We are in a good position to start cutting down emissions hard and fast. I think that paris will help. We know that the trajectory we are on at the moment with the Greenhouse Gas emissions will land about four degrees warming by the end of the century. We will alter the trajectory so we will be aiming more likely that about 2. 7 degrees. Its not enough but its good, but good start. We know we want to stay down below two degrees. How are we going to do that . I started thinking about the drawdown from the atmosphere and i met Richard Branson in 2007. He invited me to his home in the British Virgin islands and he had his we start but the problem. Richard expressed skepticism that humans could act fast enough to reduce emissions. He just thought it was a good happen. He thought what he could do was offer a prize to help Foster Technology and would have the potential to draw at least one part of carving out a deficit every year. We start this thing called the virgin challenge. I sit on the
And all around the region right now, we have temperatures that are right down into the teens to mid teens around the bay to near 10 degrees. Next weather and traffic on the 1s a look at our hour by hour windchill changes for the day ahead. The cold weather is already you cause something changes thorn. Anne arundel county schools are on a two hour delay. D. C. Has as activated its cold emergency plan. Additional warming shelters will be set up for homeless people. And strict animal cruelty laws are in effect. Youre reeminded not to leave your dog outside on a leash or you could face a 5 500 fine. Youll need the full gear today. Megan mcgrath is live in woodbridge with some chilly commuters. I know you told your kids hats glove scarves. Shes so cold shes blue. Reporter im blue . Oh no. That would probably be a white balance issue, not the cold here. A technical glitch. But we live in Anne Arundel County so my kids have a two hour delay. So they were all snug and lisa sleeping in when i l
The countries of the European Union have agreed to force themselveses to reduce the emissions of Greenhouse Gaseses 40 from they were in 1990, and do it in the next 16 years. Some countries will vugle to meet the targets layed out in the plan, others are already zooming ahead. But today we with wonder if the United States wanted to commit itself to such a target could that goal be reached without huge expense, without enormous sacrifice, without a lower standard of living. Is promising to reach such a goal grounded in achievable incremental steps toward efficiency, or a techno logical hail mary pass. Crossing your fingers that someone will eventually invent something, and well all sit down to a nice Carbon Neutral free lunch. They have agreed to slash their greenhouse emissions by 40 , and do it by 2030. It was not easy, not at all. But we with managed to reach a fair decision. It sets europe on an ambitious yet Cost Effective climate, and energy path. Climate change is one of the Bigg
The countries of the European Union have agreed to force themselveses to reduce the emissions of Greenhouse Gaseses 40 from they were in 1990, and do it in the next 16 years. Some countries will vugle to meet the targets layed out in the plan, others are already zooming ahead. But today we with wonder if the United States wanted to commit itself to such a target could that goal be reached without huge expense, without enormous sacrifice, without a lower standard of living. Is promising to reach such a goal grounded in achievable incremental steps toward efficiency, or a techno logical hail mary pass. Crossing your fingers that someone will eventually invent something, and well all sit down to a nice Carbon Neutral free lunch. They have agreed to slash their greenhouse emissions by 40 , and do it by 2030. It was not easy, not at all. But we with managed to reach a fair decision. It sets europe on an ambitious yet Cost Effective climate, and energy path. Climate change is one of the Bigg
A post brexit trade deal are continuing overnight, after a British Government source said the eus offer remained unacceptable. A decision is due sometime on sunday about whether enough progress has been made to carry on negotiaions. Both sides have warned that no deal is now the most likely outcome. Our political correspondent, iain watson reports. In brussels, the briefest of glimpses of the uks chief negotiator. He is locked in talks behind closed doors with his eu counterparts to see if a deal is possible in the next 2a hours. But indications tonight are not positive. A government source told the bbc talks are continuing overnight and, as things stand, the offer on the table from the eu remains unacceptable. The mood around the talks, like the weather, is rather gloomy. In fact, the only agreement that might be reached this weekend between downing street and the eu is to halt the negotiations and move towards no deal. Downing street says, to reach agreement, the eu must recognise th