hello, welcome along. i'm paul scott with your latest sports news, live from the bbc sport centre. manchester united had to come from behind to earn a point at home to managerless leeds in the premier league. the game finished 2—2 at old trafford. second half goals from marcus rashford and jaydon sancho ensured the points were shared, after a first minute goal from wilfried gnonto and an own goal from rafael varane had put the visitors 2—0 up. the result means manchester united remain third place in the premier league table. leeds will travel to fulham in the fifth round of the fa cup after the london side beat sunderland 3—2 in their fourth round replay. this goal, eight minutes

from the end, by layvin kurzawa proved to be the winner for fulham despite a spirited display from their championship opponents. harry wilson and andreas pereira were also on target at the stadium of light. arsenal women are through to the final of the league cup after beating manchester city. the game finished goal less after 90 minutes before stina blackstenius struck in the first period of extra time to seal the win. they'll meet either west ham or chelsea in next months final. meanwhile england goalkeeper mary earps has made the shortlist for women's goalkeeper of the year at the fifa best awards. the manchester united stopper started every game for england as they won the euros last summer and became the first keeper to keep 50 clean sheets in the women's super league. she's made the shortlist alongside chelsea's ann—katrin berger and lyon's christiane endler. wales women's head coach gemma

grainger has named a 27 player squad for the pinatar cup. defender gemma evans could celebrate a milestone 50th appearance in spain, while sheffield united goalkeeper bethan davies has received her first call up. it will be the second time wales compete in the competition, following their first appearance last year. they'll play scotland, the philippines and iceland. tottenham captain hugo lloris has been ruled out for up to 8 weeks with a knee injury. the goalkeeper played the full 90 minutes in spurs�* victory over manchester city on sunday. they have former southampton and england international, fraser forster as back up. lebronjames has become the nba's all time record points scorer. he surpassed 38,388 points, while scoring 38 for the la lakers overnight. the game was then stopped for celebrations and messages from celebrities including rhianna as he broke the record that

had stood for 39 years. well court side seats were exchanging hands for thousands of dollars, but there were millions across the usa watching at home and in bars. these fans were keen to pay tribute to james. this guy, man, he was a big part of my inspiration. my hunger, my desire, wanting to be great. so to see him achieve this milestone, it means a lot, man. what he has accomplished as a basketball player is just absolutely incredible. he's got his longevity. everything he has done has transcended the last decade of basketball. lebronjames, who has had - all the pressure and expectations on him since he was a junior in high school. _ two years before he got - the nba he was on the cover of sports illustrated, | the biggest magazine for sports in this country. and to meet and exceed every single expectation is truly remarkable. -

it wasn't just the fans who expressed their praise. the us president had his say "lebron, congratulations. with your whole heart and soul you broke a hell of a record. you elevated the game. more than that, like kareem, bill russell and others who came before you, you challenged and inspired the nation to be better, do better and live up to ourfull promise." ireland captainjohnny sexton insists there are no concerns over his fitness ahead of this weekends�* six nations game against france. he came off in the second half of the victory over wales on saturday it was initially claimed he'd undergone a head injury assessment. but sexton says he'll be ready to go for the full 80 minutes this week — if needed. experienced scrum half ben youngs has been left out of england's 29—man squad to face italy in the six nations on sunday. youngs is england's most capped player, but the leicester player be absent from a squad for the first time since 2018.

northampton�*s alex mitchell is included as one of the two scrum halves along with jack van poortvliet. flanker ben curry, who started the 29—23 defeat by scotland, has also been left out as has wing anthony watson. and that's all the sport for now.

this is bbc news, we'll have the headlines and all the main news, straight after this programme. we face a massive dilemma. last year was officially the uk's warmest year on record. london was burning. california's fuel—choked, highly flammable forests combined with drier conditions linked to climate change. swathes of land across - southern pakistan have been turned into islands. national records have been broken in eight countries and regional records in three others. climate change is making extreme weather more likely, so tackling it is more urgent than ever, but... prices are rising at their fastest rates for 40 years. food and fuel and energy. all of us have seen the cost of living going up. cost of living. we buy less and we buy

cheaper products. if they're not going to give us the wage rises, we can't compete with inflation. the uk has been trying to lead the global effort to tackle climate change. it's time for humanity to grow up. but climate change is far from the prime minister's only concern. our country is facing a profound economic crisis. but warnings about the effects of climate change are getting louder. we are on a fast track to climate disaster. climate activists say there is no time to waste. if we don't end our contribution to climate change, we will see more frequent and extreme weather events. so here's the question, can britain afford to tackle climate change?

let's start this journey with a phrase you need to understand. net zero. when we burn fossil fuels, we release carbon dioxide. some of it is taken up by plants as they grow, the oceans absorb a fair bit, but the rest goes up into the atmosphere. and carbon dioxide is a bit special. it traps the sun's heat. it's why we don't freeze during the night. but the more we put into the atmosphere, the warmer the world gets, which is where net zero comes in. the idea is we need to reduce emissions as much as we can, but at the moment there are lots of things which we just can't make carbon—free, things like concrete or aircraft. so scientists and engineers are trying to find ways to capture greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and store them away forever. the aim is the net result will be zero emissions,

hence the name net zero. and back in 2019, the then—prime minister theresa may made this promise. we will be ending our contribution to climate change by 2050 and legislating for a net zero emissions target. borisjohnson continued the effort and made climate policies a cornerstone of his premiership. the uk government has decided to become the world leader in low—cost, clean power generation. cheaper than coal, cheaper than gas. and all the major parties have put the net zero principle at the heart of their strategies. it's a rare consensus in british politics. aberdeen is the oil and gas capital of europe. let us resolve today to now make it the net zero capital of the world. i move trillions of dollars, yen, i euros and pounds out of fossil fuels and into renewables. 100% clean power by 2030. so what's the problem? well, a group of vocal tory mps say

we are moving too fast. nobody knows what this costs. everyone says, "i love it. it's a great idea, here's the bill of it." and then the public starts saying, "ah, why are we doing this "when the uk is a 1% outputter of c02 and china is 30% and growing?" the net zero scrutiny group was set up by two prominent eurosceptics, craig mckinlay and steve baker, who's a junior minister in the new government. young people in my constituency are at once learning to drive - and also demanding green measures. i i think they're going to be veryl disappointed when they discover they can't own a car, can't go on holiday. i |we'll have expensive heating that| comes up to a lower temperature. they've been saying the net zero plans are too big, too hasty, and most important, too expensive for voters to stomach. they claim to have up to 50 supporters in parliament, but wouldn't give us their names. the net zero scrutiny group says it isn't questioning

whether climate change is real, but its leaders are closely associated with a think tank operating out of that building over there, the global warming policy foundation. now, it has been questioning the scientific consensus on climate change for years. the group says climate policy is a ticking time bomb in uk politics. we've been down this road before with brexit and that's why i'm - warning that we'll have a terrible political crisis if _ we don't sort it out. sound familiar? and guess who's taken up the issue? we want a referendum. on whether the net zero agenda makes sense. what are our demands? a petition calling for such a referendum was submitted to parliament, but it got fewer than 25,000 signatures. no major political party supports the idea either. nigel farage has made his career questioning established consensus, so small as his campaign may be, is he onto something?

how's things? things are all right, if you can afford it. | why a referendum on net zero? one of the reasons i've got involved in this debate is this. _ we've been busy for the last 15 years. . i we are exporting manufacturing jobsi by having some of the most expensive electricity against america, - against europe, against obviously the far east and our competitors. so we export jobs - and we import energy. we could produce our own energy, i which interestingly would be a lower c02 output for the world. all i'm arguing is this. am i saying that we should not move towards sensible forms _ of renewable energy? no, i'm not saying that. what i am saying is that i if we think by closing down british manufacturing, if we think by not - producing our own gas, - coal that we still need for steel, etc, that we're somehow saving the world, it's a delusion- and a very expensive one. we led the world into

the industrial revolution that created this kind of huge production of carbon dioxide. why don't we lead the world out of it with new clean technology? because... become world beaters in a new industry. because, number one, - you can't do it at the moment without the backup of substantial amounts of fossil fuel. _ and therefore the logic is, rather than importing it, l we may as well produce it ourselves. the point i'm making in this- discussion with you is not that i'm saying global warming is a load of nonsense, is not that - i'm saying we should - ignore our responsibilities to future generations. i'm not saying any of that. what i'm saying is what we're doing in the name of combating _ it is making us uncompetitive - and is not actually, in many cases, lowering global c02. well, there are two things... we can boast... well, there are two things there... we can boast that c02 levels in this country are down 44%. _ the reason is we'vel exported much of it.

actually, that's because we switched from coal to gas, which is a much lower carbon content, and we've started using lots of offshore wind. there are a couple of things, though. let's, on the broader point, you say we're beggaring ourselves. arguably, we're creating new industries, new renewable, clean industries... greenjobs! i know! isn't it marvellous! ..and exporting and beginning to export the skills we've got here in the uk abroad. who's building the offshore wind turbines in america? british engineers. i tell you what we're not exporting. electricity, we're importing it. can you believe it? we import electricity. but that makes a lot of sense. i mean, why wouldn't you buy it if there's a surplus in france and you need it? what the ukraine war has showed us, actually, - is when it comes to energy, - food, the things without which life, normal life of any kind can't - continue, there is an argument, even if it's a titsy bit more - expensive, there is an argument for self sufficiency. there is an argument on not - being dependent on foreign regimes. that was so interesting. mr farage clearly thinks he's onto something.

he clearly thinks that he can mobilise millions of people against net zero. so, you know, is a movement forming? is the momentum beginning to gather? i mean, to be honest, i'm not so sure. but let's be honest, the political elites here in britain massively underestimated the popularity of brexit. so could the call for a net zero referendum become the springboard for a political movement? hi, esther. how are you doing? hi, justin. i'm good. esther webberfrom politico has been following the story closely. it does seem at the moment that there's been no kind of real breakthrough or kind of moment that has seen the campaign explode or really hit home. say, if you can contrast what's happened here with, say, the gilets jaunes movement in france, which was driven a lot by petrol prices. so, esther, you've written

about the parallels between brexit and net zero. what do you think they are? first of all, you have the personnel. so there's a kind of subset of the conservative party who are questioning how these policies are made and who has consented to them, just as there was with brexit. so the campaigners are really looking at lower income voters and trying to sort of position them against what they call the kind of cosy elite consensus. and they're trying to use that same kind of wedge argument on net zero. has net zero got the traction that brexit had? you see in polls, there's sort of general and rising support for the idea of tackling climate change by the government. but it's more of a split

when you drill down into people's views on how those things should be paid for. and that's the kind of area that the sceptics are looking to get into. do you think the energy crisis that was brought about by the ukraine war, do you think that will dilute the commitment of politicians in westminster to net zero? what's really interesting, i think, about the dynamic of this current conservative party is we've had a lot of new mps elected in seats that have never been tory before, the so—called red wall. and people are seeing that perhaps those mps are going to be sceptical of net zero. in fact, it's more mixed than that. and a lot of those mps see the net zero agenda as key to creating newjobs in places like the northeast.

well, the net zero sceptics have certainly plugged into some serious concerns — the energy crisis, inflation, the cost of living. what about the costs of not zero? the costs of not decarbonising our economy? that is certainly what lots of climate activists argue. hey, sepi, how are you doing? great to see you. good to see you. thanks very much. got this nice electric car. fantastic. sepi golzari—munro is an energy and climate analyst. so, sepi, we are in the middle of a massive cost of living crisis. is this really the time to be pouring money into going net zero? fossilfuels, gas, oil, coal, they're inherently volatile markets. they cost an absolute

fortune and they've driven up household bills. that's simply unacceptable. fossil fuels are actually driving the cost of living crisis, and they're working against our national interest. so, sepi, what would we see if we didn't go net zero? if we don't go net zero, we don't end our contribution to climate change. and if we don't end our contribution to climate change, we will see more frequent and extreme weather events. we will see more extreme heat, flooding, which is going to cause untold damage to human lives, livelihoods, agriculture, biodiversity, our infrastructure, our economies. the reality is, is that every fraction of a degree matters. the sooner that we can end our contribution to climate change, the fewer of these devastating events that we'll have to tolerate. how much would it cost us not to tackle climate change?

there are economic costs and there are human costs. we know that 200,000 homes and businesses on the coastline of england alone are at risk of rising sea levels by 2050. and this is already happening. but that's, that's the human cost, but we will also see a cost to our economy, it's been estimates of around 7% of our gdp by the end of the century through climate impacts. you say it's worth the cost, worth investing in net zero but the truth is, what is the point if other countries around the world, much bigger emitters than britain, britain's just 1% of global emissions, other countries aren't making the effort? what is the point of britain making the investment? last year alone, china built more offshore wind capacity in one year in 2021 than the uk as a whole over a decade. we are in a position where we can actually get ahead, develop the technologies, develop the net zero dividend, not only for our citizens,

but that we can then export across the world. it's a win—win. but what people like nigel farage say is, look, there's no democratic mandate. the public haven't been asked if they want to make these investments in tackling climate change, have they? there absolutely is a public mandate on this. we've seen it time and time again. climate change and environment is consistently in the top three concerns of the british public. going, legislating for net zero, going for net zero policies was on the front page of the conservative party manifesto in 2019, which the public voted for. and we have, we've polled the public... but hold on, labour and the lib dems all support net zero as well. there isn't a choice for the public. there was no—one that they could vote for if they didn't support net zero. we've polled the public and we've seen that actually rather than wasting time on a referendum, by a factor of two to one, they just want to see the government to get on with delivering their manifesto

commitment to implement net zero. i mean, look around you now. i mean, the truth is, these wind turbines aren't turning. renewable energy isn't a reliable source of power 24—7, is it? the point of a future electricity system is that it's diversified. you have a huge range of sources. you've got onshore wind, you've got offshore wind, you've got solar, you'll have hydrogen. you, depending on the policy choices that are made, you may even have some nuclear, you may have some abated gas. but the reality is, is that our electrical engineers, these are serious people who have been working on this issue for a very long time, and they know what they're talking about, they're notjust some hippies protesting about climate change, they are saying that they can run on 100% renewables by 2035, which is the government target. so who are we to argue? even if we do transition to net zero, along the way, we're going to need to use some fossilfuels, yeah? so why not use domestic fossil fuels? why not exploit the resources in the north sea, the shale gas

that we've got under our feet here, maybe? the north sea is a very mature basin. frankly, there's not really much more we can squeeze out of it. this isn't the 1980s any more, where we had prolific supplies of gas. there are not 50 years' worth of shale gas beneath our feet. actually, the best estimates say around six months�* worth at best. and to get at that is going to be hugely expensive, hugely disruptive, and the public simply don't want it. as the bbc�*s climate editor, i'm often responsible for bringing some pretty terrifying warnings, warnings about the future of the places where we've built our lives, built our communities, which is why i've come

to east yorkshire. this place already experiences some of the worst coastal erosion in europe. up to ten metres of coastline vanishes into the sea in a bad year. this is happening for a number of different reasons, but the rising sea levels and more extreme weather climate change will bring are likely to make the problem worse. now, how we get to net zero is an open question. depending on who you ask, you might get a different answer. but what most politicians from all the main political parties agree is the need to get there. and the science is clear on this, reaching net zero and fast is our best hope of tackling climate change.

hello there. there was a hard frost across england and wales with plenty of sunshine on wednesday here. but we had gale force gusts of winds and rain further north. this is how we closed out the afternoon in highland. and that weather front that was responsible for this continues to sink its way steadily south and east. no significant rain by the time it pushes south—east as it bumps into this area of high pressure. so a band of cloud, light drizzle from east anglia down to cornwall, slowly clearing towards the channel. behind it, some sunshine coming through. a brisker north—westerly wind will continue to feed in showers, particularly north—west of the great glen. and winds still gusting a0 to 50 miles an hour at times. so a noticeable, strong westerly wind. temperatures around 7 to 9 degrees. one or two places, if we're lucky, just seeing ten celsius as a high — 50 fahrenheit.

now, as we close out thursday into the early hours of friday, we'll start to see a contrast. more cloud pushing in to the far north, some showery outbreaks of rain here. but milder — temperatures holding up above freezing. with clearer skies temperatures falling just below freezing once again across england and wales. so we can't rule out frost and fog again for friday, but high pressure dominates for england and wales. still a bit more of a breeze up into the far north—west. and this westerly feed of air will continue to be a story. so it will be a slightly milder feel. generally across the country, we're likely to see temperatures into double digits. that weather front toppling across the high will bring outbreaks of showery rain into scotland. more cloud, high cloud across northern england and wales as well. highs generally of 9 to 13 degrees. now, as we move into the weekend, that milder air will continue to be the story. the high pressure reallyjust sitting across europe and clinging on to central and southern england with weather fronts toppling across that high.

so that means we'll always run the risk of more cloud and outbreaks of rain with a stronger wind across the far north and west. there'll be quite a lot of cloud generally on saturday, but it will be largely fine and dry for england and wales and a little bit milder — 9 to 13 degrees, the high. similar story as well as we go into sunday. watch out for that early morning mist and fog once again.

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