switching over to electric cars and buildings, helping people transition away from old wasteful appliances. reducing emissions from super pollutants and scaling up carbon renewal. a new report from the world meteorological organization says record levels of greenhouse gases are propelling the planet into uncharted territory with far-reaching repercussions for current and future generations. wolf blitzer is live with more on the summit that is so important for the future of the u.s. and the world. it is critical what is happening over the next several days in scotland and the words are powerful but the deeds, the actions that follow will be so much more important if in fact the actions really do follow. i want to bring in our chief
to the fossil fuel industry, also a question some of the world leaders may have for president biden. bill weir covers this extensively for all of us. bill, what do you think, will the strong words, we re going to hear a lot of strong words from those leaders who have actually gathered near scotland. will those words be followed up with not just tens of billions but hundreds of billions of dollars in action to get the job done. that is the question so many people in the global south in developing countries are asking wolf because this summit really 30,000 presidents and foreign ministers and heads of finance and scientists get together. this is a summit about trust. can you trust the richest countries in the world, which are responsible for 80% of the damage done to make good, to pick up the check for all of those poor countries that contributed nothing to the problem but are suffering the wrath of nature here. it s about corporations that are making all these grand pledges.
frustrated she is with all the politicians just talking and not doing anything. we re getting messages from all sides, show us you can do something. president biden has to find the inspirational tone, dig deep and get momentum there that china and russia will have to respond to. we ll be hearing from president biden very soon opening remarks at this summit. the president is showing up without a finalized deal on his economic and climate plan back in washington. how do world leaders view the dysfunction of american politics what we ve seen in recent weeks. fauci is a very big black mark for us here and does undercut biden s ability to mobilize everyone else because the united states is always shown leadership on the issues. the rest of the world is well aware during the previous administration there was a complete denial about the
several cabinet officials, a lot of lawmakers, former president obama coming next week. when the president speaks his aides will show he s making a personal commitment to combating climate change. john kerry says two big things are making sure they get a global ambition when it comes to containing a rise in temperatures and encouraging other nations to do more as well as reaching out to the private sector because they think that is going to be a significant aspect of this as well. we should note the context how the president is entering the summit. part of this is convincing other world leaders to take similar steps, china and russia are not going to be present here, something that the president said was a disappointment to him and what he is going to say about his own agenda back at home, it is not final ooirzed yet, the president says he hopes it will be this week. it s been scaled back from where it was initially because of senator joe manchin the moderate from west virginia who has
when the sox won the pennant in 67 and ten years later, he s playing for the team. imagine what a thrill that must have been for him. must have been. going back home. a lot going on with the president in scotland for a key climate summit. cnn s coverage continues right now. good monday morning to you. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. president biden s climate goals at home and abroad put to task. kicking off two weeks of talks the goal it to limit global warming and decarbonize the planet. experts call this meeting the world s last best chance to address the climate crisis. this comes on the heels of an unsettling report from the world