The political brawl over our heating planet - The Fifth Estate

Published 2024-02-16
Thirty years into UN climate talks, the world is hotter than ever. Provinces and the federal government are battling each other and activists, frustrated by political inertia, are escalating their protest tactics, taking direct aim at the fossil fuel industry. All the while, the planet is heating up — with tragic results.

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00:00 - COP28 and global promises
13:54 - The battle in Canada: Danielle Smith takes on the feds
27:10 - The tragic consequences of rising temperatures
35:21 - Activists and their polarizing battle tactics

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Boiling Point: Climate Chaos

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original broadcast
FEBRUARY 16, 2024

All Comments (21)
  • @empirecases4128
    repeat something enough times for long enough and it will be believed.
  • @underscr0e
    How about not shipping everything and anything when it can or should be locally manufactured, grown, or mined.
  • In Canada we are "not allowed" to use the resources found here, but the "government" will happily sell those resources out of country... How does that work..?
  • @rogerp6903
    Unfortunately for us all big business dictates to world governments what is important instead of big business being accountable and contribute to the well being of our planet.Governments and individuls will always cave to winfalls of money
  • @joeyenglish6193
    Lol😂😂😂😂 ban private air travel then i will start to care
  • @donaldzinn2927
    How the heck did everyone get to cop and where did all the clothing buildings and infrastructure come from without fossil fuels??
  • @Nivag.
    This YouTube channel honestly never disappoints with it's content.
  • @offbrandonbrand
    Fossil fuels are half the problem. Clear-cutting of rainforests and destruction of wetlands are a big problem, considering these ecosystems naturally absorb carbon from the atmosphere. Ecosystems destroyed and mined of their resources to help with our transition to electric cars, lose their natural ability to regulate the atmosphere.
  • @user-us3bq9zn5t
    The interesting thing is that electric cars are neither environment friendly
  • @lindaaspey
    Really important video and story but the amount of intrusive ad breaks mostly about buying stuff is so counter to the issue!!
  • @barrycrow
    I guarantee you that in the engineering of any planetary system with life on it...that there is always and completely necessary exploitation of fossil fuels which arise periodically for the long term survivability of the life on that planet. We happen to be on Earth and are the participant sentient creature who is providing this service! The Master Engineer is fully aware of all consequences of the current Earth situation! How can a creature which holds a mere 3 generation's of knowledge at anyone time claim to know what is right and what is wrong in the long term survivability of a planetary system. Wow! if those crazed enviros put a tenth of much energy into there spiritual lives, what a more peaceful, abundant world we would have.
  • @Iamkayaky
    Who is cutting the last tree down on easter island?
  • @karenfarmer272
    This is just payback time for Danielle Smith because of the Tucker Carlson shindig. We're not stupid here in Alberta Steven Guilbeault.
  • @penntano
    Fossil fuel demands continues to increase but, instead of producing in Canada where protections and regulations are high and Canadians would be employed, the Federal Government prefers to keep their hands "clean" by shifting the reliance of energy to imports from other countries. The Federal Government claiming Danielle's Smith Alberta government is undertaking a "political attack" only reiterates how much Ottawa is out of touch with Canadians.
  • @Matrabhumindia
    No one is taking it seriously. Everyone is running after money . In india 🇮🇳 this year there was no much snow fall but it rains heavily in rainy season , mostly floods everywhere. Also the population of world is increasing and India is contributing to its highest. My god save us from the discaster which is going to come in the upcoming years. 😢
  • @frankeder48
    What happened to reduce, reuse and recycle? Instead of encouraging to use used vehicles, someone decided that remanufacturing newer more efficient models with higher use of mined materials was the way to save the planet. I feel like everything is tied to how do we squeeze more money out of people and convince them to buy new.
  • @mrk0m093
    The cop was always nothing but a smoke show 😂
  • A 2017 survey of Canadians suggested that CBC TV was the most biased national news media outlet (perceived biased by 50% of Canadians overall, tied with The Globe and Mail) followed closely by CBC Radio (perceived biased by 49% of Canadians overall). Respondents predominantly saw a bias towards CBC TV and radio coverage favouring the Liberal party, a view that held consistently across Conservative, Liberal and NDP voters