patrick verkooijen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are all about adaptation. your global center on adaptation is sending a clear message to the world that it is time to make particularly the most vulnerable parts of the world more resilient to the impacts of climate change. does that mean you ve basically accepted we ve lost the battle to curb emissions and prevent the worst of climate change? thank you so much, stephen. we need to adapt to a warmer climate. we now see that we have already in the threshold of 1.2 celsius. investing in adaptation is not defeat, stephen. it s defence. it makes economic sense to invest in climate adaptation but at the same time we also need to lower our carbon footprint, so we need to have these two ideas in our heads and invest in both areas. lower our carbon footprint and adapt to a changing climate. so do both at once, but you know, as well as i do, because you worked at world bank and you ve been in this game a long time,
search. in prince william is launching a part of your campaign to try to end homelessness. his foundation pledged £3 million of funding to tackle the issue. at the time now for ten seconds of a curious humpback whale. following the kayaker at the beach, i think there will be amazing and terrifying at the same time. excuse the joke but they were having a whale of a time. see you later. this is bbc news. newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. back in 2015, world leaders pledged to speed up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to stop our planet warming by more than 1.5 degrees over pre industrial levels. most climate scientists now believe that threshold will be crossed, and soon. as a result, many millions of people around the world face potentially life threatening climate related disruption. my guest is patrick verkooijen, founder of the global center on adaptation. is his focus on making the world climate change resilient a
to adjust to the impact of his tourette s diagnosis. and another celeb is buying a football club. that s right. stormzy is set to buy his hometown club, afc croydon, as part of a trio that includes footballer wilfried zaha. time now for 10 seconds of a slice of history. this painting was found in the ancient city of pompeii. now, it might look like a pizza, but experts say pizza didn t exist when this was done. so who knows? you re all caught up now. see you later. this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. back in 2015, world leaders pledged to speed up cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in a bid to stop our planet warming by more than 1.5 degrees over pre industrial levels. most climate scientists now believe that threshold will be crossed, and soon. as a result, many millions of people around the world face potentially life threa
Including chelsea crashes out. Beaten a dramatic night at Stamford Bridge four years of killing, four years of destruction. Four years of civil war in syria. And the United Nations has failed to act. Failed to protect civilians from the consequences of war, say 21 leading aid agencies. While the International Community looks on barrel bombs are falling on communities like this in aleppo. Crude weapons killed indiscriminately. A u. N. Backed report says the war cost syria 200 million, and plunged most of its people into poverty. The u. S. Estimates 220,000 have been killed so far. 7. 5 million are displaced inside syria. 4. 5 million are said to be trapped in besieged and hard to reach areas. 4 Million People are registered as refugees. A battle for aleppo split the city. As part of the special coverage to mark the syrian conflict. They report on how the fighting devastated what was syrias commercial center. Reporter it is one of the oldest cities in the world. Its Historic Center now i
Fourth anniversary of the conflict. Hello. Thanks for joining us. Two Police Officers in the Missouri City of ferguson have been shot as a protest outside the Police Station was drawing to a close. One officer was hit in the face, the other in the shoulder. The attack happened during a demonstration taking place just a few hours after the Ferguson Police chief had resigned. This came after some heavy criticism of his force. Youll remember it was in ferguson last august that an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white Police Officer. Keith rose was among those in the protests he was an eyewitness to the shooting. I was behind the police when they were shot at. We had crossed behind the police line to bond some people out of jail who had been arrested an hour earlier. While we were waiting outside of the jail we heard some popping noise which appeared to be fireworks or gunfire and then there were many officers surrounding us, at least 100, they were scattering everywhere. I saw a