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13,965. Cheering. In the london suburbs, a tory by election win this summer when many expected defeat. And the key issue, a costly clampdown on dirty vehicles imposed by the capitals labour mayor an idea the conservatives opposed. Cutting carbon matters, the Prime Minister has long argued but a balance has to be struck. Im committed to net zero. Of course i am. But were going to do that in a pragmatic and a proportionate way without unnecessarily adding costs and burdens to families, particularly at a time like now, when The Cost Of Living is a challenge for people with inflation where it is. In new york this week, as World Leaders gather at the United Nations, intense debate, too, about Climate Change and w ....
Since you wrote sapiens. It was a worldwide hit, and in essence, it was a very sort of positive explanation of how we humans have come to sort of dominate this planet. It was about our ability to cooperate, to tell shared stories, to give ourselves common purpose. Ijust wonder whether in the last decade, youve lost some of that optimism. I think our shared stories and our ability to cooperate, both as a species, but also on the national level, is collapsing in more and more places. I see it now in my home country of israel, which is really on the verge maybe of a constitutional crisis or even a civil war. Maybe what we need to understand specifically about democracies is that democracy, in essence, is a conversation. You know, dictatorship, there is one person dictates everything. Democracy is trying to reach some agreement through conversation, and conversation is not always possible. For most of history, large scale conversation was just technically impossible. You had small scale de ....
When we are at net zero, it is forecast that around a quarter of our energy needs will still come from oil and gas. that s why technologies like carbon capture and storage are important. but what is important is that we get the oil and gas in the best possible way, and that means getting it from here at home. better for our energy security, not relying on foreign dictators. better forjobs, for example 100,000 supported here in scotland. but also, better for the climate because if we are going to need it, it s far better to have it here at home rather than shipping it to from halfway around the world with two, three, four times the amount of carbon emissions versus the oil and gas we have here. so it is entirely consistent with our plans to get to net zero. the prime minister says that you can do both. jess ralston from the energy and climate intelligence unit says that the uk s green commitments are very popular among voters, and that it would make little sense for the government to ro ....
Vietnam has been a pioneer in the implementation of "green" commitments and praised by the international community for making significant contributions to the “common home” of humanity, said an official. ....