Severe droughts extreme flooding, and out-of-control wildfires. today, the un secretary general made an impassioned plea to world leaders to take drastic action within the next 18 months or risk a bleak future we have to play russian roulette with our planets as we need the next is trim off the highway to climate tell meanwhile the godfathers of climate scales, the fossil fuel industry breaking record profits, and she s stuff trillions in taxpayer funded subsidy they must secure the safest possible future for people and planet that means taking urgent action, particularly over the next 18 months two slash emissions to protect people and nature for climate extremes to boost climate finance, and to clamp down on the fossum fuel industry and joining us now to
Talk about this point that we re at, we have bill nye, the science guy, and bill today happens to be world environment day, but really, we re here on this highway to climate hell. just put this into perspective for us. how bad is it? well, it s only getting worse and worse everybody. it s the latest research is that there is not going to be this mythic tipping point or turning point, or point of no return. instead, things are just going to get hotter and hotter and worse and worse. and while this is easy to say, what are we going to do about it? well, as you know was born in the us. i grew up in the us and so my perspective may be strongly influenced by that. but i claim the united states has to be in the lead. the united states has to lead the world in dressing global climate change in order to do that, we have to reduce our emissions and come up with new
President is abroad, the white house is defending him against a story that suggests he s slipping as he gets older, we re going to speak with one of the reporters behind the story about what lawmakers told her about what they ve seen in meetings and what the president s defenders are saying today, i had a stork good morning about our climate that we are quote, playing russian roulette with our planet as the record heat of the past year could be nothing compared to what scientists say is about to come. we re following these major developing stores and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central emotional testimony, and hunter biden s federal gun trial as the prosecution calls his ex-wife and his former girlfriend to take the stand, both shared intimate in disturbing details about dealing with hunter biden s past drug use and kathleen buhle, who was married to a hunter for more than two decades and shares 33 children
Access to ivf in the aftermath of the dobbs decision the of course, the politics lost on nobody here, republicans know full well, how republican democrats have weaponize this issue effectively in a number in the recent campaign cycles, they themselves trying to push for an alternative measures to protect themselves from the political backlash from blocking this. democrats, though he rejected those other measures, saying they re too weak and they said the voters ultimately will make that decision on who does support over these key issues in the fall that s all right manu. thank you so much for that update from the hill and out of some of the other headlines that we re watching this hour the un says the world is on a quote, highway to climate and hell as we set yet another record and it s really not the good kind of record new data revealing that we ve now seen unprecedented temperatures, 412 straight months of full year now that means it from june 2023 feet to this may every single month has been the hottest month on record, scientists morning that unless
We will have post debate analysis with faisal on newsnight. let s talk to conservative peer lord goldsmith, zac goldsmith, former climate minster who resigned from the government last year accusing rishi sunak of being simply uninterested in the environment. welcome the newsnight. i wonder what you think, first of all, about the fact that thus far in this election campaign, the global climate has barely featured. campaign, the global climate has barely featured. mine it is not that surrise, barely featured. mine it is not that surprise. it barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has been barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has been such - barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has been such a - barely featured. mine it is not that surprise, it has been such a busy l surprise, it has been such a busy time, so many big things that have happened, and if you, if you are living in an area which has a housing shortage and someone asks you what your concern is you are not going to say the congo basin being destroyed, you want a better nhs or better housing, it is rare the environment is cited at the most immediate concern but it s the
His remarks came as scientists warned the world s climate is warming at the fastest rate ever recorded. here s our climate editor, justin rowlatt. temperatures in the indian capital, delhi, hitjust shy of 50 degrees celsius in recent days, the highest ever recorded. meanwhile, parts of brazil are still recovering from extensive floods caused by a deluge made twice as likely by climate change, say scientists. it is evidence, said the head of the un today, that the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes, paid by everyday people and vulnerable countries and communities. meanwhile, the godfathers of climate chaos, the fossil fuel industry, rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer funded subsidies.
Scientists say may was the hottest on record globally, as the un chief warns the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. and how president putin s war economy is funded by the countries buying russia s oil. and join us later for bbc london, when we ll be bringing you and later on the programme, a day after the major cyber attack affecting eight london hospital, health officials say the extent of the hack is still not known. good evening from normandy, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the d day landings. i m at the bayeux war cemetery, where more than 4,000 commonwealth servicemen who lost their lives in the normandy campaign are buried. the 6th ofjune1941i was the day that british, american,
His remarks came as scientists warned the world s climate is warming at the fastest rate ever recorded. here s our climate editor, justin rowlatt. temperatures in the indian capital, delhi, hitjust shy of 50 degrees celsius in recent days, the highest ever recorded. meanwhile, parts of brazil are still recovering from extensive floods caused by a deluge made twice as likely by climate change, say scientists. it is evidence, said the head of the un today, that the world is playing russian roulette with the climate. climate change is the mother of all stealth taxes, paid by everyday people and vulnerable countries and communities. meanwhile, the godfathers of climate chaos, the fossil fuel industry, rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer funded subsidies.
Something of a greenlash . there is resistance to the transition wherever you look. the parties that make up the greens/european free alliance are currently the fourth biggest group in the european parliament, but ahead of this weekend elections most polls suggest they could lose as many as 30% of their seats. the debate over climate is pretty lukewarm here in britain, with confusion over whether labour is still truly committed to its green investment plan and what all that might cost. yesterday, the labour leader insisted he does have a plan to make britain energy independent, through investement in renewable sources. a transition is coming. that s very important when it comes, for example, to energy, a transition to renewables. i don t think we should just see that as a challenge. it s a huge opportunity, because if we go to renewable energy, that means cheaper bills. renewables are cheaper, not just for the short term but for the long term. it gives us energy security. so it means that putin can t put his boot on our throat and the result you ve all been
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