On Monday's New Day show, CNN hyped a recent report by the U.N., quoting its assertion that it is a "code red for humanity," and making dire predictions for the climate's future. Co-host John Berman and climate correspondent Bill Weir declared that it was necessary to demand changes in the use of fossil fuels to mitigate global warming.
Before the main segment with Weir, Berman set the tone with a brief at 6:47 a.m. Eastern in which he warned: "Breaking overnight, a landmark U.N. report on climate change says the Earth's climate is warming at a rate faster than previously thought, and the window for countries to take decisive action to avoid the most dire consequences -- that window is narrowing."
He then cited the report chastising the world for not restraining fossil fuel use:
The report authored by more than 200 scientists from more than 60 nations says countries have delayed curbing fossil fuel emissions for so long there is no avoiding a hotter future. The U.N. secretary general calls the report a "code red for humanity." It comes as the world experiences historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods -- extreme weather that scientists say is directly linked to human behavior.
At 8:10 a.m., Berman revisited the story, reiterating the findings, and going to Weir for more gloomy predictions. Here's Weir: "Yes, and it is a code red for humanity, is the way the secretary general puts it now. This is 234 scientists, 66 countries, really doing the state of the science -- where would things stand? -- and there's nothing new here. It's just like the worst thing you want to hear from your doctor:"
Weir further warned:
We've warmed up the planet about two degrees Fahrenheit in the Industrial Revolution. Paris line was 2.7, but we'll probably blow past that in 2030 -- a decade sooner than previously thought. But every fraction of every degree counts because we all want to live on a planet that's at two degrees -- not one that's at four or eight is where things are going if nothing happens.
After Weir concluded by blaming "human nature and politics" for the allegedly dire future, leading to the two CNN regulars to push for more environmental regulations:
BERMAN: Just make changes.
WEIR: Absolutely.
BERMAN: You got to do it.
WEIR: And demand them and talk about it.
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Transcripts follow:
CNN
New Day
August 9, 2021
6:47 a.m. Eastern
JOHN BERMAN: Breaking overnight, a landmark U.N. report on climate change says the Earth's climate is warming at a rate faster than previously thought, and the window for countries to take decisive action to avoid the most dire consequences -- that window is narrowing. The report authored by more than 200 scientists from more than 60 nations says countries have delayed curbing fossil fuel emissions for so long there is no avoiding a hotter future. The U.N. secretary general calls the report a "code red for humanity." It comes as the world experiences historic droughts, landscape-altering wildfires and deadly floods -- extreme weather that scientists say is directly linked to human behavior.
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8:10 a.m. Eastern
JOHN BERMAN: So a landmark climate report released just this morning by a U.N. scientific panel says there's no avoiding a hotter future. It said Earth's climate is warming at a rate faster than previously thought, and warns that the window for action to avoid the most dire consequences is narrowing fast. The U.N. secretary general calls the report a "code red for humanity." CNN chief climate correspondent Bill Weir joins live now. Look, we were just finishing, you know, Brianna (Keilar) and Mitch (Landrieu) talking about how bad things are in Louisiana with COVID -- this is a worldwide blinking code red.
BILL WEIR, CNN CHIEF CLIMATE CORRESPONDENT: Yes, and it is a code red for humanity, is the way the secretary general puts it now. This is 234 scientists, 66 countries, really doing the state of the science -- where would things stand? -- and there's nothing new here. It's just like the worst thing you want to hear from your doctor: "Yes, you have it. And you have this, and you have that." They moved up -- they showed the warming trend -- as the tools get better, as the computer models get better, as satellites get better, they're able to now say it looks like we're going to blow past the Paris Accord target, right?
We've warmed up the planet about two degrees Fahrenheit in the Industrial Revolution. Paris line was 2.7, but we'll probably blow past that in 2030 -- a decade sooner than previously thought. But every fraction of every degree counts because we all want to live on a planet that's at two degrees -- not one that's at four or eight is where things are going if nothing happens.
BERMAN: What about rising sea levels, things like that?
WEIR: So I was just up in Greenland recently with some scientists up there who are really the first responders, and their lives are becoming more endangered every time they go out on this nothing ice. And as much of Greenland melted in one day last week to cover Florida in two inches of water -- the whole state. And that's a daily occurrence. And now the new science in this report says it also is sort of grinding the gears of the ocean's currents -- the Gulf Stream -- which runs weather patterns from the Bahamas to Ireland -- all up the Northeast United States is being affected by this. And so, even if you live inland, this will affect weather patterns because everything is so connected, but there is the science there. There is the solutions there that ultimately this all comes down to is human nature and politics.
BERMAN: Just make changes.
WEIR: Absolutely.
BERMAN: You got to do it.
WEIR: And demand them and talk about it.
