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But if we are to get to net zero emissions, what do we do about oil and gas? they have been filling some of the gaps behind coal, but some countries like costa rica and denmark are setting a date to end their use and other nations at cop26 are expected to do the same. but the clock is ticking for decisions about our energy future. scientists are clear — our reliance on fossil fuels needs to end fast. rebecca morelle, bbc news, glasgow. while china did not sign up to the pledge to drop coal, it...

And coming up on the bbc news channel — england captain owen farrell has tested positive for covid—i9 on the eve of his sides test against tonga. hell take more tests later today. hello, good afternoon. lets start our bulletin this lunchtime with the latest at the cop26 climate summit. thousands of people, including many schoolchildren, are protesting on the streets of glasgow, calling on world leaders at the summit to take action to tackle global warming. the campaigner greta thunberg is am...

Its youth empowerment day at cop26 on friday, and young people participating in the conference have highlighted that more needs to be done to ensure the voices of youth across the world are taken seriously. leading activist greta thunberg who is expected to take to the streets of glasgow to demand action on climate change from leaders and politicians has criticised the summit. she tweeted: joinging me live now isjimena ojeda, 27 years old and an environmental scientist and activist from peru. sh...

At the cop26 meeting, a major step towards eliminating the use of coal — one of the most harmful energy sources — but most of the big polluters are not on board. the host nation says 46 countries had signed up to end coal use. the ethiopian government has said it will continue its fight against tigrayan rebel forces, despite growing international calls for a ceasefire. the government says its on the brink of victory but tigrayan forces have been advancing towards the capital and seizing key ...

Moving away from coal is the future aim, but whats happening to greenhouse gas emissions now? since the 1990s, carbon dioxide levels have been mainly rising, but during the pandemic, when the world shut down, they fell sharply. this year, though, theyve increased rapidly again, to almost the same amount. behind those numbers is really a big rebound in coal in particular, so probably what is happening here is that the stimulus packages to go out of covid, because they have stimulated the current ...

Pollution on their journey to school. lets cross over to the saltley academy, tojoin the bbc asian networks pria rai. yes, rita, as you say, at cop26 its a letter about what the politicians have to die and more about what young people want to see for their futures because at the end of the day, whatever we do or dont hear from cop26, its going to affect the future lives of children, young people, the very people who are around me. now where i am at the sulkily academy, we are not too far from al...

The chairman of yorkshire county cricket club resigns — in the wake of the clubs inaction around racism. thousands of young activists are marching through the streets of glasgow this lunchtime, demanding politicians at the cop26 meeting take serious action on climate change. we have a special report from alaska where climate change is threatening the very existence of one island community. azeem rafiq was found to have enjoyed bullying and racism when he was a player at yorkshire. now roger hu...

At 6:00 — the chairman of yorkshire county cricket resigns as the club is engulfed by a racism row. hes left over the clubs response to the racism experienced by former player azeem rafiq. despite a year long enquiry, no disciplinary action was taken. what ive seen is a culture that is locked in the past. a culture that finds it difficult to accept challenge and change. former england capatin michael vaughan was accused of making a racist comment to players — something he denies. the bbc say...

What do you think? i think its fair enough. you know, its cop26. im 26 years old, its been 26 years and no progress has been made and our carbon emission keeps increasing. we need action. on stage, thunberg dismissed cop26 as a pr exercise. this is no longer a climate conference, this is now a global greenwash festival. a two—week long celebration of business as usual and blah, blah, blah. they cannot ignore the scientific consensus. and, above all, they cannot ignore us, the people — includ...

At 6:00 — the chairman of yorkshire county cricket resigns as the club is engulfed by a racism row. hes left over the clubs response to the racism experienced by former player azeem rafiq. despite a year long enquiry, no disciplinary action was taken. what ive seen is a culture that is locked in the past. a culture that finds it difficult to accept challenge and change. former england capatin michael vaughan was accused of making a racist comment to players — something he denies. the bbc say...