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00:00Euronews is at COP29 in Baku and asks the world's leading scientists if net zero is

00:07possible.

00:11Only weeks after flash floods in Valencia killed hundreds, storms hit Spain's southern

00:15province of Malaga.

00:21A new report by Human Rights Watch points to deliberate forced displacement in Gaza

00:25that amounts to ethnic cleansing.

00:30Net zero is a hot topic here at COP29 as we all try to limit global warming.

00:36But is it actually technically possible?

00:39Well according to the world's leading scientists, yes it is.

00:42The IPCC has shown that not only is it possible but there are multiple ways to get to net

00:48zero.

00:49Of course none of them are easy, however it is still possible.

00:52To reach net zero you have to drive down your energy use as much as possible and in

00:58Europe that means reuse, recycle, repurpose and get planting.

01:05Urban trees for example, already urban trees capture 7 gigatons of carbon dioxide altogether

01:10and every year an additional 400 megatons so our cities would really benefit from much

01:17more big trees and infrastructure.

01:19They also bring down energy use, they also help with adaptation, with mental health,

01:24better liveable cities, increasing property values.

01:27Existing technology means that the buildings in those tree filled cities can be retrofitted

01:33so that they become energy producers rather than energy consumers.

01:37But there are many sectors such as petrochemicals, steel and cement where it's impossible to

01:42operate without emitting CO2 into the atmosphere so they're going to need to capture that carbon.

01:47And carbon capture technologies are proving expensive and difficult to scale so are there

01:53any innovations that can fix it?

01:55I believe that we can become carbon neutral in our world by renewable energies, energy

02:01efficiency, all the solutions that exist but they are not implemented fast enough which

02:08means that we will need most probably direct air capture because we are not doing enough

02:14today and we will need to pay this cost of inaction by putting a lot of money into direct

02:21air capture.

02:22The scientists and engineers are convinced that net zero is possible and in many countries

02:26including the EU it's a legal obligation.

02:30However fossil fuel use is still growing and nobody believes that it's peaked so we're

02:35going to need a huge shift in society as well as technology to get net zero on the road

02:41to reality.

02:42Jeremy Wilkes at COP29 in Azerbaijan for Euronews.

02:50Storms in Spain's southern province of Malaga caused school closures and train cancellations.

02:56Two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other parts of the country killed more than

03:00220 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

03:06Streets in the area were flooded as thousands were moved from their houses as a preventative

03:10measure.

03:12There were no reports of any deaths.

03:16Experts say that drought and flood cycles are increasing with climate change.

03:23In response to the devastating floods in Spain, the European Parliament debated measures to

03:28strengthen the EU's resilience to extreme weather events and provide support to those

03:33impacted by the disaster.

03:36The debate focused on enhancing the EU's crisis response, particularly in regions increasingly

03:42vulnerable to climate-driven events.

03:51The Israeli military is responsible for deliberate forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,

03:57according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.

04:01The humanitarian group said they have evidence that Israeli authorities' conduct, which has

04:05led to the displacement of 90 percent of Gaza's population, amounts to war crimes.

04:11They point to a clear intent by Israeli government officials, including Netanyahu, to make the

04:16return of displaced Palestinians to their homes impossible.

04:21Given this evidence, including the sheer number of Palestinian civilians in Gaza driven from

04:27their land and the manner of displacement and the attempts to make this return impossible,

04:32The forced displacement is widespread, systematic and intentional and forms part of a state

04:37policy and amounts to a crime against humanity.

04:41In the areas where the military has raised, extended and cleared land for buffer zones

04:45and security corridors, human rights watch finds these actions of the Australian authorities

04:50amount to ethnic cleansing.

04:52The report is being published amid an ongoing Israeli military campaign in northern Gaza

04:57that has created a new wave of displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians.

05:02In its report, Human Rights Watch analyzed Israeli evacuation orders and said that they

05:07do not comply with the laws of war by failing to ensure safe passage and refuge for Palestinians.

05:20Protests erupted in Paris on Wednesday night against a controversial gala organized by

05:25Israel's far right.

05:27The event, held in a secret location, intended to raise money for Israel.

05:32It advertised guests such as the Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smodrich, known for his

05:38extreme positions on Gaza, who ended up cancelling his trip to Paris.

05:43The demonstration was organized by multiple pro-Palestinian groups and the hard-left France

05:48Unbowed Party.

05:49It's a follow-up to the Israel Forever gala. I would rather say Horror Israel, because

05:56we invite people who have spoken, who incite racial hatred and beyond that, who dehumanize,

06:04that is to say, to speak concretely, that is to say, who compare Palestinians to animals.

06:12French authorities refused to cancel the event, claiming it posed no major threat to public

06:17order, further angering protesters and some left-wing politicians.

06:22It's a real anger, because we have people who, once again, here, in the heat, in a golden

06:27living room, who will raise money, who will feed the Israeli army tomorrow, who will massacre

06:31children in Palestine. It's absolutely unacceptable.

06:33Although the demonstration was relatively peaceful, a few stores, such as McDonald's

06:37and Carrefour, were vandalized. Tensions are at an all-time high as the gala was coincidentally

06:43held on the eve of a football match between Israel and France. Some are worried the game

06:49could lead to major clashes.

07:01A total of 4,000 police officers will be mobilized for the football game on Thursday evening

07:07in Paris. That's one police officer for every five attendees, a highly unusual number for

07:14such a sporting event.

07:21A Canadian-led NATO brigade is wrapping up its first full-scale exercise in Latvia.

07:28Operation Resolute Warrior involves 3,500 troops from 13 different countries, half of

07:34whom have been sent by Canada. As the brigade commander emphasizes, a very important exercise

07:41was played out to strengthen communication abilities.

07:46We were able to speak to all of us. Having 13 countries doing that exercise, for me,

07:54was to make sure that it was not a Canadian brigade where people were adapting to the

07:59way we do things. We want to make sure that we do a NATO standard brigade with NATO planning

08:05process and NATO orders.

08:09The Atlantic Alliance is aiming to beef up its military presence in the Baltics since

08:14Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Latvia shares a nearly 300-kilometer

08:21long border with Russia. But NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is confident U.S. President

08:28to be Donald Trump will continue investing in the alliance.

08:34So Russia, China, North Korea, Iran working together, the U.S. understands this, that

08:39NATO is there not only to defend Europe and the U.S., but also to work together to make

08:45sure that the Indo-Pacific and the transatlantic stay safe.

08:52Exercise Resolute Warrior began on the 1st of November and comes to an end today.

09:04Local police had to intervene the negotiations between the unions and the management of Audi

09:08Brussels on Wednesday. Workers say their counter-proposal for the social plan was rejected, so they were

09:13peacefully showing their discontent when they entered the meeting room, at which point the

09:18management called for help to be escorted out of the facility. The Belgian police arrived

09:22on the scene with batons, helmets and shields.

09:48The social plan is in connection with the scheduled closure of the plant at the end

09:51of February. A total of nearly 4,000 workers will be unemployed because of the closure.

09:56Protests and negotiations have been ongoing for some time, but a final deal has not been

10:00reached.

10:05The South African government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners

10:10inside a closed mine in the country's northwest province. The miners in the mine shaft in

10:15Stilfontein are being denied access to basic necessities such as food and water, after

10:20police closed off the entrances used to transport their supplies underground. In the past few

10:26weeks, over 1,000 miners have surfaced at various mines in northwest province, with

10:31many reported to be weak, hungry and sickly after going for weeks without basic supplies.

10:36The European Parliament debated the future of EU-US relations under the new Trump administration,

10:47considering how to address challenges as the EU seeks stable transatlantic relations.

11:06The US is Europe's most long-standing ally and its main security provider, with leaders

11:28across the political spectrum agreeing dialogue is paramount to survive Trump's America

11:34first mindset.

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