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Paper, we need to fill that piece of paper, we need to fill that piece of paper, to populate it with real progress, and i know that humanity has in it the power to rise to the challenge. the uk has proved it can be done, we have lowered our greenhouse gas emissions by 44% over the last 30 years by reducing our gdp by 30% and we are cutting our contribution to climate change more and more every day. we have made some progress at this g20, we have had a reasonable g20, but there is a huge way stil...

Original agreement and commitments under former president 0bama, cutting emissions 26— 28% below 2005 levels by 2020 and analysts say that we are on track for that and part of thatis we are on track for that and part of that is because states have been able to do work in the absence of the four years under former president trump.— the four years under former president trump. boris johnson is obviously the _ president trump. boris johnson is obviously the chair _ president trump. boris johnso...

Lot of the poorer nations _ thats what the science says. and a lot of the poorer nations in - thats what the science says. and a lot of the poorer nations in the - lot of the poorer nations in the developing world, they feel aggrieved, dont they? they feel that wealthier nations have not lived, and they have not lived up to, we know that for a fact, commitments made on finance and on other areas to help these poor countries adapt to climate change to protect themselves and allow them to transiti...

So, how do we get people to change their behaviour? so theres this idea that when people are undergoing changes in their day—to—day lives such as starting a newjob or starting university or moving house, theyre much more amenable to be making pro—environmental changes at those times, so thinking about the timing at which we suggest that people make changes and also thinking about the kind of advice and practical steps that people can do. but who should be leading the change? governments, c...

During the paris agreement, they joined it under 0bama, lifted under the former president of donald trump and at each rejoining, they have promised to take big steps to reduce emissions. 0ften falling short and i think youre right where there will be a lot of questions in the following days about americas credibility. following days about americas credibili . ., ., ., �* , credibility. tomorrow ive been tellinu credibility. tomorrow ive been telling people _ credibility. tomorrow ive been tell...

Disappointment, it 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. there is a reason why people should be disappointed in that. i found it disappointing myself. but what we did do is pass a number of things to end the subsidisation of coal, we made commitments here from across the board, all of us, in terms of what we will bring to the 620 and i think, as the old saying goes, the proof ortho...

Change. tell me more about what you mean by that and how important is the role of private finance of corporations verses at the role of government, which we are going to be talking about at some length? thea;r talking about at some length? they to hand in talking about at some length? they go hand in hand, _ talking about at some length? they go hand in hand, the _ talking about at some length? tia: go hand in hand, the role of governments is crucial in setting direction, signal and policy and t...

Would just say this for the record, i must say i was puzzled to read a letter from the french letterfrom the french prime minister explicitly asking for britain to be punished for leaving the eu. i have to say that i dont believe that is compatible either with the spirit of the letter of the withdrawal agreement or the trade cooperation agreement, that is all i will say about that one. fin cooperation agreement, that is all i will say about that one.— will say about that one. on the communiqu...

Scotland. what lu be watching for, michael? how will you judge the success or failure of this hugely important climate summit? >> thanks, wolf. its good to be with you. im actually somewhat optimistic. you know, what would success mean at cop26? flds it would mean a number of things. all of the major polluters exit to the sorts of reductions that we know we have to see if were going to avert catastrophic warming of the planet. thats a roughly 50% reduction in carbon emissions within the next ten...

Climate summit, c0 p26. world leaders, prominent scientists and advisers are ready for 12 days of discussion with one principal aim, to get the world to commit to reduce carbon emissions and avoid a climate catastrophe. already today, we had a glimpse of the problems ahead. the worlds richest nations, the g20, met in rome, where leaders were accused of failing to make the necessary commitments. the united nations secretary—general said the time for diplomatic niceties was over, and that the su...