We go through monday and tuesday, but here it is. This High Pressure is set to build through the middle part of the week. We havent had High Pressure with us for quite some time, and that should allow a bit more in the way of dry settled and some sunshine to look forward to. Thanks. And thats bbc news at ten. As new figures emerge about the temperature of the oceans, and whether this countrys infrastructure is up to it, well pull apart our Climate Targets and how we might meet them. The chair of the worlds top body on the science the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is with us in the studio. Why afghan migrants trying to find homes in this country find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place. Were joined by an afghan refugee facing homelessness in southend and the chair of the local government association. Things have changed. And as disney phases out dvds in australia, are Physical Media doomed as people switch to streaming, or do Vinyl Records show us the dangers o
rise meant lower risk, activists could use that to try and press them into action. but while 1.5 stuck in people s minds, the science doesn t come with hard limits. it works on probability and risk. you can see that here, risks become higher, or darker, as temperature rises increase, but it s a continuum. 1.6 is more risky than 1.5, less risky than 1.7. every fraction of a degree makes a difference to the chance of negative events. this week, the new chair of the ipcc, jim skea, told german newspapers, the world won t end at 1.5 degrees warming. in doing so, he wasn t saying anything unscientific. he added a 1.5 degree world would be more dangerous, and every action taken to mitigate risks would help. but the comments were interpreted by some as a blunt message for environmental campaigners, by others as underplaying the risks to vulnerable communities. attempts to hit the global 1.5 target are a delicate balance. as our efforts to communicate the climate. let s talk now tojim skea,
Our failure to enact racial and economic justice in higher education costs the United States close to $956 billion per year, write Anthony P. Carnevale and Kathryn Peltier Campbell.
For a period of time, fossil fuel producers would be able to earn partial credits under the standard by lowering their carbon intensity, but this would eventually be phased out.
The legislation also aims to tackle emissions from the transportation sector through measures including authorizing $500 million to deploy electric vehicle equipment such as charging stations and authorizing $2.5 billion annually to transition the country’s school bus fleet to zero-emission vehicles.
It would additionally set energy efficiency targets and standards for buildings and seek to provide more funding for energy efficiency in schools, homes, nonprofits and infrastructure.
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The legislation, which would in total authorize $565 billion over 10 years, also has an overarching requirement that 40 percent of funds made available through it would benefit communities that have faced environmental inequality.