The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 06:00 EDT

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/08/09 at 06:00 EDT

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Discussions will include ending the war in Ukraine. Trump had given Russia until yesterday to find a solution for a ceasefire. The meeting will be the first face-to-face between the two since 2019. But Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky wants his country included in the talks. Speaking this morning, the Ukrainian president said that his country is ready to work together

with President Trump and all partners for real and lasting peace. But he added that the war can't be ended without Ukraine being present and that Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier referring to Russia. Prime Minister Mark Carney is

facing mounting pressure to act on climate change. But nearly six months after taking Canada's top political job, it's unclear whether he will pursue his liberal predecessors' deep emissions cuts. David Thurton reports. I'm just warning you, the wheat paste is very gross. These climate activists are using a gooey substance to poster around the University of Ottawa. That homemade glue is not the only thing that drips from these posters. These activists ooze with distrust for today's politicians.

Those doubts are not without reason. Canada has five years to meet an international commitment. Can we meet on 2030 climate target, or will we miss another goal? It's highly unlikely that we can. Simon Donner is the federal government's top climate advisor. It's going to be hard to get there given that so far, all we know that is happening, that we've been removing existing climate policies like the consumer-facing carbon price.

Canada has made considerable progress, producing planet warming carbon pollution. Emissions so far have fallen more than 8% below 2005 levels. Still a long way, though, from at least 40% that the Liberals promised at the end of this decade. David Thurton, CBC News, Ottawa. And David Thurton, guest hosts a special edition of the House looking at Canada's climate change commitments. That's after the 9 o'clock edition of World Report, 9.30 in Newfoundland. Firefighters in California are trying to get a rapidly spreading brush fire under control. The Canyon fire northwest of Los Angeles ignited in Ventura County Thursday

and has grown to over 5,400 hectares in size. Homeowner Joseph D. Leonardi says firefighters were able to save his home. The bulldozers were up on the hill for six or seven hours, just pushing brush around, and without these brave people, we would have been out of luck. Containment of the fire is nearly at 30 percent, and evacuation orders in the area have been reduced to warnings. Well, hundreds of international researchers and academics are in Vancouver for the International Conference of Forest Therapy.

And Giseminea reports they're trying to bring a treatment called Forest Bathing into the mainstream. Noticing the tree, noticing the fungus. Gangu Wang is very aware of his surroundings as he walks through a dense, lush forest surrounded by Douglas fir trees. The Associate Dean of UBC's Faculty of Forestry is practicing forest bathing, a therapy with Japanese origins that encourages people to use all of their five senses as they walk and emotionally connect with nature.

Wong is leading the Forest Therapy Conference, which has more, more than 300 participants, including scientists, healthcare practitioners, and policymakers from around the world. They're coming together to share research on forest therapy and discuss how to make it a more popular treatment. The conference goes on until Monday, as experts work to improve people's mental health, one step at a time. Yesmil Ganea, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Faye.