and has since announced hundreds of billions more. in the united states, in just the last year, $110 billion was committed to the sector by private business, spurred on by incentives in president biden s inflation reduction act. but can business spend the billions effectively? because a disconnect has emerged between the number ofjobs being advertised to work in that sector, and the number of people with the skills to do them. recently, linkedin crunched through more than 900 million users on its database and analysed job listings in 48 countries. it found the jobs requiring at least one green skill grew by 15%, but only one in eight workers had any of those green skills. we ll delve into those numbers with one of linkedin s founders in a moment. but first, let s go to dubai where our middle east business correspondent, sameer hashmi, has the details of the new billions of dollars that are being pledged for the impact of climate change and for the green transition. it s bee
to save the planet. and taking the battle for a cleaner climate into outer space. can the final frontier help us breathe easier down here on earth? wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, the climate emergency, it s not new. but as global leaders gather for this year s united nations climate change conference or known as cop 28, it s in dubai. we wanted to see how business and innovators are tackling the climate emergency. so we ve sent our crews and reporters around the world to find the cutting edge technology that could literally save the planet. we begin on a set of islands off the far north of scotland where theo leggett is exploring under the sea. bleak but beautiful. this is the pentland firth, the channel that runs between the north coast of scotland and the orkney islands. it s an area well known for vicious winds and ripping tides and that makes it the perfect location for developing new form
that runs between the north coast of scotland and the oakney islands. it s an area well known for vicious winds and ripping tides. and that makes it the perfect location for developing new forms of clean energy. this narrow strip of water experiences tremendous title forces every single day, in fact they are some of the fastest tides in the world, and that means that there a tremendous reserve of energy if you can tap into it. and that s what s going on just over there, off the island of stroma. beneath the surface, are for gigantic turbines are four gigantic turbines which are generating electricity, right here. the power generated in the murky waters of the first by the power generated in the murky waters of the firth by these vast turbines is already being sold to the national grid. the past five years has been spent testing the technology, and the company behind them says it s ready for a major expansion. so fraser, tell me what we ve got here. we have a 150 tonne, 1.5 mw
qatar, egypt and the us helped resolve the issue thirty nine more resolve the issue, thirty nine more palestinian prisoners all women and minors detained by israel are due to be freed in exchange for the release of the hostages. live now to our middle east correspondent tom bateman in jerusalem. what s the latest we know and what s been the reaction where you are to this latest release of hostages? what we know is the group of 13 israelis and four tight nationals cross the border into egypt and have been taken by israeli officials to seven israel as happened last night being taken to several different hospitals in israel. that will be the first opportunity they have two be reunited with family members in person. tile. we have comp formation now from qatar and both the palestinians and israelis that 39 palestinians have been released for custody. qatar says that they are women and children because that is the framework of the entire agreement about the reciprocal releases
with me, tanya beckett. let s take a look first at what s on the show. the great shift west global supply chains are on the move. does it matter where our stuff is made? trade tensions between the united states and china. the after effects of the pandemic and inflation are causing many companies to rethink where they do their manufacturing. i m going to be discussing all of this with these two guests. this top trade expert whose firm helps some of the world s largest companies work outjust how to navigate the challenges of 21st century manufacturing. and the man in charge of international issues at the us chamber of commerce, whose members range from some of the world s biggest companies to millions of small businesses. and making money from money. the head of the london stock exchange tells aaron about the challenges of thriving in a post brexit world amid global competition. wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the