supporters claim the project could create up to 21,000 jobs. but campaigners say it is prolonging a climate wrecking industry. katie hunter reports. our economy is still dependent on burning fossilfuels. that emits carbon dioxide and drives climate change. the idea of the acorn project at st fergus in aberdeenshire is to take c02 from plants in scotland and store it under the north sea in empty gas and oil reservoirs. grangemouth refinery and mossmorran are understood to have signed up. government advisers say this technology is vital to meet climate targets. right now, as we talk, the uk is not doing carbon capture at any great skill, so we expect this to be a much bigger industry in the future because we have this storage capacity in the north sea. if we don t develop it, getting to net zero here in the uk is going to be much, much harder. and of course globally we need to demonstrate that it can be done at scale.
a wide margins. scientists say that this pattern is now being seen all over the world, including the dramatic heat that is driving wildfires in greece and many other locations right now. but even though these higher temperatures will become increasingly likely in a warmer world, the uk still has much further to go to properly prepare for this new normal. government advisers say that the uk is still not treating adapting to climate change as a national priority. matt mcgrath, bbc news. let s speak now to doctor simon bradshaw, research director at the climate council of australia. thank you for being with us. this report very much focused on the uk, what is your reading of it? ,., ., on the uk, what is your reading of it? ., ., ., of it? good morning and good to be read . of it? good morning and good to be ready- it of it? good morning and good to be ready. it is of it? good morning and good to be ready. it is sadly of it? good morning and good to be ready. it is sadly very - be r
we had drought conditions across most of england and wales. and that really is a sign of things to come. probably the first summer we have seen that has that trend of hotter, drier summers. researchers say that in the uk, temperature extremes are increasing much faster than the average. this will likely see far more high temperature records broken in the years to come, potentially by quite wide margins. but even though these higher temperatures will become increasingly likely in a warmer world, the uk still has much further to go to properly prepare for this new normal. government advisers say that the uk is still not treating adapting to climate change as a national priority. matt mcgrath, bbc news. there are wildfires across the mediterranean region. emergency services in italy are still battling wildfires. our reporter sofia bettiza is in reggio calabria in the south of the country. it has been tough. emergency services here in italy
will be roughly an average year by the middle of the century, just after mid century, by 2060. by 2100, nine out of ten years will actually be warmer than 2022. researchers say that in the uk, temperature extremes are increasing much faster than the average. this will likely see far more high temperature records broken in the years to come, potentially by quite wide margins. scientists say that this pattern is now being seen all over the world, including the dramatic heat that s driving wildfires in greece and many other locations right now. but even though these higher temperatures will become increasingly likely in a warmer world, the uk still has much further to go to properly prepare for this new normal. government advisers say that the uk is still not treating adapting to climate change as a national priority. matt mcgrath, bbc news.
for this new normal. government advisers say that the uk is still not treating adapting to climate change as a national priority. matt mcgrath, bbc news. an extra 5,000 hospital beds will be available this winter to help the nhs copt this winter, according to nhs england. it means there ll be access to nearly 100,000 permanent beds at the busiest time of the year a 5% rise on current levels. nhs england is also promising better arrangements to quickly discharge patients out of hospital when they are medically fit to leave. a retired british miner will be sentenced in cyprus later today for the manslaughter of his terminally ill wife. david hunter had been on trial for killing janice at their retirement home in december 2021. he was cleared of murder