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July saw the world heating up. Now political debates around energy and Climate Change also hotting up too. The government has said it will back hundreds of new licences for oil and Gas Production sites like this in the north sea. It has also confirmed it will support two new Carbon Capture and storage projects in northeast scotland and the humber. These would capture Carbon Dioxide where fossil fuels are burned and pipe it under the sea to store it. Climate campaigners fear it is a tactic to kee...

of asian men is jailed for eight and a half years. china and russia have denounced a defence pact, agreed by the us, uk and australia, that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. russia said the pact would bring years of confrontation to asia. the chinese foreign ministry said the three countries were on a path of error and danger, calling the deal a violation of the aims of the international non proliferation treaty. heres the chinese foreign ministry spokesper...

About china. this is really about the us wants to bring more and more country into the region and begin to assert itself against a fast—growing chinese navy. its the largest navy in the world, although the us navy is more powerful. so what this is all about is trying to get nuclear powered submarines into the pacific ocean to have them initially based in australia and then have australias own nuclear powered submarines. that would put australia on the technology par with china. and with a grea...

Centre for atmospheric research. welcome to the programme. where is verkhoyansk and why is it significant in this? 50. verkhoyansk and why is it significant in this? so, this city is in siberia. _ significant in this? so, this city is in siberia. its _ significant in this? so, this city is in siberia. its in _ significant in this? so, this city is in siberia. its in continental| is in siberia. its in continental russia, so not by the coast. its relevant because its an area seen more and more ext...