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Them to properly assess the climate risk on their balance books. the risk to pensioners and retirees, to ourfinancial systems, by continuing to invest in the energy systems of the old. andy found able to assess that risk properly, what we need is better disclosure. we need to know what companies are emitting what and how much and what our plans are in terms of transitioning in the future, and we need to regulate the banks in terms of forcing them to decrease their fossil fuel financing emissions...

Why has it taken until today to get the commitments we are seeing from the president? >> i will say maybe not everybody was here for this but we have had the cheers of our supply chains in here at least twice to provide updates on the work that has been ongoing unde this administration. we are ensuring there is no bottlenecks or other issues we have been looking to address in the global supply chain. one of them has been the increase in vulnerabilities in the food system. i would certainly say t...

There are people who have been critical of you, including lieutenant general russel honore, on social media and on this program, who say you need to be more proactive and step in and do something. what do you say to that? >> it may not have been getting a lot of coverage, but weve been working on this from the very beginning. the president signed an executive order in february. in july i convened the entire ecosystem of players involved in and around the ports of l.a., including not those direct...

The first part will be reviewing what has been put forward. the eu are proposing _ what has been put forward. the eu are proposing fewer— what has been put forward. the eu are proposing fewer controls, i what has been put forward. the eu | are proposing fewer controls, fewer checks, a bit less paperwork. have they been, in your view, overzealous on the controls and checks on the paperwork? possibly, such as some have said, to punish britain and brexit? ., ., �* ~ have said, to punish britain...

The white house says theyve been working to address supply chain problems for months and these negotiations took weeks as conditions worsened. >> why is it take until today to get these kinds of commitments that we are seeing from the various groups? >> secretary psaki: we have had the chairs of our supply chain task force and here at least twice to provide updates on the work that has been ongoing. >> president biden touting his long-term solution. >> president biden: one of the reasons why is ...

Address for months, but over this time the situation has gotten worse, not better. why has it taken to do wait to get these kind of commitments w are seeing from the various. for average people sitting at home, theyre not focused just on the ports. of course they are there focuse on getting the goods but theyr focused on the cost of goods. theyre focused on what their checkbook looks like. >> they have been working to address a lot of these issues across the supply change its been a multilayer p...

Its been dramatic. >> reporter: tonight, the white house praising news that the port of los angeles will now run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. union workers will put in longer hours and shipping companies like u.p.s., walmart, and fedex will increase overnight hours to get the goods on to store shelves. >> the commitments being made today are a sign of major progress in moving goods form manufacturers to a store or your front door. >> cecilia vega joins us from the white house tonight. as we se...

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Alok Sharma had a message for those in his party who oppose the UK’s push for net zero.

Committed another billion, 500 million of those supposed to be sent out by about the end of this,. year in another 500 million in 2022. >> i want to make that distinction, because ive ive learned the hard way from following particularly, climate commitment and shipped, or commitments in meeting commitments sometimes theres a space between those two, the issue right now is, are we at a pace fast enough for the rest of the world particularly the vulnerable self, to get people vaccinated to suppres...