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

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Saturday

the 9th of September. The UN says the system for tackling global warming is working,

but nowhere near fast enough. Documents released in the US state of Georgia show the grand

jury in the Trump racketeering case also recommended inditing Senator Lindsey Graham,

and the American scientist who's fallen ill in one of Turkey's deepest caves.

Also in the podcast, Pakistan says advanced weapons left behind in Afghanistan after

the US troop withdrawal and now being used against its soldiers. And the Mercury Music Award

goes to, as we're collective represents something very special because we met in a youth club.

The first jazz band to get the prestigious prize.

The world is currently way off target in its efforts to prevent dangerous global warming.

That is the conclusion of the first official progress report on reaching the Paris climate goals.

In its global stocktake, the UN concludes that the world needs a rapid transformation in the way

we work, eat, travel and consume energy. At a news conference at the G20 summit of wealthy nations

in the Indian capital, Delhi, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the call for action

was urgent and could no longer be ignored. We have no time to lose. The climate crisis is

worsening, dramatic, but the collective response is lacking in ambition, credibility and urgency.

The climate crisis is battling out of control. Together, G20 countries are responsible for 80 percent

of global emissions. So G20 countries must pursue leadership. Antonio Guterres, the report does

suggest that hope isn't yet lost with many countries, even those divided by war working

together to tackle global warming. Yuri Roguel is a climate scientist from Imperial College, London.

I'm in the place of hope in despair. Despair because we have warmed the planet already well

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