award. i think it will be pretty moving. i think of course with covid, it meant that the funeral plans had to be stripped right back so we will see some of the touches that prince philip wanted for his funeral, some of the music for example, we can see the duke of edinborough award cadets, lining the way into westminster abby, for the funeral, a poignant day for the family where they will have time to have more people around them, over a thousand people in westminster abby to say thanks to the duke for everything he gave to his family and his country. before i let you go though, and we heard, art, quite passionate about the fact that harry is not going to be there and i m guessing her majesty is going to be very disappointed. it is always very interesting, we talked quite a bit about the relationship between prince harry, meghan and the queen and throughout all of the time there has been so much
times over the years, i think that just simply is not practical anymore but looking forward and wonderful to hear that she will be able to attend and of course her family will be around her, as you alluded to, all eyes likely to be on prince andrew, it is the first time we may see him in public since he settled that sex abuse case, and all of the military titles are stripped from him and no longer able to use the hrh tight until public and this is a family occasion and that is why he is invited to, as arthur alluded to there, prince harry has decided not to come but the family, the focus should be on the duke of edinborough and that s what the service is all about, the extraordinary commitment to his family, to his country and celebrating how much he did, to the 700 organizations that he was linked to or a patron of and of course, especially the duke
christmas eve and belgium is cancelling indoor events although gyms and museums can stay open. covering developments across the continent, we begin first with salma abdelaziz in london. let s talk about the study i believe will be published later today, raising hopes that those infected with omicron will be less likely to be hospitalized compared to the likes of delta here. reporter: yes, more evidence, growing evidence that omicron appears to be milder which adds to what we heard from doctors in south africa. in recent days, two pre-print studies published to preprint studies is preliminary data, again, showing that omicron appears to be milder. the first paper was pre-print published yesterday from the university of edinborough in scotland. it shows there is a two-thirds reduction in the risk to hospitalization when you compare the delta variant to the omicron
that that s the case now. she s still sticking to that outlook that later next year these price rises will begin to cool off. despite her outlook, the pain is real right now for folks. gas prices are up substantially since pandemic lows. and are now at seven-year highs. bank of america predicts they ll keep rising. b of a expects the market will spike 630% next june. it has been contributing to a worsening view of the american economy. another blow to climate efforts. pollution has bounced back to almost pre-pandemic levels. the amount of planet heating gas release in 2020 fell 5% as it forced countries to lockdown, more people at home. the news comes during a historic climate summit in scotland where the push to phase out fossil fuels is gaining momentum. cnn s phil black is live in edinborough. phil, good morning.
set to announce plans to become the world s first net zero financial center. as part of the proposal uk financial institutions and listed companies will be required to publish plans on how they reduce their contribution to global warming. well, that announcement is just one of the pledges coming out of cop-26 in glasgow. on tuesday, dozens of nations agreed to cut methane emissions by 30% from 2020 levels by the end of the decade. the british prime minister says there is still plenty more work to do, though. take a listen. we must take care to guard against false hope and not to think in any way that the job is done, because it is not. there is still a very long way to go. but all that being said, i am cautiously optimistic. cautiously optimistic there. cnn s phil black joins me from edinborough, scotland.