legislation to combat emissions in the next biden legislation. that s not all, because even as we need to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, we also ought to work on creating the infrastructure for resilience from this kind of weather, which we is what we can expect to become our new normal. there are countries doing their part. countries like italy are leading the way. quote, if you live in late italy and want to insulate walls and windows and install heat pump boiler or solar panels, the government will pay you 100 and 10% of the cost. in the first eight months of this year, they ve reduced emissions of co2 from home heating by as much as they did in the last 20 years. think of that, eight months of carbon reduction, more than the last 20 years. this is the kind of initiative we should be replicating. the heat pumps are fully electric, so they can eventually be run independently of fossil, fuels put them on the grid, they re much more efficient than other means of heating homes. t
in the last 20 years. think of that, eight months of carbon reduction, more than the last 20 years. this is the kind of initiative we should be replicating. the heat pumps are fully electric, so they can eventually be run independently of fossil, fuels put them on the grid, they re much more efficient than other means of heating homes. there are also capable of cooling homes in the summer, and heating in the winter, eliminating the need for fairness in all but the coldest climates. i always find it useful when i am doomscrolling about the climate, to remember there is o still a lot of low hanging fruit out there, that we can do to address at this out there right now. the climate crisis is huge, but it s not insurmountable. we need to were comparing political will with these straight for technological solutions, which are available right now, not in the future. because, the heat is here right now, not in the future.
what impact will a ban on oil imports would have. if this happens, this would be the biggest financial blow dealt against russia since the conflict started. and for the russian government, it s seeing a massive windfall in recent months because of the soaring energy prices. they could make enough without embargoes to fund the majority of its spending plans simply from selling oil abroad. and guess what half of that money comes from europe, you know, from fuelling cars to heating homes. the eu spends hundreds of millions of pounds every day on buying russian oil it money, as we were hearing there, that is basically going towards funding the war on its doorstep. so without that cash, russia could struggle. it could struggle to replace that money because its next biggest customer, china, only buys a fifth of its exports. but the flip side is that experts are warning we could see more volatility in oil prices as the eu looks around for alternative supplies. what does volatility mean? i
if this happens, this would be the biggest financial blow dealt to russia since the conflict started and, for the russian government, it has seen a massive windfall recently because of the soaring russian energy prices and it could make enough without embargoes to fund the majority of its spending plans simply from selling oil abroad. guess what, half of that money comes from europe. that s fuelling cars and heating homes. the eu spends hundreds of millions of pounds every day on buying russian oil, money, as we are hearing, that is basically going towards funding the war on its doorstep. without that cash, russia could struggle. it could struggle to replace that money because its next biggest customer, china, only buys a fifth of its exports. 0n the flip side, experts warn we could see more volatility in oil prices as the eu around for alternative supplies, and that means higher prices. that could benefit the kremlin in terms of the
say, we have to prepare for a massive increase in actual city supply, we switch to ecotricity for heating homes and electricity for transport and electric cars. we will need more energy. some of what was announced today will help but we also need energy efficiency components and that wasn t there foot up a tick for decarbonisation and more effort needed in terms of energy efficiency is what environment and activists are saying. environment and activists are sa inc. , , environment and activists are sa inc. , ., ., ., ~ environment and activists are sa inc. , ., ., ., to ukraine now, and the united states say russian forces have withdrawn completely from around the capital, kyiv, but stress the area still remains under threat from russia. the main focus of the russian military is now the east of the country. the bbc has witnessed hundreds of thousands of people fleeing the donbas region, where separatists have been fighting ukraine for eight years. the region s governor has told all civ