as well as these headlined policies that obviously we need really within the corporate world, we need those long term policy frameworks that are really going to act as a trigger to mobilise finance into these low carbon areas. mobilise finance into these low carbon areas. ., ., , ., carbon areas. from the outside, to an one carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who is carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who is just carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who is just casually - carbon areas. from the outside, to anyone who isjust casually coming j anyone who is just casually coming to this, haggling over the difference between 1.5 degrees temperature rise, had an too, haggling over that not .5 difference, why is that so significance from funding and tackling climate change point of view? it tackling climate change point of view? , , , .., ., view? it is very significant from the real evidence view? it is very significant
intensive, not away from carbon completely, to some of the less intensive, of which gas is a case. that may increase demand for gas as we transition. you are right, we need to plan for this, because although i will be unpopular to saying this in some quarters, there is a case for investing in gas to support the transition, that needs to be thought about very carefully, because to do so would not necessarily be the wrong thing to do from climate change point of view. we need to think about the things very carefully. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: thin ice! why china s global image leaves olympic sponsors with a slippery situation. this is the moment that millions in iran have been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa s white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled
hoax? could you clarify that since apparently nobody else at the white house can. i have not had an opportunity to have that discussion. and so reporters have asked sean spicer repeatedly to please speak to the president this this and get back to us and he s not been able to do that. scott pruitt, the epa administrator, says there are climate exaggerators. he says there is change to climate and there are some human factors but he has widely been described as a critic of the climate change point of view of many who wanted the paris to go forward. he was counseling the president during part of the decision-making process so he s suggesting they never discussed the underlying issue of what does the president believe. that was frustrating to reporters, who think that there ought to be a simple answer about where does the president stand right now. if he says that he embraces climate change differently, of course that raises lots of other political questions, alex. and if he says he sti