for example, the president said they would no longer fund coal power stations outside of china. they planned to be carbon neutral outside of 2050, later than many western countries. there were hopes that they would do more. they ve continue with the line, which they always have had to be honest, which is other countries industrialised first, notably the united states. they ve been chucking carbon emissions into the atmosphere for 150 years or so and the chinese like to point out so much current emissions, of which they are number one, but historical accumulative emissions, and under that reckoning, the us is the number one with about one quarter of emissions in the air at the moment is coming from us
we need to end our alliance and feels fast. relies on fossil fuels fast. nick mabey is ceo of esg, an independent european climate change think tank. he s at the cop26 conference in glasgow. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme at this early hour. let s look at that pledged to move away from carbon. how worthwhile is such a pledge when those heavily coal dependent economies like china, the us and australia haven t signed up to it? actually, it was really big news yesterday, we got some of the big countries who had plans, lots more new coal power stations, south africa, pledging to come off coal with funding to get rid of coal power in a few decades, which is usual stop the us can signup thatis is usual stop the us can signup that is more to do with the senator from washington sitting there. america has turned off a lot of coal power stations even
been praying and this was our community s miracle. always good to talk to you- community s miracle. always good to talk to you. thank community s miracle. always good to talk to you. thank you. 18 countries have signed up to a plan to stop using coal fired power plants, in the latest major deal at cop26. it brings the total number of nations now backing the agreement to 40. let s get more from our chief political correspondent, adam fleming, who s at the conference in glasgow. we watch with interest to see what moore comes out. what can you tell us about the latest deal? i moore comes out. what can you tell us about the latest deal? us about the latest deal? i would reall like us about the latest deal? i would really like to us about the latest deal? i would really like to see us about the latest deal? i would really like to see the us about the latest deal? i would really like to see the small- us about the latest deal? i would really like to see the small print | really
firm pledges. i was reading only 12 out of 20 countries committed to net zero. what exactly, nic, did they agree on in rome? reporter: well, they agreed not on the net zero for 2050, which was the aspiration and that s what only 12 nations agreed to. the nearest they could get to was net zero sometime before 2060. they couldn t agree on stopping the use of coal in power stations at home. they did agree on stopping the financing of coal power stations internationally, i.e.,, each individual station. not stopping power generating stations by the end of the year. that was a small step. these by and large missed the target, missed the aspirations, missed the hopes and that was done by antonio gutierrez. while i commend the g20 for its