cop26 in glasgow last year? it is way off mark and we are not sing the action taken anywhere near quickly enough and we have a line on technologies that take a long time to come on stream like for example new nuclear or hydrogen where i believe the government is focusing on new forms of hydrogen which is just another form of fossil fuel so the. me gay was proud to host in december last year what we need to be doing now is moving forward with those and rather than giving new licences for fossil fuels which is just reckless at this time what the government really needs to be doing is to bejoining other countries like denmark and costa rica and leading the way declaring we need to have beyond oil and gas alliance and focus investment on new forms of energy, clean energy and energy efficiency and that needs to apply right across the board. co leader of
those marching here today will be hoping for positive news during the final week of talks, that it s not too late to deliver the substantial change they want. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. let s cross to canada now and speak to lyn adamson, who s co chair of climate fast a non profit organisation dedicated to taking action on climate change. she helped organise the protest that took place in toronto on saturday. thank you so much for your time. ijust want thank you so much for your time. i just want to ask you, cop26 is going on at the moment. in terms of what canada needs, what you want to see most come out of that summit? we would really like to see canada join the beyond oil and gas alliance. qu bec did sign on to that initiative, which is an and to oil and gas development, no more, new funding to the new approvals
some countries, i cite both denmark and costa rica, who have come forward with a new alliance which is the beyond oil and gas alliance, where they are saying they will stop producing fossil fuels themselves. and they are asking other countries to come on and join them, recognising that wejust to come on and join them, recognising that we just don t have the carbon budget to allow that. plenty to discuss over the next two weeks. helen, thanks very much indeed for that. the effects of climate change are already clear for some nations, more than others. bangladesh is among the most vulnerable so our science editor david shukman looks now at one village there and what it needs. in a village on the coast of bangladesh, people are using mud to try to hold back the sea. it s all they ve got. the rising level of the ocean means they are getting flooded more often. and we saw the same villagers struggling in the same way, back in 2009.