News special along with our collea g u es news special along with our colleagues on bbc one. We expect a news c0 nfe re nce colleagues on bbc one. We expect a News Conference on the Prime Minister and his chief medical and scientific advisers, coverage beginning at 3 30pm. Now on bbc news, for thousands of years the inuit people lived off the land, nomadic hunters chasing targets that are seasoned dependent. Now those weather patterns have utterly and irreversibly shifted. Due to the ice melting, we have seen all of these changes. Its affecting us all of these changes. Its affecting us up here in the arctic circle. I am worried about the future. We dont have any room to give. We dont have any room to give. We dont know whats going to happen. We have been here for thousands of yea rs we have been here for thousands of years but now my children really have no idea whats ahead of them and its scary. Kotzebues population is about 3000 people. Its a nice place, very isolated, no roads. The
A quick update on the brexit trade deal, we are hearing that eu Member States have agreed on that. The ambassadors of all 27 eu Member States provisionally agreeing to the post brexit trade deal between the uk and the eu. The governments of all Member States had three days to analyse the details of the agreement, and the European Parliament will vote on that as well early next year. With so many of us stuck at home, 2020 was the year that saw our relationship with the Great Outdoors change. Now a report from the British Conservation and heritage charity, the national trust, says that Climate Change remains the biggest threat to our environment. John maguire reports. At least 2020 has been good for some. The grey seal population here at Blakeney Point on the north norfolk coast is thriving. Its just a handful of pups that were born at the end of the late 90s, early 2000s. Were now on roughly 3,500 to 4,000 pups born every year. So theyve basically been increasing since then. So its been
As the uk gets to grips with its new relationship with the European Union. Vivienne nunis reports. This kent based factory produces crisps made from fresh fruit imported from the continent. After manufacturing, the snacks are then exported back across the channel to customers in europe. The free trade deal agreed with brussels means no extra tariffs in either direction, and thats good news for founder nimisha raja, who was worried about the impact of no deal. But there will be more paperwork and red tape. Ifeel as if im going to be inundated with paperwork. I think its going to cost us a little bit of money in staff costs as well, in dealing with all of this, and i know there are going to be delays, especially at the port, you know . Cabinet Office Minister michael gove said the government is doing all it can to advise businesses of the new rules, but he warned there will be some disruption. As we leave the European Union and were outside the customs union, those new requirements will
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Oil and gas. From an environmental perspective though, one hopeful scenario is that we may see an accelerated switch to renewables as a response to the crisis. The potential, of course, is huge, but as well see on today so. So are at the challenges coming up by offshore wind. Farms in greece are drawing protests to harness the heating power of computers and a brief history of electric mobility. Im k. Ferguson. Welcome to mate. Rising. Fuel costs are an especially big issue for Energy Intensive Industries Like al you many and production. Just take a look at this trajectory in the past 2 years, the price of natural gas has risen nearly 40 forwards in europe. The sky rocketing costs are putting a huge strain on production facilities. In our next report, well hear from industry insiders in the western german city of nice. The production of liquid aluminum has a long history and germany. The process used to make it is calm, fused salt, electrolysis, and it uses a lot of energy, a whole lot.