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Of failing to make the necessary commitments. borisjohnson admitted the pledges were "too vague" and "not enough". the united nations secretary—general said the time for "diplomatic niceties" was over, and that the summit here in glasgow was the "last hope". we start tonight with our political editor laura kuenssberg on events in rome. a roman sunday stroll. a stylish canine seems the perfect accessory among the ancient alleys. what conflicts, what epic political struggles have these streets s...

Achieving net—zero carbon emissions by 2050, that was the aim of some western leaders, including italy we understand, and quite possibly america, to have 2050 in the final communique, but it doesnt appear because all we talk about is this net—zero carbon emissions by or around mid century. we understand that has been watered down because of opposition into a 2050 date from the big emitters, including china, india, russia, were all about 2060 instead of 2050. i think that will disappoint a lo...

Degrees celsius by the end of the century, which scientists say would be catastrophic. but even if the world meets its pledged commitments, and as the world is talking, is it, with 2 degrees warming, scientists say the warming should be 1.5 degrees. so today the gop will call for action to keep warming to that level, but is that realistic? >> right now with reductions made were on track for 2.7 degrees celsius warming. we want to hold it below 2 degrees and 1.5 if we can. what do scientists say?...

Vis-a-vis energy and carbon emissions and also they might just feel very marginalized by the rest of the international community. foreign minister lavrov was very rather snide today, saying he didnt even know that secretary of state blinken was here which was hard to believe that they did not meet. meantime, the focus really was on this new minimum corporate tax the leaders agreed on, some commitments to lowering emissions and all of the climate change related agenda, but detractors say there wa...

Emissions since the paris summit in 2015 and we have also failed to meet our commitments to provide $100 billion a year to support developing countries to grow in a clean and sustainable way. the un says emissions will rise by 15% by 2030 and they need to half by then. the countries most responsible for historic and present—day emissions are not yet doing their fair share of the work. if we are going to prevent co p26 of the work. if we are going to prevent cop26 from being a failure that must...

Coal. were going to get agreements on electric cars. were going to get agreements on foresty. the 2060/2050 net zero carbon emission target will be announced. but first is missing is two things, as you say, weve got to wrappette up the commitments of each country during the 2020s, otherwise well never get to the 1.5 degrees we need to be at. equally, you have to help developing countries, the same as vaccination, you have to give them financial support to enable them to do the mitigation and ada...

Or delay acting and we risk a much higher cost or failing. talking about a partnership of governments, countries, global corporations just assert a sane ability in their plans. youre watching bbc news. cop26 im co p26 im live cop26 im live in glasgow as the cop26 im live in glasgow as the cop26 summit gets under way. 25,000 delegates will attend from 200 countries to announce how they will cut emissions by 2030. borisjohnson calls it the worlds moment of truth. what we need to do is make sure th...

Times," politico ace rachel bail and "the wall street journals" sabrina sa beaky. give me your take so far on the summit. the president touting the victory in rome on the 15% global tax, some focused on policy rather than personality conflicts. >> and i think thats where president biden would like to be, he doesnt want this to be a relationship between the u.s. and allies focused on personalities but make progress on key issues, like for the eu rolling back the tensions there. as we head into th...

>> provided, of course, they get their, quote, iron clad commitments from the centrist holdouts, senators joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. and so far both senators have stayed relatively mum on whether or not their vote on build back better is a yes. joining me now, congresswoman madeleine dean, vice chair of the house judiciary committee, and a member of the financial services committee, and the progressive caucus. welcome back to "the sunday show." >> good to be with you. >> i have to show you ...