The brazilian amazon. good afternoon, thank you for being with us and their one better to talk to than you about this. i am interested in what you make about this pledge coming out of glasgow because on the face of it, it includes brazil? because on the face of it, it includes brazil? thank you for havin: includes brazil? thank you for having me- includes brazil? thank you for having me. brazil s includes brazil? thank you for. having me. brazil s commitment includes brazil? thank you for- having me. brazil s commitment to signing the deal is definitely a very good first step. as one of the well s largest copper producer, it will get companies in line with this commitment. but what we need to focus is their policies, and funding measure to put in place to ensure the delivery of these commitments to
That 1.5 we are destroying consensus in many countries would demand a reopening of negotiations. a really interesting intervention from him with many of the scientists campaigners here at cop, saying we absolutely have to go for 1.5. not keeping two degrees n play. i also want to tell you we re hearing another announcement coming up. we think this will form the substance of what boris johnson is think this will form the substance of what borisjohnson is going to talk about. it is a deal on delivering clean and affordable technology by 2030, we are told more than 40 world leaders have signed up to this and it s basically to make clean technologies more affordable, more accessible, and therefore more attractive to those sectors which are currently causing the most pollution. we expect to hear more a
World leaders at the global climate summit in glasgow are today agreeing two major deals, to try to combat rising global temperatures. let s cross live to my colleague annita mcveigh who is at the cop26 climate conference. thanks jane and welcome to glasgow, where as you say leaders are agreeing two major deals. the first is a pledge to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade. the second, which is being led by america and the eu, aims to cut methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030, this despite some of the world s biggest polluting countries, not being involved in the deal. with more from glasgow, here s our science correspondent, victoria gill. the visible flare of methane release. scientists say this potent greenhouse gas has been responsible
Brazil is one of the signatories to the deal, but the bbc has seen evidence of the growing deforestation of the amazon rainforest. we re being led to an area where illegal logging is taking place. and here we are at the edge of a national park, an area that is supposed to be protected. two metropolitan police officers are convicted of taking and sharing photos of bibaa henry and nicole smallman after the sisters were found murdered in north london. the officers are told to expect prison terms. the uk environment secretary has welcomed what he calls a big de escalation of the post brexit fishing row with france. paris says it will delay introducing punitive trade measures while further talks are held. calls for plastic in wet wipes to be banned. a labour mp is proposing a new law that could put an end to this. and the former chelsea boss antonio conte, is appointed the new manager, at tottenham.
This is bbc news i mjane hill. the headlines. world leaders have agreed a plan to drastically cut methane gas emissions, at the un climate summit in glasgow. but china, russia and india are not part of the deal. together, we are committing to collectively reduce our methane by 30% by 2030, and i think we can probably go beyond that. separately, leaders strike a deal to halt and reverse deforestation by the end of the decade. we have to stop the devastating loss of our forests, these great, teaming ecosystems, trillion pillared cathedrals of nature. brazil is one of the signatories to the deal, but the bbc has seen evidence of the growing