are making. i hope you will increase them and do what is necessary. as the president, see you in glasgow. thank you. borisjohnson, the prime boris johnson, the prime minister, borisjohnson, the prime minister, addressing the un general assembly in new york. stark warnings about climate change. but also trying to sound a little upbeat, to talk about the solutions and opportunities for action. well, our correspondent peter bowes has been listening to that speech. he is really setting the stage for cop26, the climate summit in four weeks time in glasgow, isn t he? , ., , ., u, in four weeks time in glasgow, isn t he? , ., ., isn t he? yes, it was a call to arms. isn t he? yes, it was a call to arm with isn t he? yes, it was a call to arms. with that isn t he? yes, it was a call to arms. with that summit - isn t he? yes, it was a call to arms. with that summit in i isn t he? yes, it was a call to - arms. with that summit in mind. certainly a colourful speech, typically borisjohnson i
contributions currently being offered. the national contribution is the ndc, the pledge that in the run up to cop26, we are asking every country to cut carbon. we are going to go down by 68% by 2030, 60 8% cut in carbon by 2030, 60 8% cut in carbon by 2030, compared to where we were in 1990. we are making a bet on hydrogen, we will be expanding our nuclear capacity and you can see the logic of going for more renewables when you look at the spike in hydrocarbon prices, particularly gas. we are helping people to retrofit their homes with new sources of heating. jet zero, the first guilt free, carbon
and to get back to my metaphor of adolescence, i hope that cop26 will be a 16th birthday party for humanity, which is not miserable, but a party which we choose to grow up, to recognise the scale of the challenge we face, and to do what posterity demands that we must. and so, i invite you, i invite this great un assembly, invite this great un assembly, in november, to come and take part, by your actions, in november, to come and take part, by youractions, in in november, to come and take part, by your actions, in what i hope will be a global coming of age, and to blow out the candles, if you like, blow out the candles of a world on fire. that s what i think we should do. thank you all very much, thank you for the pledges you
to stop a climate catastophe. with me is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. jonathan, what has prompted him to say there is now in particular? he sa s time say there is now in particular? he: says time is running out to act, a stark warning from alec sharma, seeing the world is on the brink of catastrophe, pointing to floods and fires that we have seen, saying that he had seen forms of community is being devastated, having to flee their homes because of flooding. he has travelled extensively since taking on this role and been criticised for that, but he has defended his trips, saying in person meetings make a vital difference to building a consensus, and he and the government are under huge pressure to do that in the run up to cop26, securing commitments from high polluting countries to cut their carbon emissions, and pressure closer to home on the uk government, fears that their policies to bring down emissions could hit ordinary people to harden their pockets, environmental
ministers and officials from more than 50 countries are holding climate talks hosted in london by the president of the cop26 summit, alok sharma. high on the agenda is the demand from poorer countries that the rich world live up to previous commitments to do more to help them fight climate change and develop their economies in a sustainable way. climate finance will be a huge issue in the run up to cop26, which is taking place in glasgow in november. our reality check correspondent chris morris is here to explain what s at stake. if you think it is going to be hard for rich countries to adjust to the need to remove fossil fuels and carbon from their economies, just think about how hard it is going to be in the developing world, where there s far less money to pay for new infrastructure in the first place, but there s an awful lot of people. it s a challenge which has been recognised for some time. as long ago as 2009, the developed world agreed it would provide $100 billion a year by 2