big part of their energy plants and their power stations in those countries. and they are saying that they want to, to that by 2060. so that will be a big disappointment to many campaigners. let me read you a tweet from antonia 6utierrez, the un secretary general, i leave rome with my hopes unfulfilled, but at least they are not buried, adding this, onwards to glasgow. you they are not buried, adding this, onwards to glasgow. they are not buried, adding this, onwards to glasgow. you talk about china who came onwards to glasgow. you talk about china who came up onwards to glasgow. you talk about china who came up with onwards to glasgow. you talk about china who came up with their- onwards to glasgow. you talk about china who came up with their new l china who came up with their new contribution a few days ago and there was a date, 2060, in that, rather than 2050 which some had hoped. they also said there emissions would peak in 2030. so no major cut of emissions before then. i s
laura kuenssberg, bbc news, rome. 6orgeous shots of the coliseum there. the 620 leaders will travel on monday from rome to glasgow for that un climate conference and head of that the swedish environmental activist 6reta thornburg has arrived in glasgow, where she was mobbed by supporters and journalists too. and there will be those tough talks in there will be those tough talks in the climate conference ahead to try to achieve that level warming cat, to achieve that level warming cat, to try to achieve net zero carbon emissions, all discussions starting here in rome on the second day of the 6 here in rome on the second day of the g 22 here in rome on the second day of the 6 22 are and then continuing long into 6lasgow as well. we will bring you all the latest as the 620 continues here in rome but i will hand you back to london.- continues here in rome but i will hand you back to london. mark, thank ou ve hand you back to london. mark, thank you very much- hundreds of church bells acr
on climate change on the eve of cop26. over 20 cathedrals took part, including durham cathedral and st pauls in london. environmentalist edward 6ildea from essex came up with the idea to use church bells to sound a warning to delegates in glasgow. lawyers for prince andrew have accused a woman of trying to achieve another payday at the duke s expense. virginia 6uiffre says she was sexually abused by him as a teenager. prince andrew has always denied the claims, and has now asked a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit against him. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. after months when he has appeared to want to ignore the civil lawsuit brought by virginia 6uiffre, prince andrew has now instructed his lawyers to fight to clear his name. the queen s second son has been accused of sexual abuse when ms 6uiffre was i7 years old and thus a minor under us state law.
the men in white coats arrived. no, not to take them away, but to underline the role that first responders have played since the pandemic took hold and how to speed up vaccine distribution to the poorest nations. borisjohnson is here to shake hands, yes, but also to twist arms ahead of the climate change summit in glasgow next week. there, thousands were out on the streets today ahead of cop26 getting under way. and there were similar protests here in rome as well. the draft communiqu that has been agreed talks about the urgent need to keep global warming to 1.5 celsius, but for all the words in this draft communiqu and there are a lot of them it is very short on detailed commitments or concrete measures to limit carbon emissions. borisjohnson is going to have his work cut out in glasgow next week. jon sopel, bbc news, rome.
we can be actively conniving in our own decline and fall. and what we need to do is to ensure that at the cop summit next week, the world leaders come together. are you disappointed with what china has come forward so far? look, they ve made progress on overseas financing of coal that is a good thing. what china, i think, needs to do is find ways of making a more ambitious nationally determined contribution. but they are not going to do that, they have published what they have said they re going to do and it is not enough, is it? you must be disappointed. let s see where we can get to. in september, you rated the chances of success in glasgow at six out of ten. what would you say this morning? i would say they are about the same. look at that. borisjohnson hopes he will make history, brokering an agreement to slow down the warming of the planet. it is the metaphor. either cop succeeds or the dark ages, that is what i m saying. but he is trying to corral many dozens of countries. ther