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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 — we'll 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 fossil fuels. it reveals that saudi arabia, japan and australia are among nations lobbying the un ...

And two: in ten days�* time world leaders will gather in glasgow for the cop26 conference, to talk about how to avoid that. here's 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 a crucial input to the negotiations in glasgow. let's look at what this leak reveals. starting wit...

So that's saudi arabia. the leak also reveals that a senior australian government official rejects the un's conclusion that closing coal—fired power plants is necessary. that's despite ending the use of coal being one of the stated objectives of the upcoming cop26 conference in glasgow. then there's india — the world's second largest consumer of coal, after china. its prime minister narendra modi is going to cop26. he's previously stated that "we in india are doing our part." but a senior scientist from india's central institute of mining and fuel research, which has strong links to the in...

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 what's 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. that's 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 we've discussed about are trying to alter chapters in the un's respected climate reports. here's someone ...

Is actually not the way to go. as well as lobbying about fossil fuels, these leaked documents show that the world's 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 producer, recommends "avoiding generalisation on the impacts of meat—based diets on low—carbon op...