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Specific dates on when they will stop burning coal. ending deforestation. moving to zero emissions cars. again, from a specific date. these sorts of targets and not just in the medium to long-term, the specific need of this conference is to lock in those sorts of commitments this decade to ensure that sufficient deep cuts can happen by 2030. otherwise, the science says the rest isn't achievable. rosemary. >> yeah. phil black joining us live from edinburgh, many thanks. u.s. president joe biden will soon be headed to scotland to attend the cop26 summit. that follows his weekend in rome at the...

What is the... laughter what is thejohnson household doing7 go on! 0bviously, i've totally abolished commuting since i, i, i live above my place of work. but what i used to do is, i used to cycle absolutely everywhere. 0n the big issue, the cop26 summit, it isn't brexit that in the long term you're going to be remembered for. you're going to be remembered for the deal that you bring back from glasgow, because that is the one that's going to affect the climate that we all endure or live in for decades, centuries, thousands of years, possibly. that is the tragedy of it. i don't think people real...

Was said from the french side that there was. that is something that is off the agenda for these talks but it will be an issue that will no doubt get touched upon. i suspect they don't have microphones, so that we could listen in, but i don't think we will be able to hear a word. this is obviously an important moment for what happens going forward on climate change. it has been described by borisjohnson as the world being a minute to midnight, having ran down the clock on waiting to combat climate change. we will leave those pictures. they are just having this moment, we will leave those pictu...

Putting what was decided in principle at the last cop in paris, turning that into practical action, that can happen not a long way in the future, but can happen this decade. that is the key thing, what they can actually do. they will be looking at the technical data, going through text line by line. sometimes a single sentence to hold them up for hours or even days, if it is a really difficult issue. but that is where the meat and drink of the summit takes place. make no mistake, the politics is really important, because those are the decision—makers. because those are the decision-makers.- ...

Written statement to the conference. we will leave those pictures and go back as soon as there are other arrivals. we are expecting president joe biden shortly. it's been called "the world s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control", but what does this actually mean and how did we get here? the bbc�*s science correspondent victoria gill has the details. over the years, we've witnessed and reported the impacts of climate change around the world. we've seen deforestation on a vast scale contribute to carbon emissions. and you no longer have to travel to the deserts to see t...