Hello, you are watching afternoon live. The city of glasgow wants to become Carbon Neutral in the next ten years leading the fight against Climate Change. Carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, its certainly one that were taking very seriously, and its not enough for a few people in the council to be working on it. Its a challenge that everybody has to take part in, that we need to get everybody across the city engaged with, and that we need to be working on now. How h ow exa ctly how exactly will glasgow deliver on that goal . What sort of change is needed and how quickly . Im at the Glasgow Science Centre where i will be putting those questions to our guests throughout the afternoon. Psychiatrists call for social Media Companies to hand over their data so they can research what the online
world does to childrens mental health. A new focus on the talent of neuro diverse employees in the workplace. And the coin made for the king who abdicated sells for £1 million. And coming up in
Glasgow aims to lead the fight against Climate Change, the city wants to become Carbon Neutral in the next ten years. I ,it , it comes amid fresh warnings about Global Warming with the last decade the hottest on record. Carbon neutral by 2030 is a big challenge, its certainly one that were taking very seriously, and its not enough for a few people in the council to be working on it. Its a challenge that everybody has to take part in, that we need to get everybody across the city engaged with, and that we need to be working on now. And as one of the worlds biggest companies, microsoft, promises to remove all the carbon it has created since 1975, we look at how that ambition can be achieved. Also this
lunchtime Companies Hand over their data so they can research what the online world does to childrens mental health. Downing street confirms eu citizens wont be automatically deported if they fail to sign up to the governments settled status scheme after brexit. All stoked up ben stokes doe
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Compared to where it was, the news has lost some of its capacity to excite, but there is still stuff we can get into, isnt there . If we return to our brexitcast tradition of delighting in the nuance and the detail . Sure, theres still been stuff happening, and huge news in other parts of the news landscape. Of course. But there was, guys, wasnt there, from your end, although he said it in london, i believe, there was something quite familiar, but important from one of the people who will really matter in the next 12 months. Yeah, so this is phil hogan. Known as big phil. Is he . yes, because he is super tall, about six foot six, very tall. He has other attributes, he is irish, he was the agriculture commissioner in the last commission and now he is the trade commissioner. And he is a big character too, isnt he . Pretty forceful. Yes, and hes now trade commissioner so will be involved in the trade negotiations, we think with the uk, although its not exactly clear. He was in america doi
Iam i am live at a busy Glasgow Science Centre where we will be examining exactly how a big city like this can meet that goal. Rebecca long bailey and Emily Thornberry the European Parliaments brexit co ordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, has said hes been told that there will be no automatic deportation of eu citizens. In sport, a century from ben stokes helps england build a sizeable first innings total on day two of the third test against south africa at port elizabeth. Also coming up. Minting it a sovereign, struck when edward the eighth was king, has become the first british coin to sell for £1 million. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Social Media Companies, such as facebook, twitter and instagram, should be forced to share details about how young people use their sites and the way they tailor content. Proposals by the Royal College of psychiatrists could see Companies Face a new tax, which would Fund Research into a how a childs Online Activity affects their mental health. A