of the global rebound in emissions and that is due to a large increase in coal use happening in china over the last year. globally, both gas and coal use is above where it was before the pandemic. it is only petrol use that is still below pre pandemic levels. we will be hearing from the boss from shall on the move to cleaner energy supplies. i am sure you may remember, this summer greece was ravaged by thousands of wildfires fanned by the country by the heat wave in decades. the greek prime minister blamed climate change for the blazes, which destroyed huge swathes of forest. with temperatures set to rise in the coming years, are the authorities doing enough to prevent megafires in the future? bethany bell, who reported on the fires this august, returns to see how people are dealing with the consequences of the catastrophe. this summer, greece was on
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hello, i m ros atkins here in the bbc newsroom. this outside source. our lead story: in britain, the mp at the heart of a heated row over standards in public life has said he s resigning his seat. every week on outside source, we produce an in depth look at one of the week s main stories for the bbc website and also for iplayer here in the uk. this week, we re looking at climate change again, and whether planting trees can make a difference. it s no longer controversial to say humans are causing climate change. but what we should do about it is less settled. borisjohnson is hosting the cop26 climate summit in glasgow and this is his mantra. we can get real on coal, cars, cash and trees. now coal, cars and cash remain difficult, pressing issues. but trees, you d think
commitments on trees, on forests, good for tackling climate change, you re seeing some important contributions on accelerating the move away from coal. you had a big announcement from japan today about money to get to the point. now, we ve got until middle of the month. we ve got less than two weeks to go. how much more progress can we make? that s the issue. and what everybody knows, what we have to achieve, everybody knows, but we have to do enough. we have to commit enough to reducing co2 output, reducing coal use, through stopping vehicular emissions from cars, planting more trees, funding new technology around the world. you have to have a program to enable us to say we kept alive the goal of only increasing
On the coastline near India's southern tip, workers toil on a pier carrying a conveyor belt that cuts a mile into the Indian Ocean where the azure waters are deep enough for ships to berth and unload huge cargoes of coal.