to coal, gas and oil are attending that s four times the number at last year s conference in egypt. climate reporter esme stallard has a summary of today s events in dubai. we are on day six here in dubai of cop28, and for the first time, 60 countries came together to sign what they are calling the global cooling pledge. this year, many countries have suffered back to back heat waves and extreme heat, and that is expected to only get worse, with climate change. today, countries have committed to design our buildings in our homes better, not only to reduce the amount of heat related deaths but also to reduce the emissions from the energy that is going to be needed to keep our home school. we also got a new draught text this morning. countries have been working on negotiating on, and we saw proposals put forward for the first time how we might reduce ourfossilfuels. there the first time how we might reduce our fossil fuels. there was also, talk about oil and gas companies, ne
status as the vote in 2014 and that is simply wrong, factually, and legally. let me be clear, the status of the referendum proposed in this bill is exactly the same as the referendum is of 1997, 2014 and 2016. the next provision of the bill i wish to draw attention to relates to the question to be asked in the referendum, and the bill states the question on the ballot paper should be, just as it was in 2014, should scotland be an independent country? finally, the bill includes the proposed date on which the referendum should be held. in line with the government was much clear mandate, this is a date within the first half of this term of parliament, and i can announce that the scottish government is proposing that the independence referendum be held on the 19th of october 2023.