And the jointer come up in the morning. To send a few commas. The brahms cut. Starts oct 11th on. This is d. That mean is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes Climate Change will see how some people in ethiopia off even if he fixed then lost what action governments on the continent ought to take it. And nigeria celebrated visual arts as gerald. And the cat and his canvases. Hello im christine want to welcome to news africa its good to have you along. Today World Leaders are in new york for a summit on the Climate Crisis leaders from 8 african countries which includes nigeria congo and ethiopia are among the dozens that have been specially invited to talk about what concrete steps theyre taking to limit Global Warming now you may know this africa isnt a big source of the Greenhouse Gases that cause Global Warming but according to the United Nations its the most vulnerable to the impacts off Global Warming and the extreme weather events such as flooding and drought that come with Clim
In the meantime, lets go to tina davis on oil. The markets are rebounding. Down a little bit right now. Why . Tina it is keep your hands inside the car days. It has been a roller coaster. Sunday night it has the Biggest Movement we have ever seen in brent since 1988. Today we saw the price plunge more than 7 . That was because of news from reuters that the saudi aramco facilities may be back online and maybe have as much is 70 back online in a matter of a couple days, which is a much more optimistic outlook than we have seen reported elsewhere. All eyes are pointed on the oil minister due to speak round 1 15 new york time. The market is waiting for clarity on how long these repairs will take. David i love keep your hands inside the car. Lets do that, but speculate nonetheless. Could this backfire on whoever is behind this . Could this go from we are more at risk than we thought to we are more resilient than we thought . Saudis are adamant about sit about being seen as a steady supplier
Washington journal continues. Host our first guest this as weg is andrew light, try to understand the impact in response to Climate Change. Want to start with the paris climate of word. Can you explain what that agreement seeks to do and how . Guest sure. I was on the u. S. Team, i was a negotiator for it with the Obama Administration and what it tries to do is really bring the world together so that you get enough commitments are enough countries with enough time to stabilize an increase so that we dont hit the worst impacts and effectively what it does is create a global regime where every country comes forward and puts forward their own initial target. The targets are not forced on them, everyone picks the wrong target and there are these binding rules that require you to die bulge how youre going to hit the target, your progress along the way, things like that. And then it requires countries to go back to the table every five years to make new pledges we can hit so that these stabi
Social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning to you. You can start calling now. We will begin by taking you back to mondays final press briefing with President Trump at the g7 summit of World Leaders. The final question the president took was on the issue of Climate Change. [video clip] there was a significant talk at the summit about Climate Change. I know in the past you offered skepticism. What do you think the world should be doing and do you harbor that skepticism . Has feel the United States tremendous wealth. Feet. Alth is under its i have made that wealth come alive. Exporting we are the Number One Energy producer in the world and soon it will be by far with a couple of pipelines that have not been able to get approved for many years. Could be the largest site in the world for oil and gas. Ronald reagan was not able to do it. They have been trying to do it since before ronald reagan. We are the Number One Energy pr
Administration and what it tries to do is really bring the world together so that you get enough commitments are enough countries with enough time to stabilize an increase so that we dont hit the worst impacts and effectively what it does is create a global regime where every country comes forward and puts forward their own initial target. The targets are not forced on them, everyone picks the wrong target and there are these binding rules that require you to die bulge how youre going to hit the target, your progress along the way, things like that. And then it requires countries to go back to the table every five years to make new pledges we can hit so that these stabilization goals that are effectively to try to stabilize temperature increase over what it was in the past at about three and a half degrees fahrenheit and then maybe do better. Host why is that important . Guest david that target . Already we are having tremendous Climate Impact just because of the temperatures humans ha