tonight, we prove once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals. this is bbc news. the top stories. world leaders at the cop26 climate conference in glasgow are warned they must take urgent action to prevent catastrophic lobar warming. a report says it has been the hottest on record while extreme weather conditions have become the new normal. it weather conditions have become the new normal. it has weather conditions have become the new normal. it has been called the world s best last chance to get runaway climate change under control what does this actually mean and how do we get here? our science
there is absolutely no doubt about it, we have to fix this thing. i also think it s the way people want to go. the big change in all this is, it s not what governments think any more, it s not what the corporations think, it s what their punters think. and the people watching, they want to change, and they want us to grip this thing. and on the subject of change, we re all thinking about our own carbon footprint. what is, what is the, what is thejohnson household doing. yeah, i know! 0bviously, i ve totally abolished commuting since i live above my place of work. but what i used to do is, i used to cycle absolutely everywhere. what about beef, for example? look, i, i, ithink that. i ve got to probably stop eating a lot of everything, a lot less, i ve got to stop, i ve got to start eating a lot less of all kinds of things.
poorest are not left behind. that is where it s going to be difficult. but actually, if we invest in green energy, for example, if we invest in healthy lifestyles, if we. professor, i m sorry, i must interrupt you, as we have to say goodbye to our viewers on bbc world for the moment and we will be back with them very soon. professor elizabeth robinson, thank you very much for bearing with us. let s continue. sorry to interrupt you mid flow, you are talking about the transition to green jobs, please continue. i transition to green “obs, please continue. ~ ., transition to green “obs, please continue. ~ ., ., continue. i think one of the important continue. i think one of the important things continue. i think one of the important things to - continue. i think one of the important things to think . continue. i think one of the - important things to think about is that this is a very positive change for society. that this is a very positive change forsociety. for that this is a v
to now return international aid spending, back to the old target of 0.7% of national income, which had been abandoned for a year or two because of the pandemic, he saying in the next two years the uk will be able to spend an extra £1 billion on climate finance, to help other countries make the transition around the world. now, again, there are some new ones there. that is just a logical fact of the fact that the uk s aid spending will be going back up uk s aid spending will be going back up again, rather than some massive change to uk government policy. however, if one of your problems is countries not stumping up enough cash, the host stumping up some more cash, the host stumping up some more cash on the first morning of the summit, maybe it will give everyone else a bit of a bump. the whole point about having everybody here in one place is so they can give each other a bit of a bump. other a bit of a bump. thank you very much- other a bit of a bump. thank you very much. adam ot
by the repercussions of not acting on preventing runaway climate change. we need to keep the planet below 1.5 degrees celsius, 2.7 degrees fahrenheit by the end of the century because if we don t, we re talking about a living situation we wouldn t wish on our worst enemies, including republicans, democrats. it doesn t matter where you fall on the political spectrum. ultimately, we are all sharing this one environment. there s no alternative. and so even those representatives, republican or otherwise, from some of the states that are actually resisting the passage of this build back better agenda will still ultimately benefit with the passage of this. it is much cheaper to proactively prepare against the impacts of climate change than to clean up after the fact. $555 billion is nothing compared to the trillions we re talking about if we don t pass this bill in terms of cleaning up