want, all in one place! japan is a place i know well, but as my green tech journey begins, i can already tell i going to see a different side to this great country. i m starting two hours east of tokyo in this sleepy port city which stares out at the mighty pacific ocean, whose weather often crashes into japan s shores. it is at sites like this you really get a sense of japan as an island nation, one that s very conscious of the threat posed by climate change. the typhoons and storms coming from out there are growing ever more powerful and the heatwaves and wildfires are becoming more common. going green is the only option. i m here to meet somebody who advises on big renewable projects. i m paul, lovely to meet you. hi, paul! so good to meet you! this is beautiful. welcome to japan. it is very windy. it s perfect for the wind turbine. it has historically relied heavily on imported fossil fuels but now aims to be carbon neutral by 2050. one answer lies at sea. wow. oh, god. w
innes, congratulations. what you have done has been something that is really inspirational. how do you feel getting this award? yeah, ifeel like it s a real privilege. i never set out to achieve awards from this. ijust wanted to raise awareness about, like, climate related issues within the athletics and sporting world, trying to get up and coming athletes think about what they re doing, and their impacts on the climate as well. earlier this year, innes turned down the opportunity to compete in the cross country championships in australia because of the impact flying there would have on the environment. it was like, well, i can go there and i might do really well, but can ijustify, like, taking that flight with just doing, like, one race, running for, like, five minutes, which, obviously, would mean so much if i was to, like, do really well, but, like, the emissions from that flight is just so great, and ijust, at the time, couldn t justify it at all. ready? three, two,
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. every other member of the council backed the resolution, apart from the uk, which abstained. palestine condemned the result as a terrible day for the council, but israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas - which is classed as a terror group by many western governments, including the uk a chance to regroup. our correspondent hugo bachega reports. in gaza, there is no safe place, says the un secretary general. the healthcare says the un secretary general. the healthca re system says the un secretary general. the healthcare system is collapsing, hospitals have come battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter or anything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday, in the aftermath of an israeli abstract, as the military pushes ahead with its against hamas. hours later, the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and how did this warning. there is a high risk
this was the scene in new york earlier. despite 13 nations voting for a ceasefire, the united states veto means the resolution failed to pass. earlier, the un secretary general warned that the people of gaza are at breaking point. israel says any ceasefire would cement hamas control of gaza. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many countries, including the uk. meanwhile, more video has emerged showing dozens of palestinian men detained by israel. the footage, verified by the bbc, shows them stripped to their underwear, kneeling on the ground and being guarded by israeli soldiers. it s understood that some of the men have since been released. we ll speak to our correspondent at the united nations shortly, but first, here s out international editor, jeremy bowen. gaza is at breaking point, says the un. almost 2 million people have been driven from their homes by israeli forces. in deir al balah, the mosque was bombed with such force that the yafa hospital next doo