so let s now get down to business and, as you ve been hearing, a stark warning has come from the head of the united nations that the world is sending out a distress signal and our planet is changing at a catastrophic rate. antonio guterres was speaking at the cop27 summit in egypt, where over 100 world leaders are gathering. last year, many economies pledged to reach net zero by 2050. but then things changed, europe s energy market was hit by russia s invasion of ukraine, and now countries face the prospect of blackouts and rationing of energy supplies. in response, germany, italy, the netherlands, greece and hungary have all extended production of coal and have re opened previously closed facilities. so can european countries still meet their net zero pledges? tim mcphie is spokesperson for climate and energy at the european commission. we have very dramatic challenges before us but we have written into law legislation that all member states have to follow. 0ur net zero ta
who started school after the first covid lockdown. researchers in the uk say blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, in a world first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co operate in the effort to reduce global emissions or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last year s gathering in glasgow as woeful. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to warn world leaders later that it s essential that countries stick to the commitments made then to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from the conference. the world leaders swept into the conference centre in the egyptian desert this morning. among them the british prime minister, rishi sunak. there was a formal handshake with the un chief, all 120 world leaders at the
and she accepted her mistake. he s so weak he has done a grubby deal trading national security because you are scared to lose another leadership election. a sharp rise in the number of people crossing the channel in small boats more than 38,000 have arrived in the uk this year. and in champions league football, liverpool beat ajax to secure a place in the last 16. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, nightmare in melbourne. a major upset, as england s stunned by ireland in a rain affected defeat at the t20 world cup. good evening. the united nations secretary general says the world is heading for a catastrophe unless climate change is prioritised. new figures released by the un show concentrations of greenhouse gases rose to record levels in the atmosphere last year. world leaders will meet in egypt for the next un climate summit, cop27. at last year s summit, a new global agreement was reached, the glasgow climate pact, for countries to revisit and strengthe
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At the 2024 Earth Day Colloquium at MIT, World Resource Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta stressed that systemic change is needed to bring carbon emissions in line with long-term climate goals.