We go through monday and tuesday, but here it is. This High Pressure is set to build through the middle part of the week. We havent had High Pressure with us for quite some time, and that should allow a bit more in the way of dry settled and some sunshine to look forward to. Thanks. And thats bbc news at ten. As new figures emerge about the temperature of the oceans, and whether this countrys infrastructure is up to it, well pull apart our Climate Targets and how we might meet them. The chair of the worlds top body on the science the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is with us in the studio. Why afghan migrants trying to find homes in this country find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place. Were joined by an afghan refugee facing homelessness in southend and the chair of the local government association. Things have changed. And as disney phases out dvds in australia, are Physical Media doomed as people switch to streaming, or do Vinyl Records show us the dangers o
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the paris agreement, which set out the framework for international community to try and lower emissions ultimately, says countries will hold global average temperature rises to well below 2 degrees, and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5. as it s signed, the un s intergovernmental panel on climate change, the ipcc, are asked to produce a report on the difference between 1.5 and 2 degrees of warming. that came out in 2018. it found things like sea level rise is projected to be around 0.1 metres lower at 1.5 compared to 2 degrees. without adaptation, that could mean 10 million fewer people affected. the risk of irreversible ecosystem loss would also be lower. at 1.5 degrees, for example, a further 70?90% of coral reefs would be lost. at 2 degrees, it s more than 99%. and ice free arctic summers would be kept to once a century rather than once a decade. to keep temperature rises below 1.5, it suggested emissions would need to be almost halved by 2030,