Catastrophic impact of unchecked Climate Change is the biggest challenge facing human time today 10 years ago the topic was barely on the radar. Jakarta the capital of indonesia with some 10000000 residents its the largest city in Southeast Asia around 30000000 people live in the metropolitan area making it the 2nd largest urban conglomeration in the world. And the fish markets are located in North Jakarta the scent of the ocean lies in the air mixing with the odors of the city. Just a few kilometers from the city center the problems confronting this tropical metropolis become apparent residents struggle with. Heat heavy traffic pollution population density and poor hygenic conditions and with increasing frequency flooding. The slum district of data is located near the airport its 5000 residents used to live near the sea but these days it almost looks like they live in it. He calls them are no has lived in since the 1970 s. He and his neighbors have watched the rising sea level with co
Problem. Sea levels are rising but new data shows the ground is also sinking. Why is that happening and how fast is a potential impact . First lets get a check on the markets. The dow industrial barely hanging on to the green, the s p 500 in the red, down fractionally, but nasdaq composite off by a third of a . Chips have been the hottest area of the market lately but also pulling back a little bit down almost 2 at 1. 6 . Down about 4 . For more on whether markets stand after a strong recent run lets bring in mike from the new york stock exchange. The market keep it up . I think you might expect down actually about 12 from friday morning, that may be you wouldve thought the market wouldve had a harder time handling that. In fact, the market that was pretty overheated over four months, last week was only the third down week in the last 18 or 19. The cooling off is happening in an orderly and relatively painless way because it is happening through rotation and a broadening of the market.
Speaker, who is going to be telling us about John Burroughs who as a young man came to capitol hill during the civil war and then introduced the nation to the Natural Beauty of washington and became one of the countrys leading and wellknown nature essayists. I suspect that burroughs would have appreciated the career part of our speaker. He started with a ba in Political Science from duke and masters in International Affairs from columbia and those led steve to almost 20 years for a reporter and editor for leading newspapers here and abroad. For his second act, steve has focused on the very local, including the song birds, which is a Habitat Restoration project and many years for the director of pierce mill. Edition deeper into the history and Natural Resources of the very area that John Burroughs knew and moved 150 years ago. Theres a second reason im slighted to be introducing the speaker and his topic, for almost 20 years now the lecture group headed by john francine at the time, has
, the distance between these two is less than these kilometer figures. Since 1971, after qatars independence was announced , iran sent its first ambassador to qatar a year later, he hosted the doha ambassador in tehran. After that and during the past years, the region witnessed significant progress in the political and cultural fields of crossborder cooperation and energy between the two countries. However, iran and qatar are located in a region that contains a large part of the Worlds Energy resources, and in such a situation, the strength and power of defense and deterrence are considered special priorities for the countries of this region, such as iran and qatar. During the past years, two countries had cooperation and meetings in this field, but today. And with the presence of the minister of defense in qatar, a new chapter is about to begin in the Domain Defense diplomacy should start in the country , lets discuss important issues such as confronting unilateralism, fighting terror
People during its deadly heinous invasion On October 7th, 222, it is believed, and negotiating the release of these remaining hostages is one of the big reasons the u. S. Wants israel to delay its Ground Incursion into gaza. The Israeli Defense minister saying an operation by air, ground, and sea will be coming, quote, soon. The idf today said Israeli Soldiers are taking part in training exercises to improve their capabilities for future ground operations. The other reason the u. S. Wants israel to delay any Ground Offensive is to make sure that more humanitarian aid can get into gaza to help the innocents the innocent palestinians. As of now 54 aid trucks 15 entered gaza but Relief Groups warn much, much more help is necessary. To put this into context, the area normally gets about 455 aid trucks every day. Since october 7th gazas more than 7,000 truckloads short of normal standards. But a senior israeli official told cnn there will be no ceasefire. The idf says it hit more than 320 t