every single one? is an educational tool. deary me. which means they are probably listening to this, which is super meta. anyway, they ve got a whole load of questions about cop26. take it away. hello. i m rhian. and my question is, what exactly is cop26? that is the question, isn t it? we can t really go anywhere until we have answered this one. isabella? that s a great question. so, cop26 is a climate summit that is happening up in glasgow, and the uk are the hosts for this year. and what is so special about this climate conference, they happen every year, this was meant to be five years on from the paris agreement that happened. but because of covid it s been delayed by a year. so, cop26, this milestone, is when countries all around the world need to come together and put forward their plans on how they are going to meet the paris agreement, which is to keep warming,
that the government chooses to make this a flagship policy in their budget. what message does it send to the rest of the world about how seriously the hosts of cop26 take tackling climate change ? rachel, thanks for coming on newscast, we appreciate it, particularly given it was what, your 29th interview of the day? it is a pleasure talking to both of you. but it is the pre red wine interview. - well, they have all been pre red wine presumably. i don t know. i haven t had any red wine today, but i m looking forward to a glass this evening. cheers, rachel. cheers. well, actually, we can now glide into our next guest, because they are from the world wildlife fund for nature, the wwf. and it s isabella o dowd, their head of climate change. hello. good evening. just before we dive into cop26 and the climate change conference, which we are going to talk about, what do you think about the air passenger duty stuff for domestic flights?
welcome to bbc news. the headlines. in an exclusive interview with the bbc, the indonesian president says wealthier countries need to do more to get the world s poorer countries vaccinated. translation: i see that everyone has helped, - but in my opinion, it s not enough notjust for indonesia, but for all developing countries, and especially for poorer countries. dozens of former world leaders say hundreds of thousands of lives could be lost in former ? poorer countries if surplus vaccines are allowed to expire. senior oil executives who appear before the us congress to deny deliberately misleading the world about the dangers of climate change. going under
global warming, to 1.5 degrees. so, they need to put forward their action plans to 2030, which is their national determined contributions. but also their plans for 2050, the long term strategy. so, it is a really critical moment for international countries to come together and make those commitments. hang on a minute, isabella. what actually is cop? what does it stand for? i was going to show off with that one. were you? i don t care who enlightens me, just enlighten me. it is the conference of the parties, and the parties are the people who are party to the unfccc. that s as clear as. the what? the united nations framework convention on climate change, which is the whole kind of foundation of which this battle against climate change is based on. i feel the need to fact check this. was that right, isabella? yes, that is right. damn! i was hoping you are going to say, well, actually, there is just a little detail that you ve got not
summit, to make sure they are bringing countries around the country to close that gap. that will be really important in terms of the success of this summit, the role of the uk government as leaders of cop26, to make sure people close the gap, they come forward with strong commitments and we see sector announcements as well, such as commitments to end coal and fossil fuels. and that the momentum is continued past cop because we need to keep going in this really critical decade. and talking of energy and sources of energy, that s the next question. hi, i m alistair. and my question is, boris johnson recently pledged that the uk would become the saudi arabia of wind. i is it realistic. orjust bluster? and alistair with wordplay. with puns like that, you re welcome on newscast any day, any day of the of the week. isabella, alistair s question, how do you take that on?