Convicted murderer is to be renewed to return to germany from the United States again serving in this insists hes innocent. Im told me all laddie all welcome to the program the European Parliament has declared a Climate Emergency the resolution passed with a clear majority in strasbourg lawmakers hope the move will send a powerful signal to the u. N. Climate summit which starts in madrid next week they also aim to put pressure on the incoming executive to take a leading role in the global fight against Climate Change. So how significant is the declaration we asked Miranda Schreier as a professor of climate policy. Well whats important about this measure is that its joining a number of other countries and cities and states that in said the Climate Change problem is really very serious and its so serious we want to make make this aware to everybody and really say this is a Climate Emergency so i think it has symbolic power and it can have Agenda Setting power the European Parliament is o
Demonstrations in hong kong with a look set to continue with yet more tear gas being fired the gas expanded warfare so what are its health the facts or president the protesters as president s a lot. Of small government holds a late night crisis talks over the murder of an investigative journalist the Prime Minister refuses to pardon a key suspect who wants to tell all in a case thought to implicate top officials. Are brought in thomas great to have you with us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th fridays for future Global Climate strike now theyre demanding that governments step up their efforts. To cut Carbon Emissions and theyre sending a message as well to the Un Climate Change Conference that begins in madrid next week now were going to say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world today here you can get a sense of the scale of the rallies that are taking place and that were going to be reporting on as well although cities across the pla
A key suspect who wants to tell all of the scandal of corruption in high places. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th of fridays for a future of Global Climate strike theyre demanding that government step up their efforts to cut Carbon Emissions and theyre sending a message as well to the u. N. Climate change conference which begins in madrid next week now organizers say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world today if you look at this map you can get a sense of the scale of these rallies calling on politicians to do more to slash c o 2 emissions australians were among the 1st to take to the streets in sydney hundreds of young people skipped school to hold a rally outside city hall they were joined by victims of recent bushfires. Been ravaging the country demonstrations are also well underway in japan hong kong and india lets listen to some of their voices repealing the really really import
Im sure welcome to the program the European Parliament has declared a Climate Emergency the resolution passed with a clear majority in strasbourg lawmakers hope the move will send a powerful signal to the un Climate Summit which starts in betrayed next week and also right to put pressure on the incoming executive to take a leading role in the global fight against Climate Change. So what effect will this declaration half. Show us who is professor of environmental and Climate Policy of the Technical University of munich welcome to. The declaration itself doesnt propose any concrete measures so how significant is it. Well whats important about this measure is that its joining a number of other countries and cities and states that him said the Climate Change problem is really very serious and its so serious we want to make make this aware to everybody and really say this is a Climate Emergency so i think it has a symbolic power and it can have Agenda Setting power the European Parliament i
Fossil energy sector. We are dealing with the agricultural sector, so theres many things that need to happen as a next step. The Climate Emergency statement was our first step in the process. Its interesting you raise the use of fossil fuels or agriculture. Within the european union, nobody dares touch agriculture and the fossil fuels and coal mining are huge here in germany. Thats going to be a very bitter pill to swallow. Yes, it will, and its nonot only germany. You also have countries like poland and the Czech Republic who also have substantial amounts of coal, so they are going to expect some kind of compensation, so i think one of the things we are likely to see in the december meeting of the heads of state is discscussions ababout how compensation mechanisms canan be introduced o help thohose regioions and those countries that are heaeavily dependent on fossil fuels make a transition away from them. That will bring in the sort of social justice e element to this whole question,