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welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when it comes to the global response to the climate change challenge, it pays to differentiate between words and deeds. at last month s cop26 summit, the chorus of concern from world leaders was deafening. but the actions? well, tough decisions on deeper emissions cuts to stave off catastrophic warming were put off until next year. my guest is the us special envoy for climate, former secretary of state john kerry. his mission remains to restore american leadership on the biggest existential challenge facing our planet. is that mission impossible?
if covid 19 demanded an urgent global response in 2021, so too did a deeper, more existential challenge. that of man made climate change. the world leaders gathered at the cop26 summit, made a bunch of new promises, but the window of opportunity to take the actions necessary to prevent catastrophic warming? well, that window is closing. 0ur planet as we know it is in peril, as i heard from the custodians of two of the great storehouses of biodiversity. do you fear a time when people, maybe only decades from now, might come to kew and might marvel at the diversity of plant life that we have destroyed and lost forever? and that is only now to be seen in a protected environment like this?