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Berlin this is the day. I was going to increasing its melting in single contribution since the mid ninetys. Actually now see it as. 6 role. Of Climate Change in the arctic these are seen warming twice the rate of the rest of the world where these videos show are their eyes aerial view you can see that water is coursing over the surface streaming into these cracks and theres reason. To drift to do over from the euro is really just conspicuous. Point for an ongoing large melt season that we have this year 2100. Also coming up looking back at the genocide of iraqs its been 5 years since the socalled Islamic State august their campaign of brutality 5 years that have not told of peoples suffering we have a special report. That there is not a single yazidi family that didnt taste the bitterness of this genocide lost their loved ones their proper. And their dreams. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we start the day with a climate wakeup call the heat wave that brought record temperatures to 5 European Countries last week has now moved north and its lingering over greenland the result is yet another stark example of the real effects of Global Warming temperatures on the island which lies between the north atlantic and the arctic oceans are soaring topping 20 degrees celsius thats of course nowhere near the 40 degree heat that we saw on mainland europe but its enough to trigger a massive increase in the rate of melting across one of the worlds most important ice sheets in fact listen to this the amount of land ice that melted in july alone is around 200000000000 tons thats enough to cover the entire state of florida in more than a meter of water and its enough to produce a small but measurable rise in global sea levels. That all sounds very troubling lets get some perspective now on this and joining us from copenhagen is Martin Stengel hes a climate scientist at the Danish Meteorological Institute thats a group thats been doing a lot of Important Research in greenland 1st of all thank you for joining us i mean we saw those dramatic images we heard those dire statistics can you just help us understand what exactly is going on in greenland right path. Think it would even so whats going on is if you have a very strong wind it happens every year that in july and august ice is noting on the ice sheet but this year actually this milton has been much larger and comparable. With the most militant so far which wasnt with all till. The end in july alone approximately 200 cubic kilometers of this will sit before if you dont and this contributes to a sea of rise and. Its quite dramatic high temperatures not only over europe but also really in the sation of summit which assists its more than. 3200 meters we have to push to of 2. 00 degrees plus that is. That. Now you mentioned the rising of sea levels and that was i think a lot of peoples minds something that wasnt supposed to happen for 10203040 years into the future but are we saying that sea levels are already rising now. As if it was here all the time. See if we can rise because of 2 things what is it it gets warmer the need for space expands the other things of course if from the ice sheet from the that process millstone to the ocean. The mixing of the stone from the ice sheets just the day before yesterday and yesterday it contributed to Something Like 20 millimeter along these 2 days and. The meter for the entire flight so its. Just a forced entry and then he can. Switch off if you have really have to sink about. Now i think for a lot of people they Pay Attention when there is a heat wave in their city or in their country why though can you tell people why they should be paying attention to whats happening on an island that for many people as far away and theyll never visit why should they care about greenland. Because if you really look only it contributes to a Sea Level Rise if all the ice in greenland would milt you would get the new crease in sea level on the order of 6 or 7 the beaches which is so substantial 3000000000 people on the us. Below that close of the sea so we have to take care not even the though it sounds very little right know but it sums up all the time that the other thing is if i was just remember this was potentially change the circulation of the atmosphere over the fossils and although he was you know we store. Our ball dire sounding things there we thank you very much for that analysis martin stendhal from the danish the your logical Institute Thanks very much. For snow country is immune to the effects of Climate Change and that includes germany in fact Global Warming is combining with other factors to threaten one of the nations most iconic features its forests about a 3rd of germany is covered in trees but those trees are now rapidly. The forest rangers of germanys donors Back Mountain face a worrying problem the oak trees on the eastern slope dying they prevailed for hundreds of years last summer everything here was green now months of dry weather have taken their toll these are is the other and this forest is old and rapidly done and always would tell even from this is a warning we have to heat. We have to really Pay Attention to developments in the future. We dont have a tried and tested response to the scenario in forestry at the moment. Its clear that if this trend continues these force will probably be lost and all that will be left will be grassland savannah and bush. The weakened trees are easy prey for pests in the case of its a sponge moth theres always been enough water here but now even the heat resistant black pines from the Mediterranean Region are dying. 40 kilometers to the south in the forest and experts are out surveying for germanys annual state of the forest report that the beech trees here are over 170 years old the teams look at the tops of the trees to assess their vitality and resilience last year 72 percent of germanys trees were found to be damaged and this year it will probably be more. Were worried about the plot and forest there is now Severe Damage in many areas in some regions we have also noticed that the peach trees are dying and this raises an important question are these local phenomena are there only happening at these extreme locations throughout the country. Climate change pests pollution germanys forests have never been in such a bad state its a huge ecosystem covering one 3rd of the country new tree species are a way to equip the forest for the future but thats not an easy task in there for. Researchers all agree there wont be just one super hero tree species that will be able to endure all weather conditions and Climate Change in the future thats why diversity is also important in forestry we will have to create mixed species forests mission then. And forest own as are depending on that more than 110000 hectares of forest have been destroyed 300000000 new trees are needed planting them will cost 3000000000 euros. The Current Situation in the forest is catastrophic and its especially difficult for small forest owners. For many of them its a matter of survival. Exist and its hard for them to deal with this damage. The forest is on dollars Back Mountain i worried about their forest survival they say the current drought is a wake up call. So germanys forests on the verge of collapse greenlands ice is melting it all sounds like doom and gloom but here now to give us hopefully a more positive picture are 2 people that are very much engaged with Climate Change right here in germany 1st on my all right so we have. Run. She is a professor of environmental and Climate Policy at Munich Technical University and sitting beside me is kwan on posh he is with the berlin chapter of the Environmentalists Movement fridays for future welcome to you both thank you so much for joining us miranda i want to start with you i mean youre a specialist on Climate Policy where does europe stand right now in terms of Climate Policy can you give us maybe the good in the bad lets say the good is that europe has been focusing on climate for quite some time so already since at least they are early 1990 s. Youve seen efforts being made by governments here to take action and also by environmental groups and an average citizens. And youve seen the big growth in Renewable Energy i mean you see that all over germany of the Wind Turbines the solar photovoltaics on the roofs were seeing work being done on Energy Efficiency improvements so there really have been some some important changes going on. In some places you years seen big efforts to try to change educational systems to introduce more focus on on Climate Change so yes were seeing progress at the same time we also have some big problems and the big problems are that were not doing the not were not doing it fast enough were not doing it across all the sectors where weve been doing the most has been with the power sector electricity but look at all the cars that are on the road that are still eluding massively or look at our buildings that we havent yet really transformed into more Energy Efficient or solar energy friendly kinds of building so so we have a lot to do is there a policy change if you think it make a big difference right now is there any low hanging fruit in terms of emissions that we could just cut. And theres still so much waste in our system theres still so much energy thats used in officially and the fact that we can fly more cheaply than we can take the train is a good point we basically need a carbon tax that would be something that could really make a big difference make make energy more expensive but another really big change that we need to think about how we build or how we buy we always look for the cheapest thing but its only cheap because its cheap today its maybe not so cheap when you think about the impacts so maybe we need Something Like Green Financing requirements that are invested and its have to have something to do with sustainability. More with the Student Climate movement called fridays for a future that was started by a swedish teenager freights a timber guy youve been striking but every single friday for how long now since last year so i am striking since the 14th december 14th of december it was the 1st tour i can bowl in and i want to do a few. That are still at this movement and still striking since then because we are seeing petitions dont act properly and they dont act like its in crisis and we are in the middle of a Climate Crisis and we have to act and to treat it like it is and you mentioned politicians just a few weeks ago german chancellor Angela Merkel spoke specifically about your movement the fridays for future movement she mentioned grated simberg we have a clip of that lets take a listen. The determination of gratitude back but also to many many other young people has highlighted to us that its about their lives they have a much longer outlook on life so thats also cruised us to take a more determined approach to the issue. All right so the dreaming to answer theyre saying that you your movement these students really just drove her to act i mean what was your reaction when you 1st heard chancellor merkel mentioning fridays for future well its funny because i think its kind of hypocrite. Since december the science and scientific facts are for 40 years now and im going to america is the green chancellor and shes known for doing what it takes on Environmental Issues but we are not seeing acting properly like science saying what do you want to see politicians do. Just do what the Paris Agreement says to do we are not. We are not having something new its just the science and best of Paris Agreement and germany signed that Paris Agreement and its all in dead end as the i. P. C. C. Report and dell a lot of scientific experts as you are they are saying you have to do this then you will. You will have you will a story about you will reach to Paris Agreement and doubt still hope that its not too late but you have to acknowledge and not just frank us and say we had great we just need action a miranda we heard there the mention of the green translator of uncle medical of shes though gotten some criticism since she got that moniker how would you grade germany and medicals response to the Climate Crisis. I think america has been an important player in germany over many years in some areas but not in all in fact one of the areas where we havent seen enough action has been in relationship to the auto sector the transport sector and its because theres a big economic interest behind it but if we take too long to make a transition theres also a big Economic Cost as well as the environmental cost. What i think is very important this is one of the last years that america will be chancellor presumably and this means that its also an opportunity for her to make germany once again the leader that it tried to be at some earlier points in time and she can do that. If she really makes this one of her key last contributions to german politics its possible for her to say not only are we going to phase out of coal earlier than 2038 which is the current idea but that were also going to set targets and policies and programs that can be used across all kinds of sectors to develop not only new technologies but also new life styles that can really contribute to the changes that you guys want we want for you because it really is going to be your future yeah but its just not our future its the future of do humanity and all the animals and all the plants on this because its just this one planet we have no plan b. So we have to act now its not only our future but also the future of our parents because they will see how to kind of try to affect them. From the Munich Technical University calling on posh with the fridays for future movement joining us on a friday thank you so much to both thank you very much for. 5 years ago these socalled Islamic States started its attacks on the religious minority in iraq a campaign the United Nations has labeled a genocide these images show years edis fleeing the onslaught of biased forces in august 24th they had to leave without even food or water an estimated 200 children died of dehydration as people descended the slopes of mount sin jar the c. D. s and such for a home in northwestern iraq for those copy behind life became a diaper i guess fighters raped women and girls and sold thousands of them as sex slaves they shot men and boards and although i ass is now gone many is edis still live in displaced person camps. The singe our region was liberated from the socalled Islamic State in november 25th but still thousands of people are unaccounted for many could be buried in one of more than 70 confirmed mass graves in this and our region. Remembers exactly when he last saw his brother it was august 3rd 2 cells and 14 went together with their families they fled the approaching i asked fighters his brother tried to find food and was caught by the terrorists along with 5 other family members for a long time bashar hoped that his brows i was still a life. No longer have any hope there is no more oh yes not in iraq not in syria not anywhere and only they would have been able to keep prisoners in. Bashar and those left of his family currently live in a refugee camp in Northern Iraq like many years hedys they are afraid to go back home afraid of their arab neighbors who they say cooperated with i guess. Bashar and his family provided blood samples to the authorities hoping that they were mansour of his brother will be found they are haunted by the memories pascha says but still. Better to know what happened to my brother in law. In march iraqi or thirties together with the un finally began to exhume the 1st mass graves. 6 many g. s e g. s came to witness it. Desperately seeking closure 5 years after i s killed their men and then slaved their women and children hundreds if not thousands of years he used a belief to be buried the disinterment began in cultural home town of Nobel Peace Prize winner and that young will rot hisself a nice victim she called on authorities to protect the mass graves and thus the evidence of what the years hes had to undo. That is that there is not a single yazidi family that didnt taste the bitterness of this genocide they all lost their loved ones their property and their dreams. Blat central sent bones are being tested in a forensic lab in back that specialists are trying to identify victims through their d. N. A. And they are searching for criminal evidence. But time has taken its toll all the bones have been exposed to flats fire and fighting it could take years experts say to put cases together but the families want answers sooner. As applause and i have to be carried out quickly and not neglected i dont want them to start to assume the graves now and then drag their feet for 2 or 3 years. If you havent been. To date only 12 out of more than 70 confirmed mass graves have been exhumed recent violent fires in the homeland have already destroyed several grice and each day it is getting harder to identify possible victims and to secure hard evidence for Islamic States crimes. Well for more now were joined now in studio by theyre going to show theyre going to you were in the region recently whats the situation like there i mean why are so many. Still living in refugee camps because their homeland was actually it was destroyed. First. By militants later during the fight against i asked by american airstrikes and you said they were liberated in november 2015 so its 4 years ago but. Still lies in ruins and even more important the reconstruction effort we didnt see any and they have the reconstruction reconstruction has started and even more important theres no security because its a disputed area and a lot of militias operating there together iraqi army and Security Service local police and all this they dont feel secure especially because i asked supporters are still on the ground so just recently 2. Men were kidnapped and killed by supposedly militants and this is still happening yet its still happening and exactly that is like a traumatic remember ans to the c. D. s that they are not safe there. More than 70 mass graves we heard there in the piece just in a region why is it so important now to take a look at these graves and to look for evidence its crucial to to have this evidence for future trials because i as there have tortured they have burned people alive they have beheaded them but these cases must be documented to have them for a few to criminal tries right now i as is only tried in in local courts in speedy trials and only for being part of her off a islamist Terror Organisation but the really hoping to get a sort of International Trial where its a tribunal to the so to say like in randall like a like the ex you can slave year so that the perpetrators could be prosecuted or have charges for genocide for enslavement for for crimes against humanity and for these sort of International Tribunals obviously they need hard evidence and the un has called this a genocide thousands of people were killed 7000 women and children were abducted and sold into slavery. 5 years later now do we do we know what happened to all of those people the essentially disappear. Half of the women and children have returned but still more than 3 sauza and women and children accounted for and their beliefs some of them are beliefs siller to be in captivity by other Islamist Groups others are believed to like hide in in the refugee camps because theyre too ashamed to go back to their communities and they are not willing to leave the children who were born during their captivity to leave them behind because we have to stand in the culture youre only using if you have to use your parent and this obviously doesnt apply to those children so the women who who went through rape torture who were sold like cattle they have to do this horrible decision now do i leave these kids behind or either i dont i will never go back to my community such a tough decision theyre going to shoulder reporting on the fate of the as it is now 5 years later thank you very much. 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