closer than ever to crossing a key global warming threshold. the uk met office says there is now around a 50-50 office says there is now around a 50 50 chance it will warm by more than 1.5 celsius over the next five years. he was in 2015 that the world s average to pictures first went one celsius above preindustrial levels. that was also the year that leaders assign the paris climate accord and, where the 1.5 celsius target was set to prevent dangerous global warming signed. and leaders committed to keep 1.5 alive last november. met office researchers say it is almost certain the next four years will be the hottest years ever recorded. one of the report s authors joined us. we are not going to fall off the edge of a cliff, is the first thing to note. 1.5 is not the end of the story and the paris agreement talked
details about a halloween knife attack that left more than a dozen injured on a train in tokyo. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, world leaders will be gathering in glasgow in the hours ahead for a summit set to tackle the urgent challenges of climate change. the u.n. s cop26 conference is kicking off just as the g20 meeting wrapped up in rome on sunday. leaders there ended their summit with an agreement on climate, but no firm pledges. several key goals included ending coal financing by year s end, and containing global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above preindustrial levels.
how intelligence agencies failed to prevent the january 6th capitol riot and the scare in shanghai. it is monday, november 1st. all eyes are on glasgow where world leaders will be arriving for the critical cop26 climate summit. joe biden is more than 100 leaders tackling the climate crisis. the earth is in unchartered territory. in a speech the british prime minister is expected to urge nations to move from aspiration to action. among the goals, securing global net zero by next century and containing global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above preindustrial levels. they want countries to give $100
is expected to meet the french president to discuss the continuing row overfishing rights. the french say the boats are being squeezed out of uk waters, against the post brexit rule book. the uk disagrees and is threatening legal action a row that shows no sign of going away. this summit will make some progress, agreeing a minimum global corporation tax and new targets to vaccinate more people in developing countries. but on tackling global warming, it is yet to live up to expectations. this is a conference which boris johnson has called a turning point for humanity because over the next two weeks leaders from almost 200 countries will be asked to agree steps to limit climate change, to stop the global average temperature rising more than one and a half celsius above preindustrial levels. the reason that is so important is thatis the reason that is so important is that is the point at which scientists say we will see more flooding, drought, extreme heat and
to show that this or that country is not living up to expectations. and then the implementing and monitoring. a lot of hard work ahead. jim bittermann, we ll catch up with you in about 25 minutes or so once we hear news of the details of the proposed agreement. thank you very much. good to see you. scientists say if we keep the average global temperature from rising two degrees celsius from preindustrial levels, we may be able to avoid some of the worst aspects of climate change. if temperatures change more, sea level will rise, swamping lands and forcing millions to migrate further inland. droughts in other areas could damage crops and cause thousands of animal and plant species to go extinct. there would be an increase in malnutrition as well as infectious diseases. there would be more deaths from heat waves as well as floods. scientists say the earth s