canada is going big on a carbon tax it will raise, 170 canadian dollars per tonne of carbon dioxide byde by the end of the decade, that is quite a ramp up from the 50 esh marked now so it will be interesting to see how that pans out on one thing canada will do is return this money to families, so we are watching a bit of an experiment in canada. and this is replacing what was supposed to be a big summit in scotland last month. it will now ta ke in scotland last month. it will now take place next year in the uk. what needs to happen between now and then to really make a significant difference? what we have had here, it is not really part of the official negotiations and there hasn't been much negotiating going on. that is all saved for next year now, battered into next year by covid—19. a lot of diplomacy has to happen and it will be a very interesting to see how thejoe biden tea m interesting to see how thejoe biden team plays less because of course under barack 0bama, the us was a diplomatic powerhouse on climate change, so willjoe biden as president go down the same route? hobo the e

a global coalition of carbon neutrality.european union, china, korea, japan, the united states coming, but we still have a number of key players that are not committed to net zero. we need to work within the g20 countries to make sure that all great emitters can commit to net zero and be part of this global alliance for carbon neutrality and that they will mobilise also the business community, mobilise the cities, mobilise states, mobilise everybody! everybody must commit an act zero in the middle of the century and 2021 is the moment to do so and to adopt the measures in that direction. it is the year in which we must reverse the trend of extension —— extinction that we are witnessing in biodiversity and it is the year to seriously start a global programme on the oceans. we have the international conferences that will allow to move in that direction. the cop23 in relation to biodiversity, and the oceans conference. in many other areas, in 2021, we will have the opportunity to really address the dramatic challenges that our

it is time to put a price on carbon, to phase out fossil fuel finance and subsidies, to stop buildingl power plants and shift it from taxpayers to polluters. make tight daddy make disclosures mandatory and the goal of urban neutrality into all fiscal policies and decisions. we face an emergency but i have hope at least these advances show we can do. mindsets are shifting, led by young people and this is the moment of truth. if we return to our old ways of inequality and keep this dominion over the hurts, we face disaster. instead, we can forge a safer, more sustainable and equitable path. we have the agenda for sustainable development in the paris agreement on climate change. now, we must declare a permanent cease—fire and reconcile with nature. thank you. we are joined reconcile with nature. thank you. we arejoined by the un secretary—general. so lovely to have you with us. why have you chosen this moment to issue such dramatic warning? because we are approaching 2021 and this is the make it or break it year in relation to the planet and our relation with nature. 2021 is the year whe

the other thing they can use is carbon offsets. company a wants to cut its carbon emissions. company b is financing a project like building a wind farm were switching from coal to solar plants. a registry validates the carbon settings from company b as real and a broker matches those offsets with a buyer like company a. company b gets their money for the project and company a gets closer to meeting its mission goals. this market is still tiny, about $300 million, and you can be bigger. we estimate there is over 2700 of these kind of project verified with major registries but the potential to reduce 350 9 million tons of co2 per year is larger than all of france's emissions. enter mark carney. he says this market needs to grow 15 times bigger or more in 10 years and he is helping develop it. the hope is that it can help companies get to their net zero goals faster by compensating for emissions that have not been illuminated yet. the criticism is that it's a get out of jail free card for bad actors. need big volume from big companies to drive this forward. mark carney told me t

the social cost of carbon is an interesting thing. the $62 is a low ball estimate and in the fall of 2019, the school institute at the london school of economics published a very good policy brief outlining why the modeling used for social cost of carbon ignores many factors. simply because modelers don't know how to fit them in but we do know they cost a lot of money. these impact fees are way both encouraging people to recycle more and that will, in the net, reduce climate change impacts, which is one of the city's objectives and i encourage you to use this tool. >> to your question, or comment, ms. rafael. >> yes. >> we'll go back to public comment. the public speaker contended this was a carbon fee. >> my understanding was that the public comment is that what is missing from this. >> let's deal with the fee steady or study to study on thi. >> i'm going to ask yack to come back on unless there's something in particular you want to. >> i'd like you to speak o thiss as department head. >> sure. what the controller office asks is for

energy, low carbon energy, and he said it is completely unacceptable.for covid recovery is money that we are borrowing from future generations, this is a moral test to make sure it goes into low carbon energy. and it isn't. i have to say, this is a money mental task but when something happens like covid, national crisis, some countries are just sinking back into what they know, like shall we build a few more power stations tuesday night the economy and create jobs? and that is the very last thing the planet needs. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... one day left to secure a trade deal — talks resume in brussels with both sides warning they're unlikely to reach a post—brexit agreement by tomorrow's deadline. world leaders are holding a virtual climate summit — addressing the summit, borisjohnson laid out his priorities in renewable energy. the us regulator authorises the pfizer biontech coronavirus vaccine — donald trump says it'll be rolled out immediately. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's sarah mulkerrins.

family of 4 had a carbon footprint of less than 8 tons an american family of 4 in the same year came in at almost 70. so shouldn't we have done me looking at who is consuming and how much instead of simply counting the number of people. one. the 1st studies to compare global emissions involved over 200 diverse researchers and policymakers the result called project drawdown publish a definitive list on reducing our impact we did a very complex models you know we didn't know what they would be i had a strong hunch of what the top 10 would be and i was clearly wrong all the rest of us were wrong number one is refrigerant management yes you have that right the way we keep things cool is one of our worst offenses against the planet our air conditioners and referee is still largely emmet greenhouse gases much stronger than carbon dioxide when cooling like transporting frozen goods. the project estimates that changing to more efficient cooling could save 5 times more emissions than if all cars became electric. a lot of big one on the list is something we can all individually do something ab

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china said they will go for carbon neutrality by 2060.nge what you might call the promised landscape but it to actually change the action landscape at all and so really that is the big task over the next year, for the uk to work with his partners and see if they can get for countries, big emitters committing to tougher reductions over the next decade or so. let'a return now to the coronavirus pandemic — and its economic effects. it should be a bumper time of year for taxi cabs in the uk — but industry bodies say the sector is on the verge of collapse after business shrank to about a fifth of normal levels. the gmb union is calling on the chancellor to provide more help for self—employed drivers. our business correspondent katy austin has more. this is selfridge's on the right. i've started to do christmas light tours. this london cab driver is trying to salvage something from what she sees as her worst fear. pubs, restaurants, nightclubs all closed. festivals. even people going to work, we don't even have that as people working from home

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issues 1st of all that carbon emissions reductions would be linked to g.d.p. and therefore the poorer countries in the european block would have to cut less than some of the richer countries. and 2nd of all the public will be guaranteed access to some of the e.u. transition funding now the reason why it went late since of the night in fact it was 3 am when i went to bed and they still haven't got an agreement so i was holding out hoping to hear agreements overnight and the reason why it went so late is because the other countries felt. that if they agreed to poland's demands that would tie the hands of the european policymakers who have to actually come up with a written policy to deliver this. they managed to come up with a compromise and so it will now actually go forward and be presented at the un climate virtual summit which takes place on saturday but yeah it's a big vision it would have been 40 percent reduction by the end of this decade by 2030 it's now gone right up to $55.00 so it's it puts the european union as a world leader as far as i'm bush and b

a european union leaders meeting at a summit in brussels has agreed to cut carbon emissions by at least 55 percent by the end of the decade this reduction compared to 1911 is seen as a big step up from the previous goal and there's been a record 7 percent dip in global c o 2 emissions this year that's according to preliminary figures from the global carbon project the group of scientists says the drop which they see as temporary is largely because of coronavirus lock downs that shut down industries and transport emissions fell 12 percent in the u.s. and 11 percent in europe but only marginally in china. speak now to pet canada al he's chief research scientist at australia's commonwealth scientific and industrial research organizational c s i r o and he's in camera good to have you with this announcement by the e.u. it's a big target isn't it 55 percent drop animations by 2030 was it a commitment you were expecting to hear. not not and it's externally narry really from a science point of view we've been actually expecting or hoping that nations will come with these kind of dramatic level

the cause of global warming is the same cause of ocean acidification, so rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere also causes the ocean to fundamentally change in chemistry. in 2007, our research group formed, and there are a group of faculty who work together to try to understand the impacts of ocean acidification, and the reason why is that we know the ocean is a tremendous sponge for carbon. it just soaks it up, so about 20% to 30% of what we emit to the atmosphere through our activities ends up in the ocean, and that fundamentally changes the chemistry of the ocean water. it reduces the ph of the water, making it more acidic, shifting it enough that organisms absolutely notice and are impacted. we are asking really fundamental things about how animals in the sea work, how theyake shells, how they live, and how these chemicalhanges might affect all of those things. i'm using a probe right now to measure the temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, and ph of the seawater out here in the cove. we do things like this routinely both here, but all up and down the california coast to try

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carbonized do you have faced now in the e.u.'s pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 well 1st of all thank you very much for having me tonight yes the pledge today is a. minus 55 percent by $20.30 is an extremely important step towards reaching those goals in line with the areas that remain of course just goals is it's just a point of orientation and what medicine now is how we put all that into action and not it's not just the goal that the you agreed on but also the budget 420212027 those above one trillion that's crucial that those are invested in climate compatible investment has been essentially has there been any progress so you think that has been made in the last 5 years. yes there has definitely been significant progress 2 years ago we would have not seen such an announcement we just saw today we are told that in large part to the youth movement in the street that has had a significant impact but also because the paris agreement has worked well and has proven given us a point of our intake this head of benchmarking

start cutting carbon emissions now — or face disaster. justin rowlatt, bbc news. now and the threat to islands that could be swallowed by rising sea levels. in fiji, three villages have been forced to relocate and 80 more are waiting to be moved. here's the perspective of one activist, on the impact of climate change in oceania, and a question for the secretary general. my name is fenton lutunatabua and i'm from the fiji islands. the pacific islands' contribution to greenhouse gas emission in the atmosphere is negligible, but they suffer disproportionately the effects of global warming. in my lifetime alone, i have seen seas rise much faster than the global average, warming oceans, more intense weather events. for a lot of villages that have to relocate because of sea level rise, it is very dramatic. it is very traumatic. there is a lot of culture loss and the sense of identity is at stake here. we keep pushing to tell the story that the pacific islanders are notjust mere victims of climate change. we are also innovative, driven, young people that are doing what w

carbonized do you have faced now in the pledge to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 well 1st of all thank you very much for having me tonight yes the pledge today is a. minus 55 percent by 2030 is an extremely important step towards reaching those goals in line with the paris agreement of course just goals is it's just a point of orientation and what medicine now is how we put all that into action and not it's not just the goal that the you agreed on but also the budget for 2021 to 2027 and those above one trillion that's crucial that those are invested in climate compatible investment has been generally has there been any progress so you think that has been made in the last 5 years. yes there has definitely been significant progress 2 years ago we would have not seen such an announcement we just saw today we are told that in large part to the youth movement in the street that has had a significant impact but also because the pair's agreement has worked well and has proven given us a point of our intake this head of benchmarking climate compatibility compatibility with the pairs agreement

that is to take out some of the accumulated carbon that is already in the air, which is a very delicate kind of thing to do. there is a technology to do it. more than technology, there are natural systems that can do it. my sense is that the epa is well positioned, especially given its history in the 19 seventies and eighties, expanding a couple of billions a year on water treatment plants without fraud or embarrassment or corruption. that it could undertake the major role in the infrastructure, the adaptation that will be necessary, particularly in the coastal areas, to manage sea level rise. that will happen i think within five to ten years. it will turn out to be necessary. we will see coastal areas begin to get afflicted. i think that it's a very short time before we see the financial markets and insurance and mortgage guarantees and things of that sort begin to adapt to a realization that we are entering a much more challenging era. and the culture, not just the economy, the culture itself is going to have to change. we are not yet i think aware of that. as i looked at the exit pol

only those countries promising substantial commitments to cut carbon got to speak.f them, including china, the eu, india and japan. join the dots. it's happening. short films highlighted the risks our planet faces. let's be very clear about this. it is going to get much worse. even the pope made an appearance. so, why is nothing happening? it was an uplifting spectacle, but there were some notable absentees. brazil, russia, saudi arabia and australia were among the nations which were not invited to address the conference. some of the world's most vulnerable countries said fighting climate change was a moral imperative. i would like to believe that the major emitters are not capable of what would in essence be close to climate genocide. i would like to believe that we are visible and indispensable for them. today's conference marks the start of a crucial year for global climate action. the uk will be hosting a climate conference in glasgow in november 2021. the hope is the entire world will raise its carbon cutting game by then. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the governme

start cutting carbon emissions now — or face disaster. justin rowlatt, bbc news. threat to islands that could be swallowed by rising sea levels. in fiji, three villages have been forced to relocate and 80 more are waiting to be moved. here's the perspective of one activist, on the impact of climate change in oceania, and a question for the secretary—general. my from the fiji islands. the pacific islands contribution to greenhouse gas emission in the atmosphere is negligible. but they suffer disproportionately the effects of global warming. in my lifetime alone, i have seen sees rise much faster than the global average, warming oceans, more intense weather events. for a lot of villages that have to relocate because of sea level rise, it is very dramatic. there is a lot of culture lies in the sense of identity is at stake here. we keep pushing to tell the story that the pacific islanders are not just story that the pacific islanders are notjust mere victims of climate change. we are also innovative, driven, young people that are doing what we must to protect our isl

engine and the resources with nicholas lea consume but on the other hand our efforts to reduce our carbon footprint and work with the environment can't be when they will examine closely think back to what bad and good so that we can walk and informed decision about your choices how welcome to equal india and some that one way of tackling the problem of overconsumption and the subsequent resistant generally is for people to walk with me and bob where they live the people in our next story live in a remote region of india with extreme climatic conditions it's not easy to make a living and transporting a regular supply of food and other essential uses a lot of energy in their bid to help the environment in a small this is the scene of billy growing i'm not going wild betty a potential super for providing them with a new source of nutrition and. the. conditions are cool up here in the mountain desert of long haul speedy in the indian stay. that of him archer predation winter is approaching the area lies both 1000 meters above sea level and temperatures can drop well below freezing in winter .

china said they will go for carbon neutrality by 2060.er from japan plus a bit other from japan and korea, change what you might call the promised landscape but it hasn't changed the action landscape at all and so really that is the big task over the next year, for the uk to work with its partners and see if they can get for countries, big emitters committing to tougher reductions over the next decade or so. richard talking about the summit which is still ongoing. talking about commitments, ireland is still in the eu and much of its climate change policy is down really, one of those areas in which the eu is very important for the 27 member states. no longerfor us which important for the 27 member states. no longer for us which is allowing the prime ministers to make some promises or at least make some commitments that arguably at the moment are a bit more ambitious than european union has formally committed to although there are scientists we heard earlier from committed to although there are scientists we heard earlierfrom our environmen

canada is going big on a carbon tax it will raise, $170 canadian per tonne of carbon dioxide by the end—ish mark now. so it will be interesting to see how that pans out, and one thing canada will do is return this money to families. so we're watching a bit of an experiment in canada. and richard, this is replacing what was supposed to be a big summit in scotland last month. it'll now take place next year here in the uk. what needs to happen between now and then to really make a significant difference? what we've had here — it's not really part of the official negotiations, and there hasn't been much negotiating going on. that's all saved for next year now, battered into next year by covid—19. i think a lot of diplomacy has to happen, and it will be a very interesting to see how thejoe biden team plays this. because of course, under barack 0bama, the us was a diplomatic powerhouse on climate change. so willjoe biden as president go down the same route? what alliance will he make with china? how will the eu play enter that? it's potentially three important players going in the same direct

because carbon sees weaken a lot lately despite some recovery.io [indiscernible] by china, a weaker dollar. that should be good for em. companies, of mining they will benefit in particular. interest rates, there's a much to do because they are already quite low. in chile. there's not much room to go any lower. effects on equities would be the main way. >> what would you do in a country like argentina? >> argentina is a little bit difficult. we have important midterm elections in argentina. we have a lot of midterm and presidential elections in the region as a whole. with the exception of brazil, all the countries have an important election next year. in particular, it is key the government struck an agreement as soon as possible and start policyy tying and fiscal or putting the fiscal house in order and start signaling to the rest of the world they are serious about tackling the imbalances. there's a lot of homework to do still. and obviously, the government is talking tobetween the constituencies and at the same time talking to the market. obvio

nearly a fifth of carbon emissions come from households — mainly from gas for heating and cooking. in high defintion on your phone, for example, it generates about eight times more in emissions than if you watch in standard definition. 0ur correspondent sian lloyd reports. highbury road — typical of many. but if these new targets are to be met, it's unlikely that homes like these can stay the same. decarbonisation plans for heating, transport and industry will have to move at a faster pace, which could mean families like the trubys looking for new ways to heat their home. gas boilers may be replaced by cleaner heat pumps, which are more expensive. it's something we've really wanted to see for a while happening, but i think we have a lot of questions still about what support householders will get, for example, in making changes to our house to decarbonise. yes, the actions of this family, that matters, and the actions of all these other families matter, but what about business and what about local councils and law? how do we get there? i don't see that yet. so, how much will our liv

the government's advisers say that going zero—carbon will cost much less than expected.so it's those scale changes, those big wind farms that we'll have in british waters in the future, that deliver those kind of cost reductions. and we all benefit from that in the future. key to all this will be a switch to electric cars and other zero—carbon vehicles, according to the advisers. fewer flights is another recommendation. that's a personal decision for all of us. so is eating less red meat — cutting it by a quarter over the next decade is the aim — and heating our homes not with gas boilers but cleaner alternatives, like heat pumps. but how quickly can this be done? we've got supply chains that are ready to deliver this and we've got consumers who are beginning to understand that this might be good. what we just need is that little bit of intervention from government to bring it all together, to build confidence, and for people to start really seeing what a better home looks like for them. millions more trees will also be needed. this is the quickest way to plant them. the

do we need to have frontier carbon taxes?d to think about how we use what is being done in places like europe, and to a certain extent the united states, to bring the rest of the world along? prof. sachs: i think that the laggards are the places that produce coal, oil, and gas because they are hoping that somehow they can continue doing what they're doing. even within europe it is the few remaining coal regions in the united states, it is the coal, gas, and oil states. this is true around the world. it is russia, the middle east, australia that all say, not so fast. but that is because they are the remaining fossil fuel producers. border taxes for the importation of energy intensive products that have been made with fossil fuels is coming. i think that is going to become standard fare for the world in the next years. europe has said that is part of the european green deal. that is sensible to be able to protect domestic industries using renewables and to discourage other countries who are the laggards from continuing to be th

china has said they will go for carbon neutrality by 2060. you might call the promised landscape but it hasn't actually changed the action landscape at all. so, really, that isa landscape at all. so, really, that is a big task of the next year, for the uk to work with its partners and see if they can get big countries, big emitters committing to tougher reductions over the next decade or so. reductions over the next decade or so. briefly, richard, if you can, is it possible that we need to be giving more attention to mitigating the impacts of the climate changing thatis the impacts of the climate changing that is already happening? yes. in one of those quirks of linguistic fate, this is what is referred to as adaptation while mitigation actually means cutting emissions, but you are absolutely right. and one thing that has been absent today is talk of money. 11 years ago at the copan haven summit, developed nations promised that by 2020, they would make sure there was $100 billion per year on the table for the poorest countries to help them pr

future or a low carbon future without a much greater penetration of nuclear power. that said how that technology will be developed, how the regulatory structure will be formed is very old in our country. these are big questions and it's very difficult to see how this gets kick started without a serious presidential priority. and i think that remain tuesday be seen. >> does anyone disagree with the proposition nuclear is a necessity for the next 50 years if a clean world is to emerge 2070? >> i would just say, hugh, i was on the board of the largest electric utility in texas. we were second -- we had two reactors, 2,500 megawatts and to an environmental regulator it was a dream. no sulfur dioxides, no particulates and so forth. it was a question whether we would, again, build two reactors which we wanted to do. everyone on that board was pro-nuclear. the economics utterly failed to pencil out. you could not make new nuclear repneumerative. if it's not that it's going to have to be natural gas. i don't know what else would do it. so i personally have been supportive o

the social cost of carbon is an interesting thing.the $62 is a low ball estimate and in the fall of 2019, the school institute at the london school of economics published a very good policy brief outlining why the modeling used for social cost of carbon ignores many factors. simply because modelers don't know how to fit them in but we do know they cost a lot of money. these impact fees are way both encouraging people to recycle more and that will, in the net, reduce climate change impacts, which is one of the city's objectives and i encourage you to use this tool. >> to your question, or comment, ms. rafael. >> yes. >> we'll go back to public comment. the public speaker contended this was a carbon fee. >> my understanding was that the public comment is that what is missing from this. >> let's deal with the fee steady or study to study on thi. >> i'm going to ask yack to come back on unless there's something in particular you want to. >> i'd like you to speak o thiss as department head. >> sure. what the controller office asks is for u

carbon emissions will start to go up again. that we don'tjust go back to the pre—pandemic world? that, i think, is critically important, isn't it? if we are to limit the impacts of climate change, we need to reverse that increase in emissions and decrease emissions by a similar amount to the amount that we have seen a degrees in emissions this year, but that needs to occur a so that we halve our global emissions over this coming decade, and we reach a net zero emissions globally by about the middle of the century. doctor emily shugborough, thank you so much for talking to us again on weather world. my pleasure. with working from home being so commonplace this year, many people have got more time to watch and record the weather around their homes. on the last instalment of weather world, my son and i showed you how to make a rain gauge. this time we are looking at measuring our temperature. oscar, what do we need? a thermometer like this one. we've got it. let's take a look at the best place to put it in the garden to get the mo

promised to reach carbon neutral production by 2035.be able to do that, we have already identified more than 70 actions we need to take to reduce emissions. that includes electricity, operational efficiency, exploring less carbon intensive production processes. there are many things that need to going to doing this. -- to go into doing this. amanda: for those not familiar, neste's business model is aimed at creating renewable fuel products. so this i imagine is in your wheelhouse, to help your customers become more sustainable. what changes for you in terms of what you will do because you have signed this pledge? decided to sign the climate pledge for three main reasons. we are committed to sustainability and combating climate change. the other is that our goal is to work with the other signatories to help them become carbon neutral faster, because we have experience in that field. and talking about that experience, you mentioned early on we are the largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, so we know how to br

zero carbon emissions by 2020 while the -- 2030 zero carbon emissions by 2020 while the —— 2030 while what we need is to tra nsfer the legislation. what we need is to transfer those government commitments into law. but also to see how they propagate through on to private companies. it doesn't make sense to be exploring for new fossil fuel reserves right now unless you have a plan for what will happen to the carbon dioxide they regenerate. the indian prime minister, narendra modi, has assured protesting farmers that new reforms in the agricultural sector are aimed at helping them. tens of thousands of farmers have been gathering on the outskirts of the capital, new delhi, blocking roads and other key infrastructure. they fear the reforms will erode gauranteed prices they recieve for wheat and rice crops, threatening their livelihoods. despite the pandemic, 2020 has seen a dramatic increase in palestinian homes demolished by the israeli authorities. some 900 people lost their place to live — the biggest number in years. palestinians often build in eastjerusalem and parts of the west ban

to slow climate change and tackle the most pressing issue of our times the block has agreed to cut carbon emissions by at least 55 percent by the end of the decade good to chill with. a reduction of 55 percent by 2030 means that our 2050 commitment is credible it means that we in europe would have a leadership role to play very soon we will be celebrating the 5th anniversary of this commitment made in paris the paris agreement and we have been firmly can. it is the european union from the beginning this is a very positive saddle in the field of climate and diplomacy to bring in other parts of the world to get the jump on the bandwagon and to come up with common standards and share our ambitions the agreement comes the day before climate summit marking 5 years of a landmark paris agreement in 2015 world leaders reached a legally binding treaty to limit global warming well below 2 degrees celsius but friday's e.u. agreement is fraught with challenges a global federation of trade unions estimates the transition to net 0 emissions will put 11000000 jobs of risk mostly in eastern europe but at

the aviation industry is under pressure to reduce its carbon footprint.oduce more co2 than trains and other forms of transportation. restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions on international flights will be introduced next year. >>> legislation that could delist shares of chinese firms from u.s. exchanges has been sent to president trump after it was passed in the house of representatives on wednesday. the legislation toughens oversight on companies checking whether they have ties to foreign governments. they would be delisted if they failed to comply with audits for three years in a row. the legislation applies to companies from any country but it's seen as targeting those from china. it has already cleared the senate and now the president is expected to sign it into law. more than 200 chinese companies list their shares on exchanges in the u.s. the u.s. government and congress suspect that the chinese communist party backs or has involvement in the firm's management. >>> meanwhile, china has revealed the first items to be hit by its new law controlling

neutral and make it so carbon negative so to speak what happens if too many managers start thinkingt way? >> managers want better returns. i boil our strategy down to four simple words, higher returns and lower carbon we need to do both we need to find ways to invest for our shareholders and good for the environment. and if all we do is invest in things that have an environmental case and don't create values, that's not sustainable. we sit down with portfolio managers of all ages and all level of experiencs of experien about returns. that's what investors are looking for. >> some managers feel jim, do you not see the future or tesla or the hydrogen fuel sales do you think demand is big out 20 or 30 years they feel it is gone away faster than you and i think that causes me to pull my horn on a group that i really like. >> we expect a lower carbon energy system. the energy system is moving towards lower carbon coal came along and displaced wood and you have gas, liquid and solar and hydrogen now we are investing today and i will give you an example if you ever driven by a dairy farm,

already today any money on the table to help those countries but to adapt to climate change and the carbon ice their own economy so these sort of moved on the 1st part of that. stronger targets on the table for reducing their own emissions now we need to see them put some more money on the table this world to help poorer countries do the same turkey is criticizing european union plans to expand the sanctions targeting its drilling operations in the eastern mediterranean the e.u. has agreed to widen its sanctions list to turkish individuals and companies involved in gas drilling activities which are contested by greece turkey is describing the move as biased and lawful while the yukon trees say their hope it will send a strong message. on the 50 europe showed its ability to be firm with turkey by adopting sanctions to make it put a stop to its unilateral actions in the eastern mediterranean last october we gave turkey a chance we reached out a hand laid down conditions we have unanimously observed that turkey has continued with its provocations this firmness and the new sanctions are the si

the government's advisers say that going zero carbon will cost much less than expected.d changes, those big wind farms that we'll have in british waters in the future, that deliver those kind of cost reductions. and we all benefit from that in the future. key to all this will be a switch to electric cars and other zero carbon vehicles, according to the advisers. fewer flights is another recommendation. that's a personal decision for all of us. so is eating less red meat — cutting it by a quarter over the next decade is the aim — and heating our homes not with gas boilers but cleaner alternatives, like heat pumps. but how quickly can this be done? we've got supply chains that are ready to deliver this and we've got consumers who are beginning to understand that this might be good. what we just need is that little bit of intervention from government to bring it all together, to build confidence, and for people to start really seeing what a better home looks like for them. millions more trees will also be needed. this is the quickest way to plant them. the climate plan says

now, by the end of this decade, the uk plasma carbon emissions should be at least 68% less than theyd its more ambitious than any other major economy. nearly a fifth of carbon emissions come from households, mainly gas or heating and cooking, and even watching your favourite film can have carbon consequences if you watch in high definition on your phone for example, it generates about eight times more emissions than if you watch in standard definition. 0ur correspondent sian lloyd reports. highbury road — typical of many. but if these new targets are to be met, it's unlikely that homes like these can stay the same. decarbonisation plans for heating, transport and industry will have to move at a faster pace, which could mean families like the trubys looking for new ways to heat their home. gas boilers may be replaced by cleaner heat pumps, which are more expensive. it's something we've really wanted to see for a while happening, but i think we have a lot of questions still about what support householders will get, for example, in making changes to our house to sort of decarbonise. yes

environment program the paris climate agreement was born 5 years ago while it leaders pledged to cut carbon emissions and stop global temperatures rising by least 2 and ideally 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels but instead of changing course the last 5 years have been the warmest on record wildfires heat waves floods and melting icecaps all point to top in crisis i would not to have a touch destroyed disease outbreaks such as corona virus pandemic courage become more common but despite the gloom there is hope every year the un recognizes people who lead by example into hurting the planet around the champions of the earth this year include the prime minister fiji the 1st country to ratify the paris agreement and then to activists who pushed against drilling in the ecuadorian ahmanson a farmer who modified traditional techniques to stop the certification and the sahara out and a man who spent his life fighting environmental injustice in the united states. with the usa expected to be back in the climate fall and china committing to long term emissions reduction targets we are hop

but once the organism start eating right away i should add in doing so they transform carbon into carbon dioxide and our area there is so much of it that europe's climate will become unbearable if it all falls out. the speed at which the ground is releasing greenhouse gases is exceeding scientists most dire predictions. back to say gays plan. large creatures once rode the mammoth step. we collect evidence of that within minutes surrounded by schools of mosquitoes for. the remains of by some horses and bully mammoths. egypt to prevail where ever people appear unspoiled nature disappears. in russia there's still a lot of open spaces if it's our duty to restore the natural variety that our forefathers witnessed of egypt in there to. see more of it is a scientist who wants to put his theories into practice so over 2 decades ago he began resurrecting the ice age with his pleistocene park together with his son nikita he chopped down trees implanted ancient grasses then they introduced yanks and bison the head before a tussle with a huge responsibility slowing the pace of climate change. you go

saying we're going to be net 0 carbon by 2030 that you know japan and you have south korea the set it written this a candidate set it and you've got joe biden to set it so that tells you directionally where we're going and if you look at the growth of renewables including renewables solar and wind they're going to grow there that's were a big part of the investment in new power facilities will go there just look at the numbers for asia 58 percent of the power plants under construction in asia today are coal and natural gas so directionally we know where the world's going to go we have a technology deficit to get there and that's going to take money in time to do that and i think carbon capture is called it's going to be part of the picture because it does you know you have an $87.00 trillion dollar economy in 2001 team that runs 80 percent on all gas and coal you can't i don't think you can just transform it you can change the balance and we'll have a more mixed system it will be more efficient how we use energy but we're still missing a lot of technologies we need to fully address in