aid budget by 2026 to reach it. earlier, i spoke with michael wilkins, executive director of the centre for climate finance and investment at imperial college london. it s a little bit of a surprise if indeed it s true that the government will be remeasuring on its previous commitments of international climate finance, especially given that we re in the run up to the next climate change summit taking place in november, in the united arab emirates where this topic is bound to come up. and the uk s commitments, which were hopeful in glasgow only two years ago at cop26, will be looked into question. so it was a bit surprising when i saw it this morning. what kind of difference is this money do to make? due to make? well, you have to put into context, really, in terms of the amount of funding required to tackle the causes and the effects of climate change in the developing world. the poorer countries need massive amounts of investment, and they are just not getting it. you kno
correspondent saying 2a people have been found dead following gas inhalation in south africa. so 2a people, including women and children, have died as a result of a suspected nitrate gas inhalation. emergency services officials there have told the bbc that the gas leak could be linked to illegal mining activity near an informal settlement on the east ofjohannesburg so this is east ofjohannesburg, south africa, 2a people have died as a result of a suspected nitrate gas inhalation. that is the full detail we have at the moment, but we will of course work to bring you more details on that. at the moment, i m a lewis vaughanjones, this is bbc
Current and former employees at a luxury hotel in Mexico where two Americans were found dead said managers ignored signs of a possible gas leak and disabled carbon monoxide detectors so alarms would not disturb guests.
public approaches this lava fountain or any of the lava flows. they may not be aware of the multitude of hazards. you have gas inhalation, volcanic glass, superheat, obviously, and it s uneven terrain. everything is changing and you don t know if a crack could open up beneath our feet if you re walking on freshly cooled lava. i advise everybody to stay where hawaii county has designated as viewing areas. and yesterday when we spoke you told me this was the first volcano you ve studied. what are you hoping to learn from it now? well, it is the first that i ever experienced myself. and we really can learn a lot about how eruptions proceed. getting to watch the start of an eruption when a volcano has been quiet for some time, we want to know now is the lava that s being erupted, was it leftover,