on the emissions of the vehicles that gum its big cities. # we shall overcome. allowing easy access to abortion, too, in the post roe v wade world, but as a policy, not as a universal american right. ever since the events of january 6th here at capitol hill, there s been loose talk of a new civil war in america. it s not impossible, but perhaps way more likely is a state by state idea of the nation in a sense, the original idea. fractured, but still in business. justin webb, bbc news, washington. i m joined now by our correspondent in washington, nomia iqbal. great to get you on the programme at a time that i m sure is a great to get you on the programme at a time that i m sure is a very great to get you on the programme at a time that i m sure is a very busy for you. a time that i m sure is a very busy foryou. final a time that i m sure is a very busy for you. final polls outjust hours before election day, what are they telling us? before election day, what are they tellin: us? ~
it is older than i am. we are notjust here as symbols of the future, we re here as representatives of the climate crisis being lived through us. when i was 13 years old, that s why ian when i was 13 years old, that s why i an activist we keep having to pressure them, and that is why we are here - as the young people, . applying that pressure, and we won t back down - because we believe that another world is possible, - and it is possible to make those policy changes. what do we want? climate justice! these young people worry their voice isn t being heard, however loud they are, but they hope that by being here at the conference, they will begin to influence the decisions that will shape all our futures. justin rowlatt, bbc news, egypt. as we heard injustin s report, one of the key issues is compensating poorer countries and among those is pakistan, more than 1,500 lives were lost and more than two million which suffered devastating
last year, countries agreed to raise their carbon cutting ambitions every year. butjust 29 out of 193 have done so and only one of them, australia, significantly raised its game. so where does that leave us? take a look at this. this is how much emissions have been growing. they have been increasing steadily. the un says we need to cut them almost in half by 2030, so in just seven years time. but this is the direction the world is currently going. the un says that puts us on track for a temperature rise of almost three celsius. it would be, it says, a catastrophe for humanity. for the first time in the history of these conferences, there is a dedicated youth zone and the young people are frustrated. nothing new has been set. this is the 27th cop of its kind.
justin, you mention some good news earlier. , ., , , earlier. tell us more? yes, let s focus on earlier. tell us more? yes, let s focus on the earlier. tell us more? yes, let s focus on the good earlier. tell us more? yes, let s focus on the good news. - earlier. tell us more? yes, let s focus on the good news. the - earlier. tell us more? yes, let s i focus on the good news. the most positive development was the decision to include loss and damage for the first time in these talks. loss and damage is pretty much what it says on the tin. it s about the loss and damage climate change is currently causing. so developing countries are often experiencing more extreme weather events associated with climate change. think floods, storms, droughts, and they are often less able to cope with them. so they have been saying for a long time that they would like the rich world to help them out with this loss and damage. the rich world, which caused climate change, burning the fossil fuels th
in the egyptian desert, world leaders have been gathering to try and tackle the climate challenge. among them, the british prime minister, rishi sunak. arriving in egypt for what are expected to be some of the most difficult discussions in the three decade history of these climate summits. , ., , ., , decade history of these climate summits. , , . , ~ , summits. global temperatures keep risin: , and summits. global temperatures keep rising. and our summits. global temperatures keep rising, and our planet summits. global temperatures keep rising, and our planet is summits. global temperatures keep rising, and our planet is fast - rising, and our planet is fast approaching a tipping points will make climate chaos irreversible. we are on a highway to climate hell, with our foot still on the accelerator. with our foot still on the accelerator. ~ ,, .,~ ., accelerator. mr sunak said acting on climate also accelerator. mr sunak said acting on climate also makes accelerator. mr suna