the world s largest ever report into climate change will be published later, setting out the stark reality of the state of the planet. the study is by the intergovernmental panel on climate change a un group that looked at more than 1a,000 scientific papers. scientists say it will likely be bad news but with nuggets of optimism . the findings will also be used during a major summit hosted by the uk in november. cop26 will be attended by leaders from 196 countries, who will try to agree action. experts say the impacts of climate change are far more severe when the increase is greater than 1.5 centigrade. so far, global temperatures have climbed to 1.2 centigrade, above pre industrial levels. joining me now is pietro bertazzi, global director of the carbon disclosure project. it is good too happy with us. what are you expecting to emerge from this report that we perhaps haven t heard before? good day, we expect the report today will tell us, once again, that, yes, climate
going to be an important backdrop to the whole of this election campaign, all the way through to may the 6th. lets see how it plays out in the debate, which is due to start in the next few minutes. let s take you live to the corn exchange in edinburgh. built in 1909, live to the corn exchange in edinburgh. built in1909, now live to the corn exchange in edinburgh. built in 1909, now a conference centre, banqueting hall and live music venue. tonight it is the same for the first scottish leaders debate, moderated by sarah smith. i was expecting the titles of the programme to start there. obviously. here we go, let s go into it now. welcome to the first leaders debate of the 2021 election for the scottish parliament. i have with me the leaders of scotland s larger political parties to answer questions forjust over the next hour. you ll know all of them, i m sure, but let me introduce them. the leader of the scottish national party, nicola sturgeon. the leader of the scottish co
budget on wednesday. top of the agenda will be getting the economy back on track after a year of lockdowns, severe disruption and high levels of public spending on support schemes for employees and businesses. our economics editor faisal islam has been looking at what to expect from the chancellor s red box. this week s budget will be historic in terms of the numbers. the chancellor will hope to make it historic in terms of policy, both to support the rescue from crisis, but also to lay the long term foundations of a post pandemic, post brexit, green recovery. support forjobs, wages and the economy will continue, and you can see why. during the extraordinary economic hit from the pandemic, unemployment did go up, but rather modestly. but if you add in the number of people supported by the government s furlough scheme, and the number of people supported by the self employment scheme, you get this picture. and this is why support will be extended also for business cash flow, be
the problem isn t fixed yet, but we definitely the problem isn t fixed yet, but we definitely have identified a way of fixing definitely have identified a way of fixing the problem, and the early data shows how to do that. former french president nicolas sarkozy is found guilty of corruption and given a three year sentence. he calls. they respond. lessons in yemen the blind nine year old taking classes near the front line as an entire generation faces losing an education. and the golden globe goes to my bestie, jodie foster. and a hollywood ceremony like no other, pyjamas as well as designer dresses, as stars receive their awards from home. and coming up in sport on bbc news: the british horseracing authority says it s appalled as a photo emerges of leading irish racehorse trainer gordon elliott sitting on a dead horse. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the duke of edinburgh has been transferred to bart s hospital in london to treat an infection having
i ve got trackie bottoms on my bottoms and i m comfortable. and a star studded hollywood awards ceremony, lockdown style, on a good night for the brits at the golden globes. and coming up in sport, on bbc news. the bha tell gordon elliott he can t race horses in britain while an irish investigation into a picture of him sitting on a dead horse is carried out. good evening. there s yet more evidence of the dramatic impact the two main coronavirus vaccines being used in the uk are having. the data is based on people in england who were the first to receive the jab. it suggests thatjust one dose of either the oxford astrazeneca or the pfizer biontech vaccine cuts the risk by 60% of people over the age of 70 developing any covid symptoms. it also reduces by more than 80% the chance of the over 80s needing hospital treatment. but the government stressed that people should still have their second jab and warned that it takes about three weeks for the protective effects to develop.