was banned in the uk last year. but that will now be extended to five other species hippos, killerwhales, walruses, narwhals, and sperm whales. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt has more details. this is where they store the animal and plant parts they have seized at the airport and i am joined by naturalist steve blackshaw. and through this door is a rather gruesome house of horrors. it is where they store the animal and plant parts that they ve seized at the airport. and i m joined by tv presenter and naturalist steve backshall. steve, i warn you, you re going to see some quite unpleasant things in here. shall we go in? yes, let s. so, a huge collection. you really do wonder why anybody would want some of these things. they re really shocking, some of them. yeah, the thing that gives the greatest immediate impact is obviously the big elephant tusks. and you very rarely see elephants with ivory like that any more. they re super, super rare. you know, when i was a kid
of funds and staff. that s the one they wanted. and humiliation for manchester united, thrashed 7 0 by bitter rivals liverpool at anfield. good evening. an historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved after more than a decade of international negotiations. the high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of the world s oceans by 2030. at the moment only a very small proportion, just i.2%, are protected. the deal, which was finalised at the united nations in new york, is being hailed as a significant step by environmental campaigners. 0ur climate reporter esme stallard has more.
we are seeing that it reflected in our own statistics for uk weather and climate. 0ur climate here in the uk has warmed by about1 degrees on average. uk has warmed by about1 degrees on averaue. . , uk has warmed by about1 degrees on averaie. .,, , ., , uk has warmed by about1 degrees on averaue. ., , . , .., average. last year s record temperatures average. last year s record temperatures drove - average. last year s record i temperatures drove wildfires. average. last year s record temperatures drove wildfires. houses in dartford, kent were consumed in the flames. drugs affected agriculture and left many reservoirs with unusually low water levels. water shortages led to hosepipe bans in some parts of the uk. meanwhile rouble greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. last year it expected to have been the fourth or fifth hottest year ever recorded worldwide and climate scientists believe that this year is likely to continue that trend. and justin is with me now. let s just p
it calculates that without human induced global warming we would expect a year as warm as last year once every 500 years. in the current climate we can expect one every three or four years. and last year s mild temperatures are part of a long term pattern. this graph shows the coldest and hottest years ever recorded in the uk. all the hottest years are within the last two decades and you can see this year tops them all with an average temperature of 10.03 celsius. the first time uk average annual temperatures have topped 10 degrees. the planet is warming up as a consequence of climate change, due to the emissions of greenhouse gases. and as the world is warming, we are seeing that reflected in our own statistics for uk weather and climate. 0ur climate here in the uk has warmed by about 1
climate change disasters that we see. tell us about the island nations proposal of the loss and damage response fund. what with that fund look like? right damage response fund. what with that fund look like? fund look like? right now, the fund looks like zero. fund look like? right now, the fund looks like zero. there fund look like? right now, the fund looks like zero. there is fund look like? right now, the fund looks like zero. there is nothing - fund look like? right now, the fund looks like zero. there is nothing in | looks like zero. there is nothing in it. g7 understanding in washington last septemberfor it. g7 understanding in washington last september for the global change, again, there is no funding in that either. so it is just as an not much is going on. meanwhile, our coral rates are reaching, the there is coastal erosion, the winds and waves are higher, and we are in distress. it is very difficult for us to survive in this situation. 0ur climate vulnerable countrie