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But it does have some support. european institutions circumvent the rights of the national parliament and governments and modify the treaty without having any legitimate authority to do so. so the polish are right. in the uk a 25—year—old man has appeared in court, charged with the murder of the mp david amess. and as part of our weekly special reports — well look at coronavirus in the uk. a huge leak of documents shows that some countries are trying to play down the need to move away from...

And two: in ten days�* time world leaders will gather in glasgow for the cop26 conference, to talk about how to avoid that. heres our climate editorjustin rowlatt the leak consists of thousands of comments by governments and others to the scientists response will for a key un report. they were given to greenpeace uk which passed them the bbc. these un reports are pretty much the bible of climate science. they are used by governments to decide how to tackle climate change, and they will provide...

So thats saudi arabia. the leak also reveals that a senior australian government official rejects the uns conclusion that closing coal—fired power plants is necessary. thats despite ending the use of coal being one of the stated objectives of the upcoming cop26 conference in glasgow. then theres india — the worlds second largest consumer of coal, after china. its prime minister narendra modi is going to cop26. hes previously stated that "we in india are doing our part." but a senior scientis...

Into how a small group of coal, oil and meat producing countries are putting the profits of those industries in front of science and in front of the planet. i think whats shocking, or what needs to be seen is how the depths to which countries like australia, saudi arabia and japan will go to try and stop a focus on the phase out of fossil fuels. thats needed and we also need to see that in the glasgow outcome. this has all raised questions about the impact of this lobbying. the countries weve di...

Is actually not the way to go. as well as lobbying about fossil fuels, these leaked documents show that the worlds biggest meat producers are arguing against cutting back. for context — 26% of all global emissions come from food. the draught un report says "plant—based diets can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50% compared to the average emission—intensive western diet." brazil, the words second largest producer of beef, claims this is incorrect. and argentina, another big beef pr...