our climate editorjustin rowlatt is in cardiff. we heard a lot of promises from borisjohnson in the run up to the big climate conference in glasgow last year about britain reaching its carbon net zero targets, so does today s announcement help get us there? there certainly were. we are actually doing quite well in terms of cutting emissions compare to other countries. emissions are down 40% since 1990, the biggest reduction of any g20 country. how have we done it? mostly by getting coal out of the system. back in 1990, 80% of our power came from coal and now it is a small 2% were stopped renewables have increased massively, barely existing in 1990 and now they are 26% of electricity generation, more than a quarter. as simon was saying, this announcement today creates extra momentum for decarbonising the electricity sector. nuclear, offshore wind and some solar will definitely help decarbonise. looking at what the climate change committee, the government s advises on the climate
they re not faking it on tv talking about shredding it anding stoked. that s how they communicate even to their parents. both of them look totally comfortable out there. thanks, brian. conce concealer s working for you. thank you. turning now to another big sports story, even the president is talking about today, a college football star comes out and is poised to become the first publicly gay pro football player. president obama just tweeted, congratulations on leading the w way@mikesamfootball. michael sam came out publicly over the weekend, analysts say he could go as high as the third round in may s draft. will his announcement help or hurt his draft stock? that is what we will spin on. and first of all congratulations, so proud. so courageous. i have to say, there are retrograde stuff coming out of the nfl right now in terms of