the president of cop28 sultan al jabar said it s an historic agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a stronger form of words, calling for the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has been following the negotiations around the demands and interests of various groups. 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. the president, dr sultan aljaber, he s calling this an historic agreement, but it is hedged around with questions and doubts. it calls on countries to contribute to ambitious actions to tackle climate change. now, i could do a single plate and claim to have contributed to doing the washing up, but would you consider that i had really pulled my weight? the president of these
if we look at the bottom of the page, there is an e mail dated the 8th of march, which is a sunday, again from someone in your office to claire brunton, a request to attend the cobra that was going to happen the cobra that was going to happen the next monday. a very similar request, can the mayor come to the cobra, given the recent impact? this time, we can see that the same response is received, if we can go up response is received, if we can go up to the top of that page, there is a response on the monday morning at 950 am. no they may isn t required for the pm has asked for a separate meeting with cabinet ministers. let s just look at a separate set of internal e mails, to show how that decision was reached. if we look at the next item, we see the same e mailfrom your member the next item, we see the same e mail from your member of staff. and then if we look up the page, claire brunton says that she assumes the answer is no again. and then we see the e mailfrom the answer
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