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You say, "if we want to keep the i.5—degree celsius target alive." many people would say that targets already dead. in the words of one analyst who knows the science very well, "recent commitments over the last decade or two to curb greenhouse gas emissions have been an epic fail." and even during the covid pandemic, when there was a global economic slow—down, we see that greenhouse gas emissions continue to pile up in the atmosphere. if its an epic fail, why do you insist on still saying, "...

Real prospect of achieving fundamental economic transition. prince charles speaking to the plenary session which opened the conference this afternoon. that continued to just about 6pm so the reception is moving late, but we will have pictures of that in our main programme at eight p.m.. sir david attenborough says the generation to come relies on people taking action now. the generation to come relies on people taking action now.— taking action now. the people live now are the _ taking action ...

Comfort it. and also, one point on gas. gas has been presented up to now by the gas industry as a reliable, affordable energy source which could accompany renewables for a stable transition to clean energy. but with the high gas prices today, the gas industry is getting not good marks from millions of customers around the world. this is something they really need to reflect, in my view. what about china ? because the signals in the run—up to the glasgow conference from china have been that, gi...

Johnson, and the u.n. secretary general. biden calling out certain world powers for not making an appearance, including russia and china. >> the disappointment relates to the fact that russia and including not only russia but china basically didnt show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change and theres a reasons why people should be appointed in that. -- disappointed in that. i found it disa appointing myself. >> reporter: biden has laid out but not yet passed the most far rea...

Agreements and commitments, then its going to set the tone for the next two weeks. and its gonna be a problem because john kerry is really in the middle of trying to convince countries to agree to a number of commitments, five of them in particular, maybe about releasing the call, and the methane, and to carbon cutting. and it just feels -- im a little disappointed going into this. and that is not a fun place to be in at the beginning of the. summit >> and i was going to say, you brought up an i...

They need to make further commitments on how were going to move away from coal, fossilfuel burning, how were going to move away from using hydrocarbon cars, how were going to plant millions of trees if not a trillion trees around the world, protect the worlds biodiversity and above all how were going to get the whole of the developing world to buy into this. so what is cop 267 cop stands for conference of the parties and was set up by the united nations to tackle climate change. the first one, c...

She says theres still hope. if we cant keep the global average temperature rise to below 1.5, then we do 1.6, then 1.7, and so on. we can always prevent things from getting worse. its never too late to do as much as we can. as the meeting gets under way, protesters say the time to tackle climate change is now. but after nearly three decades of talks, there are questions over how much can be achieved. with world leaders soon to arrive, all eyes will be on whether cop 26 will succeed. rebecca more...

Terms of concrete action? exactly, i think there — terms of concrete action? exactly, i think there are _ terms of concrete action? exactly, i think there are three _ terms of concrete action? exactly, i think there are three broad - terms of concrete action? exactly, i think there are three broad areas. | think there are three broad areas. as you have alluded to, the first is countries doubling down and increasing their commitments as to what extent they are going to reduce emissions. that is...

There were 22 weather disasters last year that cost the country half a trillion dollars. these investments from congress are sorely needed and very popular. the biggest climate investment well ever have seen, and insufficient to tackle the crisis. so this is going to be a really critical down payment on the taking on the crisis and well need to continue to see congress and the white house press on climate action. >> the paris climate accords in 2015, we have not been holding up our end of the ba...