stare b keep waiting to act. let s take the stage by stage keep waiting to act. let s take the stage by stage by keep waiting to act. let s take the stage by stage by looking - keep waiting to act. let s take the stage by stage by looking at i keep waiting to act. let s take the stage by stage by looking at how. stage by stage by looking at how these heat waves fit into a far bigger picture, and we will start up close. 0n the western side of north america. the first heat wave began in late june, america. the first heat wave began in latejune, this is portland in the us, this is british columbia in canada. in temperature records were being smashed in canada s previous record was a0 for degree celsius now it is a9.6 c. that is now canada s higher average temperature. move of the border to seattle in the us, it went from this to theirs. and further south in portland the old record was beaten by another big margin. and none of this is normal. this is one canadian climatologist puts it.
listen to the senior climate official on the uk s plan to remove as much carbon as it puts into the atmosphere. as much carbon as it puts into the atmosphere- as much carbon as it puts into the atmosphere. something called net zero. atmosphere. something called net zer0- when atmosphere. something called net zer0- when you atmosphere. something called net zero. when you look atmosphere. something called net zero. when you look at atmosphere. something called net zero. when you look at the - atmosphere. something called net| zero. when you look at the policies to deliver i m afraid we are very off track, very substantially off track, really only about 20% of the policy commitments of the government has made would take us towards that goal of net zero omissions. there has made would take us towards that goal of net zero omissions. goal of net zero omissions. there is also this the goal of net zero omissions. there is also this the lead goal of net zero omissions. there is a
europe has recorded it second hottestjune, moscow equalled its highestjune temperature for the shift in mexico, it s recorded to its highest ever temperature in june. that was in mexicali. 0r its highest ever temperature in june. that was in mexicali. or you can look at new zealand, it s winter there, it too has recorded its hottestjune. the list goes on. while i m going through all of this perhaps you re thinking, well, we noticed was that we know climate change is an issue, we know we need to act, we are acting. but there are two important things to note here, the first is that these heat waves it in north america has scientists worried. bear in mind most climate modelling anticipates a gradual warming. but as we ve seen there is nothing gradual about this. as the climate colleges budget. in other words, what is starting to