Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanfur. Here's what's coming up.

The fossil fuel industry posts astronomical profits as world leaders trying to mitigate climate change

prepare for the COP27 summit in Egypt. I'm joined by the UN Climate Chief Simon Steele.

Then, perhaps that's why I wanted to be an actor

is because I could try on personalities that were bolder than I was.

From dying of politeness to self-described bad-ass, Oscar-winning

actor Gina Davis takes me on her trip on and off-screen. Also ahead, America's

Mem Wars, Harry Streinovasan talks to Joan Donovan and Emily Dreyfus

about their new book on the online battle's upending democracy. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London. The science is clear as it's always been,

the climate crisis is existential and humanity is still not doing enough to prevent catastrophe.

A new report from the United Nations warns that at our current rate, the world is set for

disastrous overheating 2.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, which is way higher than the goal of 1.5.

The director of the UN Environmental Program warns that these findings bring with them a hard

truth, saying, in waiting so long to act on climate change,

humanity has denied itself a chance to make a slow, an orderly transition

to a safer and more sustainable future.

The UN report comes amid a spate of new studies.

The World Meteorological Organization finds that methane levels are rising dramatically

and the leading medical journal the Lancet reports that climate change

is damaging public health around the world.

All the while gas and energy giants are recording massive profits as ordinary people struggle with skyrocketing bills.

This weekend world leaders will gather in Shamel-Shake Egypt for the COP27 summit where once

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