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Trying to be on the right side of the history, to say, did we stand up and say enough is enough, you have got to protect our world? share and say enough is enough, you have got to protect our world?— got to protect our world? are they ri . hts, got to protect our world? are they rights. perhaps. — got to protect our world? are they rights, perhaps, young _ got to protect our world? are they rights, perhaps, young people, i got to protect our world? are they rights, perhaps, young people, to| got to protect our world? are they i rights, perhaps, young people, to be sceptical and cynical abo...

At this conference or not? >> reporter: i think so. i think there's been a lot of lost trust over the last many years, as countries have made these pledges, particularly these ones that are decades out, oh, we're going to go net zero by 2050, 2060, 2070, but are not actually doing anything now. the other diversion we're seeing here is the fact that the developing countries and the richer countries like the u.s. still not on the same page. those poorer countries wanting the wealthier countries to actually pay for them to deal with climate change, chuck. >> josh lederman in glasgow for us, josh,...

Vehicle sales in china are ev. things are changing and they will change in the future but the challenge will be to get anywhere. there is also important to emphasise that we're trying to hit this if we do not edit we can still keep global warming below two degrees and that requires verbal emissions to net zero around 2070. so while everybody is trying to hit this ambitious target, every 10th of a degree matters and even if we do not manage to make reductions quite that dramatic we still try as hard as we can to get to net zero as soon as we can globally. zero as soon as we can globally-— zer...

The idea of net zero emissions works on the principle of keeping the amount of greenhouse gases consistent in the atmosphere by producing as much greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide as is being removed from the atmosphere.

2070... 20 years later than borisjohnson wants. but the mood in glasgow is perhaps darkening towards those who are dragging their feet. in two generations�* time they will be remembered for this fortnight. they could have been brilliant in everything else they have done and they will be cursed if they don't get this right. that is interesting, you use the phrase "cursed." for somebody in your position of authority it's a very strong word. it was consciously a strong word. people will speak of them in far stronger terms than we speak today of the politicians of the �*30s, of the politicians...