it can come to the point where it will break most people. but it won t break me. today, tim told the court they all now faced a life sentence, their only crime, loving an amazing person. you would give her a little bit of your love and you d get two or three times back off her. and i ll miss that. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. almost all goods and cargo traded around the world travels by ship. but global shipping emits huge amounts of carbon dioxide each year. to give you an idea, it s as much as germany emits annually. well, now, 175 countries have agreed to make the global shipping industry net zero in carbon emissions by or around 2050 . our climate editorjustin rowlatt has the story. man shouts challenge
terrace where you can expect lots of costumes, roman togas and the atmosphere is fantastic and the beer will certainly be flowing and australia will certainly be able to hear them. australia will certainly be able to hear them- australia will certainly be able to hear them. mike, thank you very much. hear them. mike, thank you very much- the hear them. mike, thank you very much. the scene hear them. mike, thank you very much. the scene is hear them. mike, thank you very much. the scene is set hear them. mike, thank you very much. the scene is set for - hear them. mike, thank you very l much. the scene is set for today s action. we re talking gannets this morning, the stunning seabirds which breed in just a few locations worldwide. one of them is bass rock, in the firth of forth, but last year the colony was decimated by bird flu. our climate editorjustin rowlatt went to look for signs of recovery among the gannets, who have previously caught the attention of sir david attenbor
the met office is expected to confirm that last month was the hottestjune ever recorded in the uk. and environmental campaigners say the high temperatures caused the deaths of unprecedented numbers of fish in rivers as well as disturbing insects and plants. the wildlife trusts which represents uk conservation charities say nature is being pounded by extreme weather without a chance to recover . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is in solihull. they were scooping the fish out of this canal in their thousands on the weekend. it had been hit by another in an unprecedented series of fish death incidents, driven in part by the record high temperatures in june. the problem, oxygen levels in
to curb global warming. the climate change committee describes the recent approval of a new coal mine as total nonsense and says it s markedly less confident than it was a year ago that the uk will reach its targets for cutting carbon emissions. the government says it s committed to its carbon targets. our climate editorjustin rowlatt explains more. three, two, one. king charles helped turn on a climate clock at a summit in london this afternoon. it triggers 150 similar clocks across the major cities of the uk, counting down the seconds to 2030, the estimated deadline for limiting climate change to 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels. but the uk s climate watchdog had a stern warning for the government today. the climate change committee said its confidence that the government would meet its own legally binding targets for cutting emissions by the end of the decade had fallen markedly. the anger and the impatience of the world will be uncontainable. at the un climate conference
advantage of his victims. helena wilkinson, bbc news. the ban on the sale of ivory is to be extended from covering elephants, to take in the tusks and teeth of five more species. these include hippos, killer whales and sperm whales, whose habitats are already under threat from climate change. they are all hunted for their teeth. walruses and narwhals are hunted for their tusks. anyone breaking the law could receive an unlimited fine or be jailed for five years. here s our climate editorjustin rowlatt. the customs building at heathrow airport hides a gruesome treasury. behind this door is a collection of endangered animal and plant parts seized by officers. the international trade in this sort of stuff is restricted by a global treaty. a law passed last year restricts the uk trade in this stuff, this of course is an elephant tusk and it weighs about 20 kilos.