• WATCH: Britain's Prince Charles gives statement at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

    WATCH: Britain's Prince Charles gives statement at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

    Nov 01, 2021 03:11 PM EDT

    ... current fossil fuel-based economy to one that is genuinely renewable and sustainable." The hope is that countries can curb carbon emissions enough to keep global warming as close to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) as possible. Environmentalists and scientists have described the U.N. conference as ...

  • WATCH: Biden speaks at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

    WATCH: Biden speaks at COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

    Nov 01, 2021 01:11 PM EDT

    ... the world leaders' summit portion of a U.N. climate conference, which is aimed at getting agreement to curb carbon emissions fast enough to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) below pre-industrial levels. The world has already warmed 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 ...

  • October 31, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    October 31, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

    Oct 31, 2021 10:17 PM EDT

    On this edition for Sunday, October 31, COP 26 is set to begin in Glasgow as the G20 summit wraps up in Rome, a close race for the governor in Virginia raises questions about red and blue ‘walls,’ and the U.K. invests in forests to slow global warming. Hari ...

  • Britain invests in planting forests to fight climate change

    Britain invests in planting forests to fight climate change

    Oct 31, 2021 09:36 PM EDT

    ... UN Climate Change conference in Glasgow, one issue will dominate discussions: how to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to help slow global warming. One way is to cut emissions from the use of fossil fuels. But there are also ways to reduce the C02 already in ...

  • World leaders head to Glasgow for COP26 as G20 wraps up

    World leaders head to Glasgow for COP26 as G20 wraps up

    Oct 31, 2021 09:14 PM EDT

    ... in Rome. Meanwhile, the United Nations’ climate summit COP26 officially began in Glasgow, Scotland amid dire warnings by scientists on the time left to cap global warming to 1.5 celsius. New York Times climate reporter Somini Sengupta joins. ... Hari Sreenivasan: For more on what was accomplished on climate issues ...

  • A look at the top issues for this year's UN climate summit

    A look at the top issues for this year's UN climate summit

    Oct 29, 2021 02:25 PM EDT

    ... decade is considered a key stepping stone on the path to net zero by 2050, which scientists say is the only way to achieve the Paris accord's goal of capping global warming at 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) by the end of the century. Borenstein reported from Washington.

  • As Biden heads to climate change conference, half of Americans think the U.S. isn't doing enough

    As Biden heads to climate change conference, half of Americans think the U.S. isn't doing enough

    Oct 29, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

    ... poll that suggested 38 percent of Republican millennials and 87 percent of Democratic millennials supported climate activists who urged elected officials to work to reduce global warming. That is compared to 20 percent of Republican boomers and 81 percent of Democratic boomers who felt the same way. “Younger Americans in ...

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    News Wrap: Protesters demand climate action in Glasgow ahead of COP26

    Oct 28, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    ... of the U.N. climate change summit that begins this weekend. Demonstrators carried banners and signs with flames, while others waved smoking flares to depict global warming. They insisted that world powers must act now. Andrew Nazdin, Director, Glasgow Actions Team: From wildfires in the U.S., to flooding across ...

  • How global climate negotiations work, and what to expect from the COP26 summit in Glasgow

    How global climate negotiations work, and what to expect from the COP26 summit in Glasgow

    Oct 28, 2021 09:47 PM EDT

    ... leeway in determining how they reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The initial set of emission reduction targets in 2015 was far too weak to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. One key goal of COP26 is to ratchet up these targets to reach net zero carbon emissions by ...

  • 4 key issues to watch as world leaders prepare for the Glasgow climate summit

    4 key issues to watch as world leaders prepare for the Glasgow climate summit

    Oct 28, 2021 09:19 PM EDT

    ... 2021. As negotiations get underway, here’s what to watch for. Ambition At the Paris climate conference in 2015, countries agreed to work to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit), aiming for 1.5 C (2.7 F). If COP21 in Paris was the agreement ...