applause many said this could not be done. but when i spoke to you at the very start of this cop, i promised a different sort of cop, a cop that brought everyone together. private and public sectors, civilsociety, ngos, faith leaders, youth, and indigenous peoples. everyone came together from day one. everyone united, everyone acted, and everyone delivered. we operationalised the loss and damage and started to fill the fund. we mobilised more than $83 billion us in new financial commitments. we launched alterra, the world s largest catalytic private investor that is 100% focused on solutions to climate change. and we delivered world first after world first. a global goal to triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency. declarations on agriculture, declarations on food, declarations on health. many more oil and gas companies stepping up for the first time. stepping up to deliver against a very ambitious goals and objectives. and, for the first time, to deliver on metha
said earlier that israel was starting to lose international support, because of what he called its indiscriminate bombing of gaza. our north america correspondent shingai nyoka explains why the us voted against the resolution. it s no surprise they did that, in fact the text of this particular resolution was similar to the one that was debated on friday, with the security council where the us blocked it, vetoed it, and there really was no expectation that the us was going to vote against it. 153 con trees or member states of the un, voted in favour of this immediate call for a cease fire, or call for an immediate cease fire and those countries include india and canada. 23 countries abstained, and i think it s interesting to note that the uk is increasingly abstaining in these votes. the uk un ambassador barbara woodward said the support for israel that the uk supports israel s right to defend itself against hamas but said it must be targeted at, must be targeted to achieve th
but on paper, the deal secured in dubai this morning is hugely significant. for the first time ever, there is language and a commitment to move away from fossil fuels. its impact, of course, will depend in large part on whether the signatories actually take steps to implement what they have agreed in the coming decade. after all, some of those countries included the united states, australia, canada, norway, who right now are expanding their already significant oil and gas production. there are many who had wanted a strongerform of words particularly the smaller island states, who are already facing the consequences of a warming planet. from dubai, our climate editor justin rowlatt sent this report. we waited and we waited, and then. hearing no objection, it is so decided. ..with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here in dubai, and that is the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. t
crowned african footballer of the year, victor 0simhen. in group a, lens will be heading to the europa league, after they beat sevilla 2 1 and courtesy of the 1 1 draw between arsenal and psv eindhoven in the netherlands. arsenal manager mikel arteta, happy with his sides return to europe s premier competition. very positive overall, six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that doesn t have a lot of experience, i think we have competed very well. i really like the approach of the team in every single game, the way we have tried to play and dominate opponents. we have some big results, and big experiences as well. newcastle united manager eddie howe believes wednesday s champions league match with ac milan has got all the hallmarks of being a special game . newcastle must see off the italian side at st james park to reach the knockout stages and hope paris st germain do not beat already qualified borussia dortmund. newcastle are third in group f, lev