PBS News Hour

October 31, 2021 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode

On this edition for Sunday, October 31, COP 26 is set to begin in Glasgow as the G20 summit wraps up in Rome, a close race for the governor in Virginia raises questions about red and blue ‘walls,’ and the U.K. invests in forests to slow global warming. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York.

Britain invests in planting forests to fight climate change

7m 40s

In the race to reach carbon neutrality, the British government and other private stakeholders have set out on a daunting task: reforesting Great Britain by planting around 75,000 acres of woodland each year by 2025. The goal is to off-set Britain’s carbon emissions by using newly grown forests to capture carbon. Willem Marx reports as part of Peril & Promise: The Challenge of Climate Change.

Previews + Extras

  • World leaders head to Glasgow for COP26 as G20 wraps up: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    World leaders head to Glasgow for COP26 as G20 wraps up

    S2021 E304 - 3m 44s

    World leaders made a climate pledge on coal and recognized the importance of reaching carbon neutrality ‘by or around mid-century’ on the final day of the G20 summit in Rome. Meanwhile, the United Nations’ climate summit COP26 officially began in Glasgow, Scotland amid dire warnings by scientists on the time left to cap global warming to 1.5 celsius. New York Times reporter Somini Sengupta joins.

  • In ‘deep blue’ Virginia, the governor race too close to call: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    In ‘deep blue’ Virginia, the governor race too close to call

    S2021 E304 - 5m 16s

    Virginia goes to polls on Tuesday to elect its new governor. The ‘deep blue’ state is seeing a neck-and-neck race between Democratic hopeful Terry McAuliffe and Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield reports on what this race tells us about what may be a political myth about red and blue “walls.”

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