biden, was part of of the problem. absolutely. that s the same thing we ve been true. have it done by russia and other countries like that. i mean, it s complete madness, totally hypocritical. what he could have added is, okay, chinas not going, russia s not going, india is going but i think very reluctant to change much in terms of coal use in india. so you basically got about 40% of the world s outputters of c o2 who are not going to budge an inch and the rest of us are supposed to have extensive energy in return. it doesn t make sense. todd: quickly, he can t even pass his own agenda with his own party and that agenda includes a huge climate change component. now he s playing big shot on the world stage. how ridiculous does the united states look because of that? well, the truth of it is, ever since the afghanistan
basically they are not going to do very much about that till 2030? this is the big problem that critics have with the paris climate deal and other related initiatives and the kyoto accords before that is that it puts so much burden on the united states and western europe and other advanced economies that have actually reduced their carbon output. the united states achieved that by in large by the natural gas revolution that occurred with fracking, so that you have a decline in coal use and more natural gas, a little bit has come from renewables. that was technology. that wasn t government regulation. anyway, china continues to increase its carbon output frankly because i think it is not as concerned as the western elite you see gathering in glasgow about the threat of climate change or the correlation of human carbon output to that change. eric: he did address and acknowledge the rise in gas prices here in our country. here s what the president said about the issue of gasoline.
of net zero that we talked about at paris six years ago and to turn them into hard, sharp deliverables in terms of reducing coal use, reducing the use of internal combustion engines, planting millions of trees, and getting the cash that the world needs to finance green technology. that s what we are trying to do. let s stay with the row over post brexit fishing between the uk and france. the french have brought back from tuesday there will be extra inspections ports for fishing tuesday there will be extra inspections ports forfishing boats and trucks entering or coming out of the uk. earlier, i spoke to the president and chairman of the ports of calais and boulognejean marc puissesseau
emissions by 68% on 1990 levels. we have already done 44%, that is a massive achievement. and we are doing that through technology. but through technology that allows us to deliver hundreds of thousands of high wage, high skilljobs. that is the plan. in september, you rated the chances of success in glasgow at six out of ten. i would say about the same now. everybody needs to focus. what the uk has been trying to do is to take the abstract concepts of net zero that we talked about at paris six years ago and to turn them into hard, sharp deliverables in terms of reducing coal use, reducing the use of internal combustion engines, planting millions of trees, and getting the cash that the world needs to finance green technology. that s what we are trying to do.
of thousands of high wage, high skilljobs. that is the plan. in september, you rated the chances of success in glasgow at six out of ten, what would you say now? i would say about the same now. everybody needs to focus. what the uk has been trying to do is to take the abstract concepts of net zero that we talked about at paris six years ago and to turn them into hard, sharp deliverables in terms of reducing coal use, reducing the use of internal combustion engines, planting millions of trees, and getting the cash that the world needs to finance green technology. that s what we are trying to do. we can bring you a quick update.