their most stylish stilettos to take part in washington s annual high heel drag queen race. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the united nations secretary general antonio guterres says the world is heading for a catastrophe unless climate change is prioritised. new figures released by the un show concentrations of the three main greenhouse gases rose to record levels in the atmosphere last year. world leaders will meet next month in egypt, for the un climate summit cop27. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, spoke to mr guterres at the un headquarters in new york. it has been a year of extreme weather. devastating floods in pakistan, drought in somalia with millions threatened by famine, and record breaking heat in the uk and many other countries. it s why the un chief says climate is the most important issue in his in tray. climate change is the crisis of our lifetime. it s the defining issue of today s world. so, climate change remains a centra
for digging out proteins, that are beneficial to their immune systems. as the un warns of a climate catastrophe, the uk government is accused of failing to protect key transport, power and communication networks from extreme weather. a report by a joint committee of mps and peers, says britain s national security is being jeopardised. well, the issue is affecting nations right across the globe. world leaders will meet next month in egypt, for the un climate summit, cop27. the un secretary general told the bbc that countriies must re prioritise climate change or the world faces catastrophe. climate change is the crisis of our lifetime. it is the defining issue of today s world. so claim a change remains a central priority in everything we do and climate change must be a central priority for all governments, or companies, all cities, the civil society everywhere. if we are not able to reverse the present threat that is leading to catastrophe in the world, we will be doomed. and
ready to form a new executive. a new election will be called at one minute past midnight if no executive is formed that s 2a weeks since the last poll. in other news: the oil giant shell reports quarterly profits of nearly $9.5 billion its second highest on record but pays no windfall tax in the uk. and now we know the title of prince harry s much anticipated and controversial memoir. it s called spare, and it documents his move to america. the elected assembly which runs northern ireland is hours away from collapsing, over the region s post brexit trade arrangements. politicians have until one minute past midnight uk time that s around five hours from now to restore a power sharing agreement before a new election is called. political parties met at stormont today in a last ditch effort to try to form a new executive nearly six months after they were elected. procedures though are being blocked by the democratic unionist party the dup which objects to the no
since the end of the second world war. claiming he is buying twitter to claim save humanity. we look at how inflation is affecting voters. midterm elections we ll look at how inflation welcome to the programme. there s been another grim warning from the un that there s no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds. a new report talks of woefully inadequate action by the world s governments to keep the increase below 1.5 degrees celsius. as leaders prepare to gather for cop27 the global climate conference taking place this year in egypt, the new british prime minister rishi sunak has decided not to attend. downing street says he has other pressing domestic commitments . us climate envoyjohn kerry told the bbc in order to achieve the climate goals, all countries urgently had to work together. if we get more countries directly engaged in changing their plans to more rapidly kill the omissions, to more rapidly transition, it is