Australian PM told to '**** Off' over Handling of Bushfires

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted by angry residents as he toured the town of Cobargo in New South Wales.

Jane Fonda: The Sooner We Move Beyond Trump the Better

Actress and activist Jane Fonda weighs in on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

Climate Change: Europe's Melting Glaciers | DW Documentary

It is far too late to save the Alpine glaciers. And now, the dangers caused by tons of melting ice are rising sharply. Every year, climate change is destroying two of the currently 70 square kilometers of glaciers left in the Alps.

The permafrost in the Alps is thawing, and transforming what used to be sturdy slopes into loose screes. In addition, climate change is leading to significantly more extreme weather conditions every year, while heavy rainfall causes serious erosion. The result: avalanches and landslides like those in Bondo, Switzerland, or Valsertal in Austria. In Switzerland, residential areas are shrinking as people are forced to leave their homes forever. The disappearance of glaciers as water reservoirs is already posing a major problem. Farmers in Engadine, who have been using meltwater for irrigation for centuries, are already facing water shortages. Last summer, they had to rely on helicopters to transport water to their herds in the Grison Alps. Above all, alpine villages depend on winter tourism to survive. Yet experts are forecasting that by mid-century, there will only be enough natural snow left to ski above 2,000 meters, which will spell out the end for about 70 percent of the ski resorts in the Eastern Alps. But instead of developing alternatives, lots of money is still being invested in ski tourism. Snow cannon are used to defy climate change, and artificial snow systems are under construction at ever higher altitudes. As usual, it’s the environment that is set to lose as the unique alpine landscape is further destroyed by soil compaction and erosion. Some municipalities are now working on new models of alpine tourism for the future. As global temperatures continue to rise, the cooler mountain regions will become increasingly attractive for tourists, especially in the summer.

New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed To "Off The Charts" Heat

Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, just as the US, Europe, and India are experiencing this Summer

Why Is It So Hot? | Inside Story

Temperatures in Europe are soaring close to their highest ever. 48 degrees Celsius is the current record, set in the Greek capital Athens back in 1977. This weekend's continental heatwave is expected to smash the all-time high.

Hot air from Africa's baking Spain and Portugal in the Iberian peninsula. Record-breaking temperatures have been recorded in eight Portuguese towns - and there's a widespread red alert for wildfires.

In Spain, heatstroke killed at least three men. Heatwave warnings have been issued in 41 of the 50 Spanish provinces where temperatures are expected to soar to 44 degrees.

The scorching temperatures show no sign of falling. So, apart from climate change, what's the cause?

Presenter: Richelle Carey | Guests Rob McElwee - Al Jazeera weather forecaster; Rowan Sutton - Director of Climate Research at the UK National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading; Bjorn Lomborg - President, Copenhagen Consensus

A Storm of Silence: Study Finds Media Is Largely Ignoring Link Between Hurricanes and Climate Change

Hurricane Irma: What Lies behind the Extreme Weather in the Caribbean?

The Debate - Storm of the Century? Hurricane Irma Leaves Massive Destruction across the Caribbean

The Debate: After Harvey, Are Record-breaking Storms the New Normal?

Trump Sides With Anti-Science Goons, Disbands Federal Climate Change Panel

Donald Trump has made the decision that science does not matter, and he’s decided to disband the advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment panel, the group that helps monitor climate change and assess the threat that it poses to the United States. Someone needs to tell Donald and the rest of the science-denying members of the Republican Party that just because you disband the panel doesn’t mean that climate change goes away – it just means that we’ll be left unprepared to deal with it. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

Meet the State Dept. Science Envoy Who Spelled Out "Impeach" in His Resignation Letter to Trump

The science envoy for the U.S. State Department Dan Kammen has resigned in protest of President Trump’s refusal to quickly condemn the deadly white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, earlier this month. In his resignation letter, Kammen, referring to Trump, wrote, "Your presence in the White House harms the United States domestically and abroad and threatens life on this planet." The first letter of each paragraph of his resignation letter spells out the word: "Impeach." We speak with Dan Kammen, professor of energy at University of California, Berkeley.

Can the 'Resistance' Win against Trump? - UpFront

In this week's UpFront, award-winning journalist and author Naomi Klein weighs in on how President Donald Trump is more of a brand than a politician, and what strategies his opponents can use to resist him. In the Reality Check, we examine whether Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war is really helping him to "save" his country. And in the Arena, we debate whether Hollywood is too close to the United States military.

Inside Story - Does the World Still Need the US for Leadership?

This year's G20 summit of the world's major economies was a tense and sometimes frustrating gathering, exposing the United States isolation globally on the key issues of climate and trade.

World leaders deplored President Donald Trump for pulling out of the landmark Paris Accord, reaffirming their commitment to fight global warming, without the US. Washington is now left in what some are calling a “club of one”. Will the world continue to look to the US for leadership? If not, who will step into that role? | Presenter: Hazem Sika | Guests: Marc Pierini - visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe and former EU ambassador to Turkey and Syria; Molly McKew - foreign policy expert and strategy consultant; Inderjeet Parmar - professor in international politics at City University London

G20: Trump Left Isolated On Climate Change

G20: US President Donald Trump was left isolated on climate change at the end of the G20 summit. The other 19 leaders declared that the Paris climate accord was irreversible. German Chancellor Angela Merkel used her final speech to express disappointment at Trump's position. Al Jazeera's Washington Editor James Bays reports from Hamburg.

Bernie Sanders Slams Trump for Ignoring Climate Change, Income Inequality & Voter Suppression

Mike Pence Can't Understand Why People Care About Climate Change

Actually he understands fine. He’s acting perplexed because he’s a pathological liar who just needed to squeeze one more lie into an interview. Cenk Uygur, Ben Mankiewicz, John Iadarola, and Michael Shure, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.

What Does US Decision on Climate Mean for our Planet? - Inside Story

President Donald Trump announced the United States was formally withdrawing from the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement, keeping his campaign promise to American workers, especially coal miners.

The president, surrounded by his supporters, made the address during a speech at the White House on Thursday. Global leaders formed a united front in criticising the decision with condemnation coming from Asia, Australia and Europe. What is the impact of his decision? And what will it mean for our planet? | Presenter: Hazem Sika | Guest: Gina Loudon - former Trump campaign media surrogate and author; Michael Dorsey - director of the Sierra Club, the largest environmental organisation in the US; Damian Ryan - director of strategy at the Climate Group

Does Trump Pulling Out of Paris Climate Deal Matter, Explained

In December 2015 the world came together in Paris to combat climate change, tonight, despite the pleading of other world leaders, President Trump is poised to take the United States of America out of the accords - joining only Syria and Nicaragua.

Noam Chomsky in Conversation with Amy Goodman on Climate Change, Nukes, Syria, WikiLeaks & More

Opinion: The Planet Can’t Stand This Presidency

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump is in charge at a critical moment for keeping climate change in check. We may never recover.

President Trump’s environmental onslaught will have immediate, dangerous effects. He has vowed to reopen coal mines and moved to keep the dirtiest power plants open for many years into the future. Dirty air, the kind you get around coal-fired power plants, kills people.

It’s much the same as his policies on health care or refugees: Real people (the poorest and most vulnerable people) will be hurt in real time. That’s why the resistance has been so fierce.

But there’s an extra dimension to the environmental damage. What Mr. Trump is trying to do to the planet’s climate will play out over geologic time as well. In fact, it’s time itself that he’s stealing from us.

What I mean is, we have only a short window to deal with the climate crisis or else we forever lose the chance to thwart truly catastrophic heating. » | Bill McKibben | Thursday, April 20, 2017