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

Episode Date: August 9, 2025

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

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you'll know just how healthy they are. Visit Spexsavers.cavers.cai to book your next eye exam. Eye exams provided by independent optometrists. from cbc news the world this hour i'm claude fade u.s president donald trump has confirmed that he and counterpart vladimir putin will meet face to face next friday in alaska discussions will include ending the war in ukraine the meeting will be the first face-to-face between the two since 2019 but ukrainian president vladimir zalensky 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. 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 our 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 reducing planet warming carbon pollution.

Emissions so far have fallen more than 8% below 2005 levels. still a long way, though, from at least 40 percent 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, 930 in Newfoundland. Well, yesterday in the U.S., a shooter killed a police officer at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. DeKalb County Police identified the dead officer as 33-year-old David Rose. Rose was shot while responding to the scene

and later died of his injuries. Greg Padrick is chief of DeKalb County Police Department. He was committed to serving the community. At this time, we're asking for the community's prayers, for his family, his friends, his loved ones, and the entire DeKalb County Police Department family. It's a noble profession that we all do. We answer the call to serve our community,

and he gave his life with a commitment to serve others, and he should be respected for that. The suspect was found dead in a nearby building struck by gunfire. Hundreds of international researchers and academics are in Vancouver for the International Conference of Forest Therapy. As Jasmine Renéra reports, they are 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 than 300 participants, including scientists, health care practitioners and policy makers 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. Yasmil Ganea, CBC News, Vancouver. And that is your world this hour. For CBC News, I'm Claude Figg. Thank you.