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Note, with ambitious pledges from many nations. this year is about implementing those pledges, and that is a much more ambitious task. in short, dont expect any big breakthroughs in egypt. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the first speaker to address the summit was alok sharma, who chaired last years climate conference in glasgow. heres a little bit of what he had to say. this conference must be about concrete action. and i hope that when the world leaders join us today, they will explain clearly what ...

Time, so great to have you here. as we get towards ten oclock, remember we started an hour ago with the cop climate summit starting, asking if we could afford to solve the climate crisis right now, or if we can afford not to act. lets hear again from ed miliband for labour. i have been out of these summits, laura, and if you go in saying, like rishi sunak, we want to lead, and people say you have got a ban on onshore wind power, fossilfuel licenses, that is inconsistent, you are reneging on comm...

Which first would be what mechanism would be chosen to actually get funds fastest to the people needed. and the deadline, when this design for the very first day it was good and positive but lots more to come in the next two weeks.— in the next two weeks. professor michaeljacobs, _ in the next two weeks. professor michaeljacobs, your _ in the next two weeks. professor michaeljacobs, your take - in the next two weeks. professor michaeljacobs, your take on - in the next two weeks. professor| mic...

Here are talking about backsliding. last year in glasgow, all the countries who attended agreed they would put new plans on the table by the end of the year to cut carbon and go beyond what they had promised and only 25 of them have done that. it is the same with other promises, particularly on the 100 billion that has not been delivered this year. so there is a lot of i suppose sarcastic views on the promises that people have made. but the egyptian authorities and the government are keen to get...

Year. as challenging as our current moment— year. as challenging as our current moment is, — year. as challenging as our current moment is, an action is myopic and can only— moment is, an action is myopic and can only defer climate catastrophe. expects _ can only defer climate catastrophe. expects heated negotiations, egypt says the rich world needs to come home on its promise in developing cut carbon and adapt to a changing climate. and help vulnerable nations but the climate related impa...

Made eight lot of commitments - change? i think the uk government| made eight lot of commitments last time in glasgow including forest and we believe the prime minister here on tuesday to actually declare forest partnership that is very positive. i think uk aid budget going down is not so positive. that also matters how you can help the rest of the world. historically uk has been a very positive force with their points of commitment. as you pointed out, a lot of things that are going on in the u...

Only about 2k beyond what they had promised and only about 2a or 25 have done that. it is the same with many of the other promise, particularly on money, the hundred billion, that has not been delivered and it will be possibly next year before that happens. there is a lot of i suppose sarcastic views on the promises people have made. but the egypt government are keen to get some new stuff from the governments that come here and they will be pushing to get some new commitments. the criticism is a...

Country— change was dealt with last year by country saying, look, will come back next year— country saying, look, will come back next year with stronger commitments. and they— next year with stronger commitments. and they havent done so. only one country. _ and they havent done so. only one country, australia has come back this year— country, australia has come back this year with a stronger commitment. we know why, this is been _ commitment. we know why, this is been a _ commitment. we ...

Backsliding?— already made and dont do any backsliding? already made and dont do any backslidin: ? . , ,, . ~ , backsliding? yeah, rishi sunak is talkinu backsliding? yeah, rishi sunak is talking about _ backsliding? yeah, rishi sunak is talking about backsliding - backsliding? yeah, rishi sunak is talking about backsliding and - backsliding? yeah, rishi sunak is talking about backsliding and a i backsliding? yeah, rishi sunak is| talking about backsliding and a lot of people here are talking ...

They are already experiencing. the fear is that the talks could be deadlocked. the ukraine war has driven up food and energy prices worldwide. developed nations are expected to say they dont have the cash to spare. many times, we have been given commitments and promises, but we havent been given action, and of course, a promise that is broken, it kind of destroys the trust that we have in our leaders. you dont have to go far from the coast here in egypt to find vivid evidence of whats at stake.