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2030. sounds quite ambitious, doesn't it? here with me now, aaron si sikorsky, the director of climate and security. thanks for joining us. let's start with the aggressive plan that we expect president biden will tout this pledge at the cop26 summit. how will he achieve this goal, knowing that he's going to need congress on board, not just executive action? >> sure, so this ambitious plan from the president sends a message, right, that cutting emissions is so important after we saw across the country this summer. wildfires in california, heat weaves in oregon. hurricanes that traveled all the ...

Joining us now. wolf, it's been a busy day for president biden. a lot of meetings, and a lot at stake here. >> certainly has been. already very busy. it's about to get even more busy, good morning, boris, good morning, amara, to you. the president meets with world leaders to tackle some really pressing global issues while his domestic agenda back in washington hangs in the balance. the president arrived at the g20 summit in rome this morning. he was greeted with italy's prime minister. italian authorities have ramped up the security big time in anticipation of major protests. more than 5,000 s...

Highlighting the fact that china, they're trying to take advantage of many climate changes around the world, to strengthen its position. so that's why it's 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 kind report that was released by the administration, the biden administration, concluding that cli...

On the occasion of COP26, Crisis Group experts contribute their views on how climate change shapes the conflicts and crises they work on.

Bernice Lee is director of futures at Chatham House, London. An expert on the environment, the politics of climate change, innovation for sustainability, international trade and China, Bernice is a member of the UK Global Resource Initiative Task Force, the UK Climate Change Committee’s International Advisory Group and the Energy Foundation China Board. Bernice has previously been director of climate change and resource security initiatives at the World Economic Forum, research director for energy, environment and resources at Chatham House and team leader of the EU–China Interdependencies...