You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway and we're recording this at 14 hours GMT on Monday the 28th of October.

Bad news for planet Earth is the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hits a record high.

A people smuggler tells us about the fraud used to enable migrants from Vietnam to reach Europe,

and the NATO chiefs as the arrival of

North Korean troops in Russia is a sign of Vladimir Putin's desperation in Ukraine.

Also in the podcast Pakistan begins a polio vaccination drive after a surge in cases.

We hear from young voters in the US swing state of Georgia. We're definitely going to make the right decision for the climate

for where we're at economically,

for where we're at socially.

And can fairy tales get children to eat more fruit and veg?

But we begin with a stark new warning about climate change, which comes just over a week

before a US presidential election, which could have a big impact on carbon emissions in the

years to come.

UN experts say levels of greenhouse gases in the years to come. UN experts say levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at the moment

surge to a record level in 2023, locking in decades of temperature rises.

Koberate is deputy head of the World Meteorological Organization.

Every fraction of a degree of temperature increase matters in terms of the speed of

glacier and ice retreat, the acceleration of sea level rise,

ocean heat and acidification.

It matters in terms of the number of people who will be exposed to extreme heat every year. The extinction of

species, the impact on our ecosystems and economies. Although the record seems to

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