than 60 million people live in areas where there were dangerous levels of heat. with the climate crisis here, and congress refusing to act, what can, what should president biden do? joining us now is leah stokes, professor of political science and environmental science at the university of california, santa barbara, and an adviser to the climate activist groups evergreen action and requiring america, the host of the climate podcast, a matter of degrees. leah, thank you for joining us tonight. i will start looking ahead to tomorrow. president biden is reportedly going to announce some sort of executive action on climate change. we don t necessarily know what that will look like. if you are in his shoes, if you could advise him, what would you announce? what should he be doing? look, when we say that congress won t act, that s not exactly true. it s senator manchin, one democrat, as well as 50 other senators from the republican party who are refusing to act
university of california santa barbara and adviser to the climate activist s group and rewiring america and host of climate podcast a matter of degrees. leah, thank you for joining us tonight. i ll start with looking ahead to tomorrow. president biden is reportedly going to announce some sort of executive action on climate change. we don t necessarily know what that will look like. if you were in his shoes, if you could advise him, what would you announce? what should he be doing? well, look, when we say that congress won t act, that s not exactly true. it s senator manchin, it s within democrat, as well as, of course, 50 other senators from the republican party who are refusing to act on climate change. that s really what we are talking about. we have hundreds of representatives from the democratic party in the house willing to act and 49 senators from democratic party in the senate willing to act. so that s the situation we find ourselves in. and president biden needs to use the fu
his office did not provide comment to cnn. congresswoman maria salazar s district includes miami beach and tops the list with 88% of its critical infrastructure at risk of flooding. salazar smoke urgently about the need to act on climate change. better do something now so 30 years from now we re not under water. reporter: yet salazar also voted no to both pieces of legislation containing climate actions and funding. we got no comment from the congresswoman. republican congressman carlos jimenez, whose district includes the florida keys, also has a voting record that does not match his rhetoric. nor this need in his district. 69% of critical infrastructure there is at risk. in an op-ed, jimenez called for more funding to deal with climate change. but he, too, voted no to climate change legislation. the miami herald reported that the two florida republican members of congress, salazar and jimenez, both said that they
to destruction. and the un chief antonio guterres said countries were digging their own graves by failing to act on climate change. among the goals being discussed are ending the use of coal, phasing out petrol powered cars and reversing the process of deforestation. our first report on events in glasgow is by our political editor laura kuenssberg. welcome to glasgow. thousands have made the trip from their countries. the journey, more the shivering arrival, straight forward. the journey, nor the shivering arrival, straight forward. their hope is that the queues and the wait will be worth it. this could affect everyone s home, but the world s political leaders did not face quite the same ordeal, arriving on a united nations blue, not red, carpet. to hearfirst the prime minister s big, serious moment
delegates heard a series of powerful appeals for rapid progress. borisjohnson said humanity had long since run down the clock on climate change it was now one minute to midnight. the prime minister of barbados, mia mottley, warned that following a path of greed and selfishness would lead to destruction. and the un chief, antonio guterres, said countries were digging their own graves by failing to act on climate change. among the goals being discussed here are ending the use of coal, phasing out petrol powered cars and reversing the process of deforestation. our first report on events in glasgow is by our political editor laura kuenssberg. a red london bus. electric, of course.