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rises to 1.5 celsius above preindustrial levels. but island nations, which are hardest hit by climate change, are not happy. they say their way of life is being threated because there s not enough emphasis on cutting emissions in the short term. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then. hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here in dubai, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the president, dr sultan aljaber, he s calling this an historic agreement, but it is hedged around with questions and doubts. it calls on countries to contribute to ambitious actions to tackle climate change. now, i could do a single plate and claim to have contributed to doing the washing up, but would you consider that i had really pulled my weight? the president of these talks was in no doubt how ....
experts say this is crucial if humanity is to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. but island nations, which are hardest hit by climate change are not happy. they say their way of life is being threatened because there s not enough focus on cutting emissions in the short term. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then. hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here in dubai, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency, dr sultan aljaber, he s calling this an historic agreement, but it is hedged around with questions and doubts. it calls on countries to contribute to ambitious actions to tackle climate change. now, i could do a single plate and claim to have contributed to doing the washing up, but would you consider that i had reall ....
That i had two identical twin nephews, jeremy and josh, and that morning in butte, montana, a 10-year-old had brought a gun to school. he had been bullied, he had been, you know, oausti ostraciz because of his parents. he brought a gun and kids lined up to get in class and he pulled out his gun, unattendedly, ended up shooting jeremy. at the time, it was the youngest schoolyard shooting in our country s history, and now if a 10-year-old shot and killed an 11-year-old, it probably wouldn t make national news. you don t talk about this that much. the times that i have talked about it, i said there were two victims that day, jeremy, my nephew, but also this 10-year-old when he was asked, ....