necessary the whole thing was announced a day before a Major International summit on the topic and its a provocation. The case has also caused an uproar in china more than one hundred scientists have signed an open letter denouncing it as risky and
unjustified adding that it hummed the reputation and development of the by medical community in china. Art or science reporter Gary Williams joins me here at the big table so we havent had independent confirmation that this even really took place i know what we have so far as basically a video on you tube with a claim that didnt take the normal path that these things usually take which is generally publication in the scientific journals followed by peer review or what is wrong with which is a Peer Review Journal and so basically what we have is a claim weve had those kinds of things before and theyve ended up not being what the what the researchers claims they were so at this point everybody is still waiting to see whether or not the research actually did take place and when you did you hear the news that the headline says that ok youve got these babies that are genetically resistant to hiv which that sounds like
a good thing isnt it well it does certainly on the surface but the problem is when you begin meddling around with the genome youre not only changing one thing you might have one positive effect but you could at the same time be changing Something Else that has a much more negative effect for example long term and theres not only that the the tool thats being used Chris Precast not this technology that we heard about in the piece its a very very powerful tool its also very highly precise but its not perfect and they have what are called off Target Effect so when you use this tool you can also change the genomes genome in an unexpected way so a claim that these children are healthy and everything is perfect is actually. Has no basis in reality right so theres no certainty here in this science if they say that youre resistant to a certain virus it can also mean that later in life you could get a certain type of cancer they cant guarantee the future exactly. Talking about the
future this type of genetically. Edited organisms in the Human Species its going to happen if it doesnt happen today in china is going to happen tomorrow so maria is would you agree with me on that is inevitable it is inevitable we have the tools we have these powerful tools which initially also we cant blame the technology the technology is also useful in many other fields for example we do everything every living thing has a Genome Editing humans genomes for example has helped us in things like like like Crop Development were able to quickly produce plants now by with this very very precise tool that for example drought resistant so that the tool is not only the its not only about editing Human Genomes its about editing d. N. A. Were getting more and more control of it but the problem is that we still dont know enough about the big picture so when were editing it we might be making mistakes that were not even aware that were making which is why all of the researchers are coming out and saying we need to be dealing with us in a much more slow step by step passions we know the chinese scientists hes due to
appear right as part of a Panel Discussion on Human Embryos editing in hong kong in just a few hours when weve been wrong so what sort of reception do you think hes going to get well first why has it published a paper now hasnt published a paper and i dont think that the reception is going to be a very positive one because i think a lot of the a lot of the people who work in this particular field are very angry about it because they feel that they feel that hes really jumped the gun as we said this is a technology thats and that is going to be part of our future as human beings at some point we are going to begin to edit embryos in particular when it comes to genetic conditions but this at this point is a little too early. In the asking us to trust scientists and trust is a rare commodity nowadays so well have to see what the future brings there are waves as always thank you. Sports the Champions League football is back
tonight as the penultimate match of the group stage sees from all over europe scrambling to take it to the Knockout Stages but for byron munich. Theres more than just qualification at stake his job is also on the line i coach on thin ice on saturday by and were held to a home draw against the League Second worst team. By an president branded the performance slapstick refusing to comment on Nico Coachs Future Beyond choose days Champions League game on monday a prickly coach insisted he has the backing of his players. For example ive had conversations with several players and the ones i spoke to told me what im about to tell you this. Relationship is exceptionally good not just with the players that i spoke to by the way they also amongst themselves and. For the
beleaguered by inside opponents been feachem a look an easy target having lost two of the last three league games in portugal but by and missing five key players through injury and their own mistakes have been their killies heel this season. We analyze every game and we can see where were making mistakes and unfortunately the mistakes that we keep repeating. Throwing everything out and starting from scratch isnt possible when you only have fourteen feet out there and play is. By and have never before lost to benfica as the margin for error shrinks needs a win to breathe easy. And heres a reminder of the top stories that were following for you the United NationsEnvironment Program has warned that the world is falling behind in the race against Climate Change the gap between current Greenhouse Gas and this. And those needed to achieve Temperature Reduction goals is widening says the organization and the world