Thousands of scientists from around the world have endorsed a study based on a0 years of research that says the planet is facing a Global Climate emergency. The group of around 11,000 scientists says governments are failing to address the crisis, and without deep and lasting changes, there will be untold human suffering. Gareth barlow has the story. Wildfires in the United States, floods in somalia, droughts in the andes, typhoons in asia. Symptoms and signs of a changing climate, a Climate Emergency, according to 11,000 scientists. They have backed a report based on a0 years of data which says humans are facing untold suffering, amid a Climate Emergency caused by issues such as booming populations, a rise in air travel, and tree numbers falling as forests are felled. 0ur planet is in crisis. You know it, we know it. Climate change is a key social and political issue, and the reports authors say governments, businesses and the public must do more to tackle the causes of Climate Change.
Officials in california are warning that historically strong winds expected this weekend are likely to fan the destructive wildfires that have taken hold. A state of emergency has already been declared in los angeles and sonoma counties. Chris buckler reports. In several parts of california, families have been forced to flee as wildfires have learned through thousands of acres of dry land and into residential areas. We get a knock on the door at 3am from the sheriffs telling us we needed to leave, and live now. The tick fire in Los Angeles County has already caused a huge amount of damage, but its dwarfed in size by the kincaid fire, which has spread across the Sonoma County wine region in Northern California and now threatens homes in the San Francisco bay area. 50,000 people there have been ordered to leave. Were evacuating because this fire is very dangerous. And it is expected to move towards healdsburg and windsor this evening. The winds that we are going to experience will be muc
New hampshire a year ahead of the president ial poll. Thousands of scientists from around the world have endorsed a study, based on a0 years of research, that says the planet is facing a Global Climate emergency. The group of around 11,000 scientists says governments are failing to address the crisis, and without deep and lasting changes, there will be untold human suffering. Gareth barlow has the story. Wildfires in the United States, floods in somalia, droughts in the andes, typhoons in asia. Symptoms and signs of a changing climate, a Climate Emergency, according to 11,000 scientists. They have backed a report based on a0 years of data which says humans are facing untold suffering, amid a Climate Emergency caused by issues such as booming populations, a rise in air travel, and tree numbers falling as forests are felled. 0ur planet is in crisis. You know it, we know it. Climate change is a key social and political issue, and the reports authors say governments, businesses and the pub
From the sheriffs telling us we needed to leave, and live now. The tick fire in Los Angeles County has already caused a huge amount of damage, but its dwarfed in size by the kincaid fire, which has spread across the Sonoma County wine region in Northern California and now threatens homes in the San Francisco bay area. 50,000 people there have been ordered to leave. Were evacuating because this fire is very dangerous. And it is expected to move towards healdsburg and windsor this evening. The winds that we are going to experience will be much like what we experienced in october of 2017. We already have a fire burning and we have advance notice now, and that is why we are taking these precautions. We want you to start evacuating now. Water is continually being dropped by planes as firefighters try to contain the blaze on the ground. But days of forecast strong, hot, dry winds are going to make theirjob much more difficult. We are potentially going to see a historical wind event, and it h
Lewis hamilton says he is flying super high after being crowned World Champion for the sixth time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Health bosses in england have warned politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon during the general Election Campaign. Nhs providers, the organisation which represents health trust leaders, has urged parties not to make empty promises over future funding for the health service. Our health editor, hugh pym reports. Nhs providers says hospitals and other trusts have been preparing for winter, but the pressures are bigger than ever. With health featuring prominently already in the Election Campaign, there is a warning that politicians need to be straight and clear about funding promises and not overdramatise the problems. We recognise there is a political po ten si around the health service, people care about the health service, but it is important we have afairand service, but it is important we have a fair and balanced debate that pre