we're going to low carbon. the pace, the scope, the scale remains in some state of uncertainty. there. so in california's case as an example, they say, okay, we're going to net zero by 2045. we looked at that in great detail at our organization energy futures initiative. and we looked at 33 technology pathways to meeting that 40% reduction in just over a decade. we found that actually it could be done. i grew up in california. the gold rush and oil fuel past fortunes. going forward, the california energy commission has declared clean tech will define its future. you have an ambitious target to go 100% renewable by 2045. is it overly ambitious? >> so it's absolutely achievable. and to those who believe it's mythology, i would just point out what's happened in the last ten years. so we've tripled renewable energy production in the state of california over the last decade, renewables have fallen radically in price. so go back to 2000, solar energy was about 50 cents a kilowatt hour. we're getting bids of two cents a kilowatt hour. falling almost 90% in the last decade. so there's i

clear that we will need a certain amount of gas as we go to a certain amount of gas as we go to a low carbonbeen taking to the streets to demand that the government does better and go faster so whilst we acknowledge that we need some gas in that transition we don't need to roll out a new fossil fuel when we should be focusing on renewals and opportunities that a low carbon economy could provide. if there is room for natural gas, could a small fracking organisation be a possibility? i think what the victory today shows that from nottingham, to lancashire, to yorkshire is that people don't want it. they are concerned about the environment. the fracking industry has done nothing but lie and push against local people's...” has done nothing but lie and push against local people's. .. i imagine what the industry would argue is that it what the industry would argue is thatitis what the industry would argue is that it is new and you cannot always tell the risk and there was a time when the government accepted that and said it is a kind of co ntrolla ble and said it is a kind of controllable risk and

future, that will take 20 yea rs, low carbon future, that will take 20 years, probably, before we cant means that we produce it somewhere else, so it is not sensible from a climate change perspective, from an economic perspective, because the government will not be able to raise the billions of pounds in revenues and royalties that they could possibly obtain from this reduction if it was proven that could build new hospitals and schools and make things better for all of us. new hospitals and schools and make things betterfor all of us. that would be lost, we would simply have to import the gas from the middle east, from the us, from nigeria, wherever, but we will not be producing so much ourselves. when we probably could, we don't know whether we could yet, it is still unproven. but the report, just to quote moore, further detailed geo— mechanical analysis is needed to evaluate before you can see whether this can resume in a safe sustainable way with minimal disturbance to those living and working nearby. you seem dismissive of that, the impact of people who are living on this? no, i

that will allow us to have that security, as we make the transition to the low carbon economy.. if we can then reform the tax system at the top end to make sure the wealth that is held and avoided, tax avoiders have to pay their fair share and that goes back into the basic income. thank you for that question. the maximum wage paid to any member of staff in an organisation should not exceed that ten times paid to the lowest paid worker, does that apply to old trafford ? worker, does that apply to old trafford? applies to manchester united? it applies to manchester united. how will it work? if manchester united want to pay their players a massive amount of money, according to the pay ratio, they need to lift the play of the lease paid in the club, less than ten times, the ten to one ratio. some players are on half £1 million a week. i cannot do the maths, but that is... it is 50,000, isn't it? inequality hurts us all, it damages our society. to have those massive differences, wealth differentials, it is something that is not good for the kind of world we should be living in. when

you will be happy to know that today we have the lowe carbon footprint in the cement world. rajini: it has not bee. emissions from the cement industry contribute to global warming three or four times mors than aviation becoming carbon-negative requires a huge investment in cutting-edge technology to remove the remaining carbon dioxide. why is cement so dangerous to the planet? it is all in the way that it is produced. temperatures 4000 degrees celsius, and that emits carbon dioxide, as does the burning of the fuel to heat the kiln. the company aims to reduce those levels first by using renewable fuels. here, then do is -- bambo is coal. lybamboo grows rapidn wasteland but cannot be used for much else. different types of waste are being used as fuel. waste material from powerd stations is ad the mix of ingredients, reducing the need for limestone. why not justs use les cement? is difficult to even environmentalists concede. >> in the years to comindia's going to rely more on cements. i dol't think it is practi but in the longer run we can do it. we cannot eliminate cement comp

sector, and we need to tackle that, because every sector has to be part of the transition to a low-carbononomy. laura: it is not the first time musicians have spoken out about the issue. last week coldplay announced it was why they would not go on tour with their latest album. ♪ laura: and fans of billie ellish can earn free concert tickets by fighting climate change. >> ♪ really hurt meba really hurt me how can you have a day without a night ♪ laura: given that fans tend to idolize their favorite bands and artists, it is hoped that if more musicians act sustainably, it will encourage more of us to do the same.st laura , bbc news. nuala: right, finally, we couldn't go without mentioning the big day. millions of americans have beenw settlingfor a turkey dinner as they celebrate thanksgiving, and u.s. astronauts on the international space station made sure they did not miss out. >> we have got vegetables, of course, green beans and potatoes that will warm up. >> there is the winner, the turkey. >> and of course, smoked turkey in a pouch. [laughter] nuala:h. smoked turkey in a po how exactly

actually are going to save the planet it's they do not want to allow was the time to move to a low carbon economy what they want to do instead is cut saw net carbon to 0 by what in the next 20 years that would mean no more cars no more electric stay no more heating of your homes it returns it returns britain to the stone age you're talking about us exaggerating the risk of climate change which is a genuine. and then if the time you mention going back to you could make a stone age back to the dark age that's not going to happen does need to be a change in how we look at the economy and it needs serious thinking but just trying to guess because in terms of the dark ages to just complete nonsense there is no alternative put forward really except we're going to change the economic system become explained how they're going to change the economic system and the wiser people to carry on living the decent lifestyles and improve their lifestyles over time gets a film appears on television and says we need to end the myth of perpetual economic growth that's easy to say if you're from sweden i can r

and can be made even more low carbon so there are going to have to be some lifestyle changes for peopleho are over consuming but that doesn't mean that it's all contraction. >> host: i want to follow up to that. a 16-year-old from sweden, why do you think that her voice out of so many has designated? >> i think that it's a complicated question to be honest with you. i think that there are many voices as well who should be resonating and who have been trying to get the world's attention for a very long time. you know, i've been going to the un climate summit for about a decade now, and there is an incredibly powerful voices coming from the marshall islands. there was an incredible speech made at the united nations in 2014 with a woman from the marshall islands, a young woman named kathy who wrote a poem to her nine -month-old baby and she read it to the assembled country representatives and it was an incredible speech that should have gone as viable as any of her speeches. so i think i point this out there have been other moments like a few years later when a tyson hit the philippines at

and we need to try and tackle that, because every sector has to be part of the transition to a low—carbons issue. last week, coldplay announced it was why they wouldn't go on tour with their latest album. and fans of billie eilish can earn free concert tickets by fighting climate change. # really hurt me, baby. # really cut me, baby. # how can you have a day without a night? given fans tend to idolise their favourite bands and artists, it is hoped that if more musicians are seen to be acting sustainably, it will encourage more of us to do the same. laura foster, bbc news. millions of americans have been sitting down for their turkey dinner as they celebrate thanksgiving, and us astronauts on the international space station won't be missing out. that is the crew on board, showing off the less—than—slap—up meal they will be enjoying. we've got vegetables, of course, green beans and potatoes that we will warm up. and of course, smoked turkey in a pouch. we have seen plenty of celebrations already across the states, despite the best efforts of the weather to ruin things. the giant balloons in

and the longer we wait for low carbon fuels the more greenhouse gases we will emit, warming the planetcan do now? this is what's wrong. this we need to change! some people are taking to the streets, saying we should stop flying altogether. the government has to act. act now, before it's too late! a new phrase has entered the language: flight shaming. the duke of sussex and his wife have faced criticism after newspapers claimed they flew privately four times in eleven days over the summer. some celebrities have had to defend their behaviour. i don't fly as much as i did because of my carbon footprint. and i plant a lot of trees. do you fly economy to reduce your carbon footprint? i bloody don't, no. far too old for that. it's making some of us look a bit closer at the impact of our flying. including callum taggart and ellie moore, who live on the isle of man. it's so easy these days to book a flight and they're so cheap. it's just how quickly can i get from a to b? 12 months ago, after years of saving, they took the holiday of a lifetime to south america. during our trip we took around

and we need to try and tackle that, because every sector has to be part of the transition to a low—carbon coldplay announced it was why they wouldn‘t go on tour with their latest album. and fans of billie eilish can earn free concert tickets by fighting climate change. # really hurt me, baby. # really cut me, baby. # how can you have a day without a night? given fans tend to idolise their favourite bands and artists, it is hoped that if more musicians are seen to be acting sustainably, it will encourage more of us to do the same. laura foster, bbc news. a climate city and is under way in sydney. let‘s take a look. we heard from phil mercer earlier in the programme. these pictures are coming live from sydney. you can see a lot of young people there. it‘s called the bushfire response, responding to the bushfire response, responding to the bushfires that have devastated parts of new south wales and queensland. they believe climate change has contributed to those bushfires. it is 2a minutes past noonin bushfires. it is 2a minutes past noon in sydney as those people gathered to protest. millio

nuclear which is a 0 carbon technology today they do not want to allow was the time to move to a low carbon economy what they want to do instead. it's cutoff net carbon to 0 by what in the next 20 years that would mean no more coming house because more like a state if no law heating of your homes it returns it returns britain to the stone age and that is something that i think we need to fight against because i do 6 truly dangerous let me also let me say that it's all very old veins and it is although he said it is all it is although they say it is all it is all very open if you used to talk about it it is all very easy for you to talk about not wanting economic growth as gretta from the those bought it's always phones and to do that if you are rich like gretta harder to do that if you are subsistence farmer in nigeria we have lifted that shape 1000000000 people i don't think you have again the past 10 years of war you guys want. people to medieval paul to take over your own how because he has a population gives thing tony what do you make when they're bringing people unnecessarily. wow i n

because every sector has to be part of the transition to a low carbon economy. # i hear jerusalem bells about this issue. last week, coldplay announced it was why they wouldn't go on tour with their latest album. # my missionaries in a foreign field. # duh. and fans of billie eilish can earn free concert tickets by fighting climate change. # really hurt me, baby. # really cut me, baby. # how can you have a day without a night? given fans tend to idolise their favourite bands and artists, it is hoped that if more musicians are seen to be acting sustainably, it will encourage more of us to do the same. laura foster, bbc news. i love that song. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willets. good afternoon. there is lingering rain, particularly for england and wales this afternoon. we are seeing brighter skies filtering down from the north with the sunnier skies. drier weather is in the outlook but it will feel much colder. let me explain why. the low pressure and its attendant weather front i moving southwards to allow this northerly wind and a ridge of high pressure to move i

this solar farm in sussex is one relatively small part of the answer as the uk tries to go low carbon ends up in charge faces a monumental challenge. and notjust overseeing many more of these, but also wind energy. thousands more turbines out at sea and maybe on the land as well. greening our homes, moving away from gas as the main source of heat, and cleaning up how we get around, ditching diesel and petrol. it‘s a huge task. but is this transformation possible? the modern british economy was founded on carbon — burning fossilfuels. changing that will touch every aspect of our lives. but the government‘s climate advisers say that must be attempted. when we think about the things that need to be done to get to that goal of net zero emissions, it is absolutely enormous. it involves things in every sector of the economy and, of course, we need government policies in every sector of the economy to deliver that. and we will need to see in the manifestos that come forth in the next election whether those policy commitments are there. it‘s essential that they are. this comes as we hear that

this solar farm in sussex is one relatively small part of the answer as the uk tries to go low carbonange, more or less rapidly, so whoever ends up in charge faces a monumental challenge. and notjust overseeing many more of these, but also wind energy. thousands more turbines out at sea and maybe on the land as well. greening our homes, moving away from gas as the main source of heat, and cleaning up how we get around, ditching diesel and petrol. it's a huge task. but is this transformation possible? the modern british economy was founded on carbon — burning fossilfuels. changing that will touch every aspect of our lives. the government's climate advisers say that must be attempted. when we think about the things that need to be done to get to that goal of net zero emissions, it is absolutely enormous. it involves things in every sector of the economy and, of course, we need government policies in every sector of the economy to deliver that. and we will need to see in the manifestos that come forth in the next election whether those policy commitments are there. it's essential that th

this solar farm in sussex is one relatively small part of the answer as the uk tries to go low carbony, so whoever ends up in charge faces a monumental challenge. and notjust overseeing many more of these, but also wind energy. thousands more turbines out at sea and maybe on the land, as well. greening our homes, moving away from gas as the main source of heat, and cleaning up how we get around — ditching diesel and petrol. it‘s a huge task. but is this transformation possible? the modern british economy was founded on carbon — burning fossilfuels. changing that will touch every aspect of our lives. but the government‘s climate advisers say that must be attempted. when we think about the things that need to be done, to get to that goal of net—zero emissions, it's absolutely enormous. it involves things in every sector of the economy and, of course, we need government policies in every sector of the economy to deliver that. and we will need to see in the manifestos that come forth in the next election whether those policy commitments are there. it's essential that they are. this comes

and what we do here is focus on electrifycation of low-carbon fuels. if you are in louisiana you are probably working on propane in school buses so it's all different in how we contribute. san francisco established its clean cities coalition in 1994. so the work we are doing here today and talking about today has a 25-year lineage within the city of san francisco. each year the coalitions gather for a peer exchange. we get together and talk about best practices, what we are working on and the department of energy makes awards. and so this year we received two. one was for the greatest energy use impact for renewable diesel. and the second one is -- and i'll talk about them separately. so you know about renewable diesel. we've been using it since 2015. and that's our greatest energy use impact. we are one of the largest municipal users. we use 7 million-gallons a year. that'that saves 25,000-tons of greenhouse gas a here. that credit goes to tom fung who is in the back. they did a lot of the heavy lifting to make this happen in 2015. so tom, thank you v

it is low carbon, aa rated.uildings or retrofitting buildings or making new buildings that are low to zero carbon is not really a big technology risk. plant-based food. there is no shortage of deals. there is just not an effective infrastructure to find what you are looking for, which helps us a lot because most of our business comes from that. holdes me, where are the in the infrastructure? let's take a look at water. it is something that is touted as a scarcity in many parts of the world, which could lead to war even. it is something that needs to be addressed. robert: absolutely. until now, most people in power do not want to price water what it should be priced. 70% of water is used for agriculture. most of the farmers do not pay for it. i know the politics of charging water for the farmers. i see that. as long as you are giving something away for free or relatively low cost, people will run the taps, people will waste water. farmers will not look for effective ways of using less water and developing new cro

as we transition to the low carbon economy, which we think should also be able to cut the cost of livingcent public transport, home insulation cutting energy costs,. anna: it does sound as if you would support jeremy corbyn in number 10. would that be in a coalition or confidence in supply? jonathan: we have said we wouldn't go into coalition. we would much prefer a confidence in supply arrangement if the terms were right, on a case-by-case basis. we feel that is a more effective way of holding a government's feet to the fire and make sure they take urgent action. we have shifted labour in a number of areas for the last few years, and want to continue to do that in the event of a labour minority government. jonathan: you have seven -- anna: you have seven mep's, but only one mp. you talked about the voting system and how that would be one of the redlines for supporting jeremy corbyn. what is the strategy this time for turning the seven mep's into more than one mp? jonathan: the european elections, we more than doubled the number of mep's, got 2 million votes and were first and second in

nejra: you've commented before that you are not investing in retail financials because they have a low carbonrint. you say that fossil fuels are inflationary when you say renewables are deflationary. you have a long short fund and in this one, you buy stakes in companies favored by green investors, you short firms failing to make the shift to sustainability. is it ethically problematic to be profiting by shorting from firms that are damaging the planet? >> i think that is a great question. we thought that the transitioning of not just the global energy system, but also investing in companies that are solving global environmental challenges is a long-term thematic theme. on the other hand, we also feel that in order to add a leg to the outflow is to be able to short companies that really are losing out to this transition, if you will. or inferiord assets technologies. it is a way of increasing the outflow. one is one where we are trying to extract. the short leg is really one that we don't think we have an ethical problem with, it is one where you are essentially increasing the cost of capital

completely reimagined utility and focusing on public safety and focusing on grounding and advancing the low carbongreen growth goals. >> i have my family in california and people are saying it's becoming unlivable because of the fires and the cost of living. talk about the horizon for a state like california, coming down on your shoulders and the rest of the state. >> let me just establish a couple of frames of reference. california is enjoying record surpluses as the federal government is enjoying record deficits. we are significantly outperforming the rest of the nation. our domestic product meaning our economic growth, we're the fifth largest economy in the world. 115 consecutive months of net job growth, remarkably, this fire season has been below average. we actually were able to suppress the vast majority of these fires and heroism up and down the state in ways that we haven't in the past and we've pre-positioned more assets than we've ever had and the states are operating in extreme ways and we'll tackle homelessness and 3.75 million and we put them in the budget to jump-start our efforts a

this solar farm in sussex is one relatively small part of the answer as the uk tries to go low carbonoverseeing many more of these, but also wind energy. thousands more turbines out at sea and maybe on the land as well. greening our homes, moving away from gas as the main source of heat, and cleaning up how we get around, ditching diesel and petrol. it‘s a huge task. but is this transformation possible? the modern british economy was founded on carbon — burning fossilfuels. changing that will touch every aspect of our lives. the government‘s climate advisers say that must be attempted. when we think about the things that need to be done to get to that goal of net zero emissions, it is absolutely enormous. it involves things in every sector of the economy and, of course, we need government policies in every sector of the economy to deliver that. and we will need to see in the manifestos that come forth in the next election whether those policy commitments are there. it's essential that they are. this comes as we hear that the past month was the hottest 0ctober ever recorded. and as 11,

subject of agriculture, there's also a lot of action in states to implement strategies called a low carbondard, which actually requires that people who produce fuels, oil companies and also biofuels manufacturers, that they reduce the carbon intensity of those fuels, and that also effectively puts a price on carbon by requiring reductions upstream and downstream in terms of the carbon intensity of those fuels. >> so when you talk about climate change, it's hard not to talk about the energy industry, it's hard to not talk about carbon. it's also hard to not talk about agriculture and the way we farm. is it sustainable the current system we have right now, and how are donald trump's policies affecting it? >> sure. well, you know, agriculture contributes to something on the order of 20 or 25% of our global emissions. and it's a sector that's very difficult for us to reduce emissions from because of the way in which we eat. and -- but agriculture is also, as a result, a huge opportunity. and there are plenty of methods. you know, you talk about trump's trade war in the last segment. and instea

labour says it wants to shift the uk towards a low—carbon, green economy. transformation fund worth £250 billion to be paid for through borrowing. housing is another core issue in the manifesto, the party says it will expand social and affordable housing, building 100,000 council homes a year in england by the end of the next five—year parliament. they've also promised to build 50,000 affordable homes. the conservatives, meanwhile, have put forward their own proposals to boost the housing stock, help first—time buyers and spend more on social care. let's get some more analysis on what we can expect. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is at the labour manifesto launch in birmingham. good morning. how much of a bounce will labour be hoping to get from this big launch today in the polls? i think they will really need one. certainly in 2017jeremy corbyn credited the manifesto is the very thing that gave him a boost to his flagging fortunes and he said it was a popular document, the star of the campaign so they are going to have to better that. i think perh

increase in that spending on things like transport, housing and how to make the transition to a low carbon wouldn't borrow for day—to—day spending, borrowing would be investment or a repeated similar commitment at this election, and that makes complete sense. if you compare public investment in this country with comparable developed countries, it is not where it needs to be in the uk. the last labour politician and government to hide yourjob was a man called liam byrne, who famously left a message for the incoming government to say, iam afraid for the incoming government to say, i am afraid there is no money left. is that going to happen if labour win the next election? no, and he was repeating an old parliamentary convention, it was not the job was repeating an old parliamentary convention, it was not thejob i do, he made a mistake and apologised. but the point is there was no money left! a gap that wasn't true at all. if you look at the demand for uk sovereign debt, which basically powers investment spending, there is no shortage of demand for that, people looking for a safe haven global

decarbonising capitalism, investing £100 billion ina capitalism, investing £100 billion in a low—carbon transforming other skills, well—being and life chances as never before. priority four, business. responsible businesses, tax reforms, superfast broadband, as well as industrial and regional strategy that reaches countrywide. priority five, investment in infrastructure not seen far too long. the bottom line is this— if you really want credible, sensible, sustainable public spending plans, vote for a party that will not damage our economy with brexit. vote for a party that will not hike up borrowing just to pay for ideology and a brexit. vote for a party that will not waste billions preparing for leaving the eu, and £33 billion just on divorce costs. if you want a greener, fairer, brighter future, vote liberal democrat. applause. i'm going to open this up now. thank you to the press, first of all, to a nswer you to the press, first of all, to answer any questions. members of the press, a few of you here, who wants to go first? you have announced a large amount of new spending here today

labour says it wants to shift the uk towards a low—carbon, green economy.y they'll set up a new green transformation fund, worth 250 billion pounds, to be paid for through borrowing, creating hundreds of thousands of ‘green apprenticeships‘. housing is another core issue in the manifesto — the party says it will expand social and affordable housing, building 100,000 council homes a year in england by the end of the next five—year parliament. they've also promised to build 50,000 affordable homes. the conservatives, meanwhile, have put forward their own proposals to boost the housing stock, help first—time buyers and spend more on social care. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in birmingham for us. what can we expect? what do you think the promises, the pledges in this manifesto, what will be the most eye—catching and gain the most traction? we are told there will be more headline announcements in this ma nifesto. more headline announcements in this manifesto. an awful lot is riding on this document, they were trailing theresa may at the last el

to make c o 2 recycling carbon neutral it has to use renewable energies in the future the bio reactors will be built next to large wind farms also low power plants the carbon dioxide can be filtered from the emissions coming from industrial plants and of course it's also possible to take c o 2 directly from the air. technically a lot is possible but it's also important that the process results in products that customers want to buy the chemical company called best road has developed a flexible foam with components that are about 20 percent c o 2 based these can be processed into objects such as mattresses. we could change to using c o 2 as a raw material without further ado petroleum is currently the cheapest source and it's also the most convenient way to get large amounts of carbon for the chemical industry but you could do it differently. carbon dioxide could be used to make the same products that are currently made with petroleum including car paints or plastics only great it cost petroleum can be replaced 9 9 but the chemical industry needs a complete overhaul to get ready for about transition. the chemicals industry is at leas

you know leon come to ruin the whole the virgin forest suffered from countries like these low the least the carbon emissions into the atmosphere though they're among those suffering the most from climate change but there are not really much measurements so it's a big huge data gap but now there's a new up there a tree in ronda just south was from here. the antennae of the rwanda climate observatory royce 50 meters into the air above the mountain go go. this is africa's 1st climate monitoring station. rwanda has been badly hit by climate change average temperatures here have already risen by 1.4 degrees celsius in the last 50 years. droughts and flash floods are becoming more common that's catastrophic for farmers on the slopes of mount mu go-go. the weather is crazy in rwanda the rainy season always used to be in march april and may these days that even rains in september we never know what to expect. rwanda needs reliable data so that it can better adapt to climate change. that's why a team of scientists here are monitoring ozone depleting c.f.c.'s and other greenhouse gases for the 1st time for

end up in the street the sash al-jazeera paris new zealand has passed a climate change low aimed at reducing its carbon emissions to 0 by 2050 the bill cleared parliament with near unanimous support and will require the government measures that will minimize the impact of climate change an independent commission will also be formed to monitor progress on reducing emissions prime minister december says she believes the law puts new zealand on the right side of history. italy is introducing mandatory lessons on climate change in all public schools lessons will be taught to pupils from primary 3 to high school it's the 1st country in the world to make studying sustainability and climate change compulsory the education minister says students will also be excused from class to take part in some climate change protest. the top stories here on al-jazeera at least 7 protesters have been killed as security forces broke up a sit in in the southern iraqi city of basra another $150.00 have been injured comes after at least 4 anti-government protesters were shot dead by security forces in baghdad a crackdown agains

what you don't see when i get low is carbon monoxide.ou're not going to be able to see it. now, notice that this door is closed. it's going to be important in just a few minutes. the room i want to show you for one sec is starting to cook right through that couch. we're getting low. it's cooking right through that couch and in about 45 seconds it's going to get very hot. steve kerber, we're going to move back. what's the temperature in here steve? what do we got? >> 400 degrees in the living room at the ceiling. >> reporter: 400 degrees and the air is obviously unbreathable. that's why in a situation like this you're going to want to stay low and go. the lower you are, the cooler it is and the cleaner the air is. so i'm going to be walking out of here on my knees. you can see you can't see anything behind us. there is a tunnel of clean air at the bottom and a funnel of that smoke up above us that is low as possible. watch that going out there. it's cooking now. we're going to go to the other side, and again, i'm going to do something for

them i'm sorry you can't do that what we need to do is to get the technology they see are too low or 0 carbon technology to be so cheap that it can outcompete fossil fuels that will only happen through innovation we're focusing way too much in putting existing are often inefficient solar panels up instead of investing lots more interview search and development to get the next generations of renewable so cheap that also india and china will want them and that brings us back to the 1st point you made doesn't that it requires more investment it requires more commitment and this is precisely what we're not saying we're not saying that necessarily from the united states we know in countries like australia for instance that relies heavily on coal why would they give up coal it's the biggest exporter that australia has when you look at things like this in this case this clash between what is a vested interest national interests and the global interest that's where the problems occur. oh absolutely but sand the point is right now we're promising policies just paris promises would cost in the order of

to subsidize coal producers and the oil and gas industry, open up public lands and let more carbon dioxide low. they had no plan other than to ramp up pollution as much as possible. host: 1200 scientists announced on monday that they declare what is happening worldwide with the climate as an emergent the. >> it is not 1200 it is 12,000 scientists. it was a global set of scientists that said we are reaching and surpassing the tipping point of what climate change will do. we are in a climate change emergency. emergencyin a climate , saying that government does not have a role in finding the solutions and guiding the policies to reduce our own greenhouse gas omissions and help the world, that is failing to understand the problem in crisis we are in. host: how should the trump administration respond to this climate emergency? guest: part of it is understanding what we know and don't know about climate change. of what that study indicated is because of human flourishing and because of increases in economic growth and airplane travel and more people having a test energy you will see an increase in g

of filtration of industrial wastewater is extremely important so i designed a low- cost eco-friendly efficient activated carbon from coconut shells, walnut shells and asked to remove heavy metal from industrial wastewater. >> amazing. for viewers i know a lot of countries need fresh drinking water. do you think a science technology where we can make a positive impact for the world? but definitely, more research, i feel science can really be the way to find more low cost effective alternatives to chemicals in our water so more people can be drinking safe water and will prevent a lot of the problems we have now. >> aren't they just incredible? congratulations to all three. i love the fact they are girls as well. >> 30 finalists around the country each awarded cash for a stem summer camp experience the final schools also have grants to benefit science programs. gr >> amazing, i know, congratulations. the beyonci son who runs the world? girls? >> yes. >> impressive. >> i wouldn't be surprised if they were leading a biotech firm in the silicon valley. >> they are future leaders for sure. >>> all right let's get a c

only on investing in the lower end of the energy cost curve, but now they need to be on the low end of the carbon me nicely to two questions in one -- does the aramco ipo change the game? number two is -- we talked about also what about companies in this part of the world -- how did they fit in with that? >> good question. own if you look at our versus 2014 -- 2040, we still think oil will be up 24% or so. obviously this is economic growth dependent. what i have noticed in this part of the world versus some of the other major companies in, say, your -- actually, if you look around here, i actually think some of the targets or some of those lower carbon projects i talked about, you don't really detail least outlined in . ultimately, if it's aramco or the other big oil companies, there is appreciation that the world is moving to a lower but it's aronment slower process. it is sort of adjusting your portfolio for returns and lower oil companywhatever it is. >> how are you adjusting that and what allocations are you looking for for renewable companies? some of ourooked at esg q scores and what type o

a new engine could offer fuel savings and potentially lower carbon emissions. lowe'saying they are looking for new offerings to benefit customers. in california, pg&e is warning of more backyards. it may cut power to 180,000 customers starting wednesday. that is due to a forecast of dry, windy weather. the shutoffs are designed to prevent powerlines from sparking wildfires, but the utility company has faced a backlash. leftmonth, some outages customers in the dark for days. that is your bloomberg business flash. nejra: thank you so much. let's talk u.s. retail now. u.s. economic growth could be at risk of slowing further in the fourth order as october figures showed weakness and a majority of retail categories. a number of retailers are reporting this week, kicking off -- on wednesday, we will get target and lowe's. we round out the week with nordstrom, gap, and macy's. manus: that will be a strong showing. jay powell has commented the consumer is really driving growth and has not shown signs of being jacked down by the weakness in manufacturing exports or business in

earth's surface they store as much carbon as all of the earth's living vegetation put together pete is formed when plants die and sink beneath standing water if the water is low in oxygen the plant material doesn't decompose but instead slowly turns into carbon which layers of peat they can be many meters thick if the peat thing catches fire it can continue to smolder for decades peat fires are very difficult to put out and release huge amounts of carbon dioxide as they burn. human beings have been draining bogs for thousands of years but in an era of climate change scientists say that trend has to be reversed around $4000000.00 hectares of wetlands that were once carbon sinks have been drained in the last few decades alone mostly to provide land for farming it's an issue all over the world. illegal yet after looking at africa for example about 20 percent of this bargain pete land in kenya nigeria has been put to agricultural use making it a source of greenhouse gases. in indonesia and southeast asia and there's a rapid deterioration as bokes being converted into palm oil plantations on. plan taj some projects like this one in germany are now seeking to resto

while we talk about the carbon tax, we have low hanging fruit that nobody wants to talk about or touch and it will have a greater impact and by the time the next president comes in, this problem is going to be far worse than where we are today. and that is where, in my mind, the juice isn't worth the squeeze for the political maneuvering that would have to be done for that. there is no consensus on what the federal tax or price for carbon should be. there is even greater disagreement within the left within the right on what to do with the revenue. do we decrease taxes? do we do something else? do we invest in infrastructure? >> or just give it back. >> or just give it back in dividends. both parties agree we need to fix the health care problem and we see how easy that is. it is a similar process with a carbon tax. i think we can be smarter about it. what we are talking about was a carbon tax is talking about sending a signal to the marketplace. the federal government can do that in one way and states can do that in a different way. carbon pricing does exist. we talked about a federal p