reminded everyone about the high price that her country is paying for global warming. climate change is something that my government is prioritizing very much and we had actually here yesterday and i started just close here to see if this ceremony where we actually go others because we have the 1st release you are disappearing in iceland or. right now the glacier the prime minister was talking about as we can see behind me except the ice is all but gone now to get an idea of the transformation here s an aerial shot of the glacier sitting on top of the oak hall kaino and this photo was taken by nasa back in 1906 and if we take a look at this 2nd picture here and this is what oak looked like just a few weeks ago so over the past 30 years the glacier has almost entirely melted away iceland officially declared it dead in 2014 were so pleased to have them here
iceland is mourning the loss of a massive ice sheet and warning that it is time to pull the emergency brake on climate change i m sumi so misconduct in berlin this is the day. this is the 1st mass landing place here and unsupportive if you re going to explain or i feel sad and i feel that this moment be remembered coverage of generations probably close to 100 measures are viewed as a good to the last century. in the projects or something scientists are going to see them happening we will see all the abusers disappear in my stand a good 200. 50. to 200 searchers are trying to. push through a very strong feeling to rethink the way we are working to challenge and i will tell them my connection will cost me. a loss and why i didn t do enough
in iceland wants to bring awareness to the fate of oak glacier and the future of the rest of its glaciers so as we hear the country mark the passing of the massive ice sheet the prime minister a climate researchers journalists members of the public attended and they fixed a bronze plaque to a boulder in the former glacier on it was a letter to the future of this is what it says oak is the 1st icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier in the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path this monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done only you know if we did it now the former un human rights commissioner mary robinson now a campaigner for climate justice was also at the ceremony. i feel very humbled to be here to be office because this is an occasion for iceland but in fact it s also for the whole world we re marking the death of
international cooperation among the president to scale. also on the day 5 years of conflict in eastern ukraine and there is still no end in sight to the fighting today a new push from the french president to bring russia and ukraine back to the negotiating table. we ll have to reinvent an architecture of security and trust between the european union and russia and france will play its full role and you all can. a warm welcome to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world tonight the german chancellor angela merkel is in iceland for talks with nordic leaders talks that will focus on the need for action on climate change now chancellor merkel was welcomed in the icelandic capital reykjavik where her counterpart prime minister country dr
see behind me except the ice is all but gone now to get an idea of the transformation here s an aerial shot of the glacier sitting on top of the oak hall kaino and this photo was taken by nasa back in 1906 and if we take a look at this 2nd picture here this is what oak looked like just a few weeks ago so over the past 30 years the glacier has almost entirely melted away iceland officially declared it dead in 2014 were so pleased to have him here my son wants to bring awareness to the fate of oak glacier and the future of the rest of its glaciers so as we hear the country mark the passing of the massive ice sheet the prime minister a climate researchers journalists members of the public attended and they fixed a bronze plaque to a boulder in the former glacier on it was a letter to the future of this is what it says oak is the 1st icelandic glacier to lose its status as