moving towards a situation were to be both moral and economically rational is coming together and that is very exciting because that moves the into a whole different either. that ties in with what the italian prime minister was saying yesterday in the g20 in rome, face now orface a higher cost later, and that is relatively simple economics. it is. it is a bit like relatively simple economics. it is. it is a bit like having relatively simple economics. it is. it is a bit like having a relatively simple economics. it 3 it is a bit like having a medical. we know that we have to look after ourselves, we have to have a medical or go to the dentist but we put it off, and broadly speaking our economies, we have been putting off as medical and we have been getting sicker and sicker and sicker. we are at the chance where we are still fit enough to properly get better. if we leave it much longer we are going to be in the realms of palliative care, not curing the problem, and that is why th
risks of climate change?- affordable insurance to cover the risks of climate change? that is a ireat risks of climate change? that is a great point- risks of climate change? that is a great point. there risks of climate change? that is a great point. there is risks of climate change? that is a great point. there is some - risks of climate change? that is a great point. there is some greatl great point. there is some great research coming out from the university of cambridge being released on the 3rd of november here in glasgow and it sees insurance is much more thanjust in glasgow and it sees insurance is much more than just an industry. in glasgow and it sees insurance is much more thanjust an industry. it seesit much more thanjust an industry. it sees it as an institution of society. yes we will need to expanded private insurance markets and when we pay our insurance we are collectively putting into a global port called the insurance which supports around the people in exposed
fossil fuels completely, is urging richer nations to do more. the fact that costa rica is a small country with limited resources, and yet has been able to put forward very ambitious plans. if we are doing it, you countries that are larger than us, larger economies, better resources, there is no excuse, you have to do it too. there s a great deal of work to do here. countries current pledges have us on a path towards a 2.7 degrees temperature increase by the end of the century. if negotiations over the next two weeks can t nudge that down significantly, we ll be facing a very uncertain future. victoria gill, bbc news, glasgow. damilola ogunbiyi is the special representative of the un secretary general for sustainable energy for all. shejoins us now. thank you she joins us now. thank you very much forjoining us. i want to read
to well below two celsius and to aim for 1.5. that s the threshold scientists agree beyond which the most dangerous impacts of global warming play out. so now it comes down to here in glasgow. to keep that 1.5 celsius target alive, emissions need to halve within the next decade, and to reach net zero, where the world is taking out as much carbon from the atmosphere as it s putting into it, by the middle of the century. so the 200 countries being represented here at cop26 are being asked for their specific plans to meet that goal. the success of this conference will be based partly on countries willingness to outdo each other when it comes to emission reduction. the uk s net zero strategy has been widely praised. the government has promised to fully decarbonise our electricity supply by 2035, and to phase out the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030. but some countries have much more ambitious goals. costa rica, a country that has committed to phasing out
exactly. you re quite right, justin. that is the tragedy of it. look, i don t think people realise the difference between 1.5, getting it, restraining it to 1.5 degrees, the difference between 1.5 degrees and two degrees is the difference between losing 70% of the world s coral reef at 1.5 degrees and losing all of it at two degrees. that is an appalling prospect. not to mention desertification, storms, heatwaves. all that. and the consequences, to say nothing of the natural disaster, the consequences for humanity, are enormous. and they will manifest themselves in movements of people, in conflicts over resources. huge instability and uncertainty. but the point is, you are asking developing nations to make really