what's up lovely people it's December
1st and my favorite day of the week fry
yay I'm KY wire this is CNN 10 only 31
days left in the year 2023 let's finish
this week finish this year strong first
up news from the world's climate Summit
happening in Dubai in the United Arab
Emirates it's called cop 28 the letters
stand for Conference of the parties and
the numbers stand for the 28th year that
this Summit is taking place it's
organized by the United Nations for the
countries that are members of the UN
framework convention on climate change
let's go to Fez jam now for more about
cop's history and what it hopes to
accomplish cop stands for Conference of
the parties the Gatherings are intense
technical negotiations brokered by the
UN countries are meant to work together
to co ordinate a global effort to reach
Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions but
progress at successive cop Summits has
been limited the first climate cop
Summit took place in Berlin in 1995 and
representatives from more than 170
States or territories attended 2 years
later at cop 3 in Japan countries agreed
to the Kyoto Protocol in which 37
industrialized States or territories
were legally bound to start reducing
their emissions but the biggest polluter
at the time the United States refused to
ratify the agreement because it didn't
oblige developing nations like China to
cut emissions and without the United
States and China on board the Kyoto
Protocol began to crumble then at cop 21
in Paris there was a
breakthrough the Paris agreement was
adopted by more than 190 parties
including the US and China its ambition
was to limit global warming to well
below 2 but preferably 1.5° C above
pre-industrialized level levels since
then progress has been slow and pledges
by governments across the world haven't
gone far enough even as deadly extreme
weather has gotten more intense and cost
of inaction has
skyrocketed at cop 26 in Glasgow
countryes signed an agreement that for
the first time acknowledged the role of
fossil fuels in the climate crisis but
the conference also had its shortcomings
India successfully demanded that the
final agreement would commit countries
to phase down rather than phase out
Planet heating
coal cop 27 in Egypt saw countries
agreeing to set up a loss and damage
fund to help vulnerable Nations hit by
climate disasters but while the intent
to limit warming to 1.5° C was
reaffirmed progress so far has fallen
far short we're scientists say it needs
to
be now at this year's Summit already
Global delegates have agreed to
establish a damage fund for those
Nations hit hardest by the climate
crisis the United Arab Emirates and
Germany already pledged $100 million to
this fund the UK promised 60 million
pounds the US committed $17.5 million
and Japan contributed 10 million since
last year's Summit in Egypt more than 80
countries have voiced support for
language around phasing out fossil fuels
however many wish to continue using
fossil fuels as long as the climate
pollution is captured before it enters
the atmosphere moving on now to news
back in the United States the
Environmental Protection Agency proposed
to remove lead pipes from the US water
system why lead is an extremely toxic
heavy metal and Studies have linked
exposure to it to significant health and
developmental problems especially for
kids new lead pipes have been banned in
the US since the 1980s but there are
still about 9 million lead service lines
in the country according to the EPA and
Illinois and Rhode Island are the states
with the highest proportions of service
lines due for replacement the EPA
proposal says lead service lines must be
replaced within 10 years the project
will require billions of dollars but the
agency analysis suggests that the
benefits would be four to 10 times
greater 10 second trivia what sport
helped ease mounting tensions between
China and the US during the height of
the Cold War ping pong pigle ball tennis
or bad
mitt Chinese leader Mal z dong invited
the US table tennis team to China in
1971 those matches helped break the ice
ahead of the Secretary of State Henry
Kissinger's groundbreaking secret trip
to China months later one of the most
influential and controversial foreign
policy figures in American history Henry
Kissinger has died the former US
Secretary of State and National Security
adviser was 100 years old CNN's Richard
Roth has a look back at the def finding
moments of Kissinger's
career I know all of you will want to
hear from the new secretary of state
Henry Kissinger never really needed an
introduction on the world stage again
Kissinger the most famous Statesman of
the last half of the 20th
century celebrated and controversial I'm
not going to make any as Richard Nixon's
National Security advisor and Secretary
of State the Diplomat wielded enormous
power and influence so trusted that it
was Kissinger who went to China on a
secret mission to explore a historic
opening of us relations with communist
China whoever went would be alone in
Beijing with no Communications and
therefore if he didn't know Nixon's mind
he might do foolish
things Vietnam casualties mounted as the
Vietnamese gained territory Nixon and an
undiplomatic Kissinger thought more
bombing of the north would help
Kissinger approved secret bombings of
North Vietnamese units in Cambodia
without Congressional approval he would
say sometimes Statesmen have to choose
among evils moral compromises in messy
conflicts Kissinger and his Vietnamese
counterpart Le duct toe were awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize for their role in
negotiating a ceasefire I have to say I
have never dealt with a group of people
as treacherous as the North Vietnamese
leadership Kissinger insisted trouble on
the home front hurt chances to succeed
in Vietnam we lost the war because we
were
divided and also because we were too
uncertain about what we wanted
Kissinger's support for a coup in Chile
and pro US military strong men in other
parts of the world Drew criticism arrest
Henry Kissinger for war crime
Kissinger's Legacy would be contested
decades later when he testified in
Congress at the age of
91 in the middle please Kissinger
performed what came to be known as
shuttle diplomacy to separate Israeli
and Arab forces setting the stage for
future Peace Accords when Nixon resigned
as president Kissinger stayed on as
Gerald Ford Secretary of State his
opinion still widely sought after by
governments and businesses after leaving
public office you want to leave your
country better off than you found it and
there's nothing in private life you can
do that's as interesting and as
fulfilling
today's story getting a 10 out of 10
comes from L Massachusetts where a
middle school opened its own Barber Shop
any student at Sullivan Middle School
can receive a free haircut from a
professional barber during school on
Mondays by booking an appointment online
the salon named husky Cuts after the
school's mascot aims to break down
barriers like finances and maybe
transportation that could keep kids from
access to looking and feeling their best
if any of y'all ever need a fresh cut
come holler at your boy I'll take care
of it for you have you looking like Mr
Clean all right Superstars I have had an
awesome week sharing and learning with
you thank you for what I believe is your
greatest superpower your curiosity being
open and curious about news happening
near and far not content to maintain the
status quo that's what it's all about
multi-millionaire and adviser to US
presidents Bernard baroo once said
Millions saw the apple fall but Newton
asked why now Shout Out Time Mrs
Becker's class at Nautilus Middle School
in Miami Beach Florida muchas gracias
for all the lovely letters I can't tell
you how much this means to me my heart
completely melted in a puddle all over
the floor all right now Rockets rocking
it out at Nina Middle School in nah
Wisconsin rise up go out and make
someone smile today y'all remember
remember you are more powerful than you
know I'm quy wire this is CNN 10 it's
been a blessing to spend this week with