first on the scope three emission, indirect emissions, can you talk about what your limitations are in terms of make awninmaking an impact unitals o make an impact? >> we have it easier because we environment levers which are largely contract mechanisms. so we have lease agreements through which we contract with our airlines. we have tenant confession agreements to contract with the 188 tenant concession engineers. contract specifications for all design build work and our own rules and regulations that govern the way that people are able to operate and function on our campus. and all of those things apply to tenant projects which fall under scope three emission. >> you couldn't -- you must have your customers purchase carbon offsets for flights. >> most of our levers relate to on-ground operations so we could say that they are required to use only sustain aviation fuel in their flights. you will be honest in sharing that other airports have approached it that way and scale back that requirement due to thumb onenumber one, there's ane of fuel to meet that mandate, but that's why we've g

how do we do zero emissions? three easy steps. energy efficiency, supply renewable electricity, that is what we and electrify appliances. that's a little bit in the future again. we do have an existing commercial bench marking ordinance which has been promoting energy efficiency by measuring what building owners and operators are managing. so, that bench marking ordinance supplies commercial buildings and large multifamily buildings. he was see that row at the top. in addition, commercial buildings are required to for both of those different category sizes. what is new and what we are attacking today, we are requiring commercial buildings, about 50,000 square feet or higher to use renewable electricity. we are building upon our work for buildings. there is a pun there, i probably meant that. it is all sequential. we are starting with energy efficiency. as you work through energy efficiency goals you want to make sure the electricity that you are still supplying is 100 that is where we are today. again, just a little bit more on th

small recent emissions scandal but since 2009 there's been little improvement in equality. the situation is far more grave in delhi the world's most polluted capital the air in the indian city is 10 times more contaminated than in cologne a trip to delhi is like a trip into germany's past this is how polluted the western european country was 4 decades ago. people try to protect themselves with face masks. we meet up with the shore club she works for the center of science and environment and is an environmental advisor to the government she takes measurements to show us just help that the air in telly is. like. cut. cut. i like it so much. but i think you have no choice. but. to get really bored at home but if you take the people with you. the daily threshold values the particles in germany is 50 micrograms per cubic meter of. the measurements show delhi exceeds that by a factor of 30 that were taken in a heavily polluted area still there. the top issue for us. so if you want to buy that evolution is false he would have. been a joint is you better start looking for to pollut

but the german environment agency only measures direct emissions. felt is a professor of atmospheric physics at them. max planck institute for chemistry his findings are quite different lady fell says there's another culprit responsible for polluted air livestock. the animals bear a share of responsibility for the problem this from operate sustainably but whenever you buy cheap meat from a conventional factory farm you're making a decisive contribution to the creation of atmospheric particulates matter. how was that possible layfield explains the following distinction primary particulate matter is emitted directly into the atmosphere when matter created for example by tire wear or stove or engine combustion decomposes into smaller particles secondary particulate matter is formed by chemical processes in the air. ammonia for example which is scapes from farm and combines with other substances to form particulate molecules some of these substances carcinogenic and small enough to enter the gas exchange regions of the lung the out and the bloodstream.

so the total emissions divided up by the number of people in the country but the a.m.a. of qatar is promising change no 100 today you will hear the phenomenon of climate change is undoubtedly one of the serious challenges of our time causing many problems including economic environmental and social problems all cease must fulfill their responsibilities and honor their commitments under international agreements and the state of qatar has assumed its responsibilities as an active aurthur in the international community to confront climate change bill had mari is the director of the climate change department qatar's environment ministry and he joins me from new york mr o'mara thank you very much for being here what exactly is qatar doing to on its commitments. cutter's commitment is in line with the vision of 2030 and the believe and understanding of for the government that climate change is a very important issue and it's a cross border phenomena that needs to have all its faults and solidarity to achieve. meaningful outcome and approach to blame and to climb climate action

those commitments were a set of reductions where you would emissions to2030 your 2005 emissions.he shift from coal to natural gas, which is a one-time thing, is a lot of that. the world is falling short. to have people like the united states to say, even that is unimportant, it shows how daunting this is going to be. there is no way we will get there without the u.s. coming back in in a strong way. david: do you think you could convince president trump? is that beyond your capabilities? bill: someone else should do that. [laughter] david: the largest companies in the world our technology companies. apple, facebook, google, microsoft and so forth. you worry there is too much power and too much data in the hands of these technology companies and are you surprised the government has not done something more than they have done about this? bill: technology has become so central that government has to think, what does that mean about elections? what does it mean about bullying? wiretapping authorities? drug money laundering, things like that. the government needs to get involved. i bra

now, they've been looking into how to reduce emissions from cattle.day we might be able to have our steak and eat it. but not today by the looks of things. dr taro takahashi is leading the research. cow moos right, so, taro, what is the experiment that you're doing here? we have got the sensor over there to measure the amount of methanes emitted from each individual animal. this machine tests the cows' breath while they eat to measure how much methane they're burping up. the results show that some cows produce a lot more methane than others. the difference between the most polluting animal and the least polluting animal is about a0%. our hope is to keep breeding using these less polluting animals. so, you are trying to breed a kind of race of super low—carbon cows. ultimately that's our goal. that's the goal. yes. other studies have shown that feeding cows seaweed or clover can also make a difference. we know that by changing feed we can also reduce methane emissions, but you can never achieve net zero. there are other things farms can do to try and r

those commitments were a set of reductions where you compare your 20, 30 emissions to your 2005 emissionsdavid: right. bill: and there's a little bit of about that that's easy. the ship of coal of natural gas is a lot of that and the world is falling short and to have people like the united states say ok, that's even that's not important, it just shows how daunting this is going to be. there's no way we'll get there without the u.s. coming back in a strong way. david: do you think if you met with president trump, you could convince him on paris to maybe get back in or is that is beyond your capabilities to do that? bill: someone else could do that. [laughter] david: all right. now the largest companies in the world in the united states are technology companies, apple, facebook, google, microsoft, and so forth. do you worry that there's too much power and too much data in the hands of these technology companies and are you surprised that the government hasn't done something more than they do today about this? bill: well technology's become so central that government has to think ok what, d

the largest generate other of emissions -- generator of emissions.et's dive deeper into the transportation part of the pie. you can see, we've analyzed offroad equipment, ships and boats, but the largest generator is the private cars and trucks that you see on the road today. what we're really talking about is tailpipe emissions. eliminating those tailpipes is going to improve the air we breathe locally and reducing emissions in the transportation sector, more than just a check box in the emission reduction schedule. we like to check the boxes, but it's about cleaning the air and making san francisco a more livable city all. you can see the need for that on the slide. highest concentration of particulate matter is the corridors and those run through vulnerable communities. these communities are impacted by gasoline and diesel-powered cars and switching to clean electricity is going to improve the air around those corridors. we know what we need to do. it's the how that is a little more challenging. we need to mode shift and fuel switch. we need to re

sold diesel cars a quick but software to cheat on emissions tests these devices gave lower emissions readings during lab tests than the cars actual exhaust pollution levels as it's. the most of this is an historic class action lawsuit. today the court establishes clearly that boats are going to deliberately unethically harmed millions of people . that's what we want to find out. we believe it was fraud and we will see if the court today gives indications of which way we are heading. outside investors to dispute. many plaintiffs are especially angry that a year after the diesel gate scandal broke in 2015 b.w. settled for $25000000000.00 in the united states and other countries the other refuses to settle with german customers owners here argue they face a potential road bond by municipal transport authorities and have suffered drastic losses in resale values b.w. sees it differently. for the reason we continue one of our main goals is to make clear customers did not suffer any damages so it appears the court shares this view at least to some extent it made clear that damages are one o

san francisco is aiming for an 80% emission reduction by 205 20 and thus far reduced emission, more than 36% and that's in the context of considerable growth and population as well as doubling the size of our economy. there was a resolution of a detective clarratiodeclaration e change on san francisco and a just transition to a fossil fuel free economy in line with this city's long-standing and requested a report within 100 days about what exactly would be necessary. is it technically feasible and how to make progress towards meeting that goal of a fossil-fuel free economy. the resulting report titled focus 2030 found that it is technically feasible to meet the greenhouse gas emission goals and it's possible, if we were to simply implement policies that are in place today and programs and incentives in place, we would increase an emissions by 2050 and so there is room to meet the goals but requires continued action. in september of 2018, mayor breed was proud to be the host for the global climate action submit and made a commitment to ensure new construction city-wide would be zero emiss

the german government approved measures to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions on wednesday paving the way for the bundestag to pass lund climate legislation this year the measures are expected to raise about 54000000000 euros in taxes to be largely we invested in green energy from 2021 the government plans a carbon price of 10 year olds per ton rising to $35.00 euros from 2023 the government plans to raise car and air traffic taxes and increase rolled told trucks it also wants to extend electric car subsidies the package also includes plans to dramatically expand wind power. but climate activists and industry groups have criticised the plans as too weak to achieve germany's becoming emissions neutral by 2050. so could the fossil fuel economy itself become a fossil about the next 10 years that's the idea put forth by us economist jeremy rifkin and his new book the green new deal believes a radical turn toward energy is already underway and. i met him in berlin and i asked him how exactly he thinks the planet can be saved. on the cusp of the collapse of the fossil fuel civilization

this could be a watershed moment for germany's legal system 4 years after the emissions scandal broke hundreds of thousands of diesel drivers now have the chance to hold the carmaker to account it's the 1st ever class action lawsuit to take place in the country similar auctions in the united states have seen consumers come away with billions of dollars in compensation. for the good of analysis which is falling we're confident about winning them and the arguments speak for themselves 1st the leaders knew about things on this is our side and b.w. hasn't put forward anything for the santal that we can't contradict this. but suddenly lawyers maintain that the carmaker has removed the emissions cheesing devices and argue that diesel owners cannot claim for compensation while continuing to drive the offending vehicles the heart of damage to this day hundreds of thousands of vehicles are still in use by customers for us this means that there's no damage and therefore no reason for compensation these days hearing comes just a week after german prosecutors charged 3 v.w. executives including c

emissions due to food will take up to complete emissions budget that we have in order to stay within 2 degrees of global warming so we urgently need to change what we eat for climate change purposes and we found that changing to a more healthy and mostly plant based diet would also be much healthier so it would preserve public expenditure. on health care services it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and you'd better get heavy rain wind situation there patrick so there you have the point that eating less meat is going to help the environment because a lot of carbon dioxide comes from cattle for instance being fed and grass not on grain what you say when that accusation is put it you. well it's interesting you mention that 60 environmentalist that have signed the scientists the saw in this letter and many of them are known to me and i'd like to think of myself as an environmentalist but to be honest with you i think that this report this this feedback has added to the public confusion about what they should eat to be sustainable and healthy ally think the failure of what dr spring

so with respect to carbon dioxide emissions, the trump rule would reduce carbon dioxide emissions, carbonpollution emissions by only 2.7% of what the obama administration would have done, 2.7% of what the rule that they're replacing would have done. with respect to sulfur dioxide, the trump plan reduces sulfur dioxide emissions by only 1.9% of what the obama administration rule would have done. and when it comes to ny nitrus oxide, the trump proposal, the trump plan reduces nitrus oxide by only 2.5% compared to what the obama provisions would have done. and if you take all of these together, you can see it's a really anemic -- it's really an anemic proposal that takes us way, way backwards compared to where we were. that's why i support senator cardin's efforts here on the floor with a vote tomorrow to say no, to say no to the trump administration's efforts to roll back the progress on clean air, to roll back the progress on clean water because a lot of that air pollution settles in places like the chesapeake bay, and to roll back progress on climate change which we know is hitting our co

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and, mr deputy speaker, a target on its own does not bring down emissions. action does.ment's record. we are a country that has shown that economic and environmental success can go hand—in—hand. we've cut our emissions by over 40%, faster than any other g20 country, while growing our economy by more than two—thirds. that includes a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions since the conservatives returned to office in 2010. theresa villiers. that's it for thursday in parliament. i do hope you canjoin me on bbc parliament on friday evening at 11pm for the week in parliament, the programme that does what it says on the tin. thank you for watching. bye for now. hello. given that we've seen so much in the way of rain and some pretty hefty showers over the past few days, in many parts of the british isles, you've probably forgotten there's another face to be had from autumn. it's the quieter, still, misty, sort of chilly starts to the days, and if that's the thing you've been hankering after, that ridge of high pressure will eventually topple its way towards the british isles, but

and is intended to help cities see what changes they could make to lower emissions. hong kong map application used by pro—democracy protesters, saying it's learned that the app has been used in ways that endanger the police and vulnerable residents. it's the second u—turn by apple over the app and some say another big us company bowing to beijing. sharanjit leyl is in singapore. this didn't take long. not long at all. all it took was one day, it seems. they removed it after a sharply worded response in the official chinese media, the people's daily paper. the app has, according to apple, being used in ways that endanger law enforcement and residents, as you say. apple initially rejected the app, which uses data from protesters on the ground from its store, but it later somehow appeared on the store, and they have verified with the hong kong cyber security and technology crime bureau that the app has been used to target and ambush police. although it has since been removed from apple store, a website version appears to remain active and there is also a version on goog

the air filter are best in class with few emissions. i'm going to skip that because you don't care about traffic. the vast majority of my neighbors and friends, we walk to this coffee shop, and we love it. it's an important part of ourto embrace urban living, neighborhood community, living in close proximity to neighbors with different businesses and interests and their ideas and i encourage businesses in our backyards. thank you for your consideration. i encourage the board to approve this plan as i believe this will prove to be a substantial improvement to our neighborhood. thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. my name is barbara. and i'm one of the moms in the neighborhood that the opponents talk about. i have two children that have been in noe valley for 20 years. both of my kids go to school in noe valley. they walk by there every day. first of all it's a community place, i think we all got that message. but one thing that really makes me think is about the pollution they mentioned and i don't k

but actually uk carbon emissions have gone down 42% since 1990.roduced as less is manufactured here in the uk. now that's happened without much effort from us. the next stage in emissions reduction is going to be very different, according to the new report. there has to be a major shift to public transport. 0ur homes need to be better insulated, our heating systems low carbon. the report says we'll also have to eat less meat and dairy and drive down emissions from agriculture. some cows produce less methane than others. meet the low carbon cow. the difference between the most polluting animal and the least polluting animal is about a0%. our hope is to keep breeding using these less polluting animals. so you're trying to breed a kind of race of super low carbon cows. ultimately, that's the goal. that's the goal? yes. but the report warns we will only be willing to make these changes with incentives from government, and by pushing up the prices of high carbon products and activities. chris stark, the head of the committee on climate change, the body

the red is a projection for the highest emission scenarios. and you can see quite clearly the difference if we choose a more intensive emissions reductions pathway. below that frame is a graphic on arctic sea ice extent which isn't a good news story no matter what scene now pick, quite frankly because even with a high emissions reduction scenario we're still looking at something near 50% reduction. but with the higher emissions scenario, you see near 100% reduction of sea ice extent in the arctic in september. and the large graphic shows the difference that would happen with these two emission scenarios with regard to sea level rise going out to 2300. so stark, stark difference depending on what action pathway we take. next slide, please. clearly there are implications for marine sustainability and security. since about 1950, many species have undergone shifts in their geographic range and seasonal activity due to warming, sea ice change, chemical changes to their habitats. in general eco systems are moving polar. our warming has contributed t

but actually uk carbon emissions have gone down 42% since 1990.actured here in the uk. now that's happened without much effort from us. the next stage in emissions reduction is going to be very different according to the new report. there has to be a major shift to public transport. 0ur homes need to be better insulated, our heating systems low carbon. the report says we'll also have to eat less meat and dairy and drive down emissions from agriculture. some cows produce less methane than others. meet the low carbon cow. the difference between the most polluting animal and the least polluting animal is about a0%. our hope is to keep breeding using these less polluting animals. so you're trying to breed a kind of race of super low carbon cows. ultimately, that's the goal. that's the goal? yes. but the report warns we will only be willing to make these changes with incentives from government, and by pushing up the prices of high carbon products and activities. chris stark, the head of the committee on climate change, the body that commissioned the be

should we worry about aviation emissions?be very concerned, it is a huge source of emissions and we should be careful about the pollution we put into the atmosphere. thank you. justin rowlatt speaking to me earlier. finally, for some people the big talking point of the week wasn't the climate change protests, the latest twists and turns of brexit or turkey's military action in syria — but a social media spat involving coleen rooney, wife of wayne. she told her more than i million twitter followers... she said she also made sure only one account could access those stories and that that instagram account belonged to rebekah vardy. lizo mzimba reporting there. just in case you haven't been following those developments, rebekah vardy is the wife of another england footballer, jamie. not everyone was impressed by the prominence given by bbc news — including that report on wednesday's news at six — to what was dubbed the "wagatha christie affair". quite frankly, i'm astounded and astonished that the bbc had this as a main news item

we may look for the netherlands as a world leader in animal welfare low emissions minimal use of pesticides no other country does that better than us but we don't get the respect to 17000000 dutch inhabitants nor the dutch government so that's why we're leaving for the hague now . what followed was a go slow one the netherlands roads that lead to a nightmare rush hour for many the protest is part of an angry reaction to reports the largely blamed farmers for spiralling nitrogen emissions the farm owners feel they've been unfairly targeted while other sectors such as air travel are escaping scrutiny and it's great news docs keep the strange thing is that more planes are allowed to fly at steeple airports and there are no restrictions no limitations while they emit lots of c o 2 and also the dutch harbor's all industry they pollute the air but it's up to us the farmers who have to improve. with their exports bringing in 1000000000000 euros to the dutch economy last year farmers feel they hold serious sway among their demands and no further limits on the number of animals they can keep and an

>> sfmta has operated zero emission electric trolley coaches for decades. in 2007, we adopted the hybrid electric buses. in 2016, we incorporated the engine start stop feature on our hybrid buses to reduce emissions and noise. earlier this year, we launched a green zone pilot program. this is when one of our specially adopted hybrid electric buses enters a designated green zone. g.p.s. device triggers and switching to battery mode only. as part of this resolution that we adopted in 2018, one of the commitments for sfmta was to conduct a battery electric bus pilot program. we intend to run the pilot program for a period of over a year, at least a year, and we intend to test battery buses from three manufacturers. they are the leading battery bus manufacturers in north america at the moment. there are several reasons why we are conducting this pilot program with several manufacturers. not only are we going to compare those buses side-by-side, but we are going to compare them with our hybrid buses and trolley buses, and then the pilot will be used to evaluate

auto emissions are california's single largest source of greenhouse gases.e last month minnesota and new mexico joined 10 other states in adopting california's more stringent air quality rules in a rebuke to the trump administration. for more we are here in san francisco and los angeles. there we're joined by mary nichols, the long time chair of the california air resources board and she's led the board in cracking the internationally recognized climate action plan. she is known as the queen of green. and here in san francisco, we're joined by michael brune, executive director of the sierra club. welcome to democracy now!. mary nichols, let's begin with you. what exactly is the trump administration trying to do? mary: well, they announced almost two years ago their goal which is to eradicate the standards that had been voluntarily agreed to by the state, the federal government, and the auto industry under president obama. so this is part of the broader campaign to erase from the books every accomplishment really of the obama administration but in this case ,