Historic heat wave is crippling europe, just as two of the world's largest contributors to global warming are abandoning key commitments to limit emissions. My collage, semine sengupta, on why the era of global cooperation on climate is starting to unravel. It's tuesday, july nineteenthimen we want to talk to you because you're the international cli correspondent at the times and it very much feels like were experiencing a moment here that needs to be explained in terms of both climate policy and climate conditions on the ground. Yer, people in europe and the united kingdom are living in the climate future now.
A record-breaking heat wave is currently washing over Europe. In parts of Britain, the mercury has hit a freakishly high 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more.
While that is happening, both Europe and the United States — two of the world’s largest contributors to global warming — are abandoning key commitments to limit emissions.
Guest: Somini Sengupta, the international climate reporter for The New York Times.
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