this is bbc news, i m annita mcveigh live in glasgow as the cop26 summit the crucial climate change conference gets underway. 25,000 delegates will attend from about 200 countries to announce how they plan to cut emissions by 2030. prince charles calls for more action to tackle climate change and warns leaders of what he calls their overwhelming responsibility to generations yet unborn . cop26 begins in glasgow tomorrow. quite literally, it is the last chance saloon. we must now translate fine words into still finer actions.
of the start. with me now is our science correspondent victoria gill. she has been with me all day so far. great to have your expertise on all of this. you have been living and breathing all things cop26 for quite some time now. just to say our viewers, we are going to be expecting some speeches later including from alok sharma who is officially taking on the presidency at cop26 for the uk. let s go back to basics, how crucial is the summit? it to basics, how crucial is the summit? to basics, how crucial is the summit? , . . . ., ., ., summit? it is a crucial part of an onauoin summit? it is a crucial part of an ongoing process. summit? it is a crucial part of an ongoing process. the summit? it is a crucial part of an ongoing process. the critical- summit? it is a crucial part of an i ongoing process. the critical thing about this is that we are rapidly running out of time. that s why we keep repeating this mantra about this being such a decisive decade and we keep hearing about t
want to talk about real submissions, it should be real zero emissions. sorry. it should be real zero emissions. sor , ., ., it should be realzero emissions. sor , ., ., sorry. sorry, i was going to say, i am sorry. sorry, i was going to say, i am going sorry. sorry, i was going to say, i am going to sorry. sorry, i was going to say, i am going to remind sorry. sorry, i was going to say, i am going to remind our - sorry. sorry, i was going to say, i am going to remind our viewers, what net zero means, it is like balancing scales. it is where you have no more emissions have been put into the atmosphere, greenhouse gas emissions, than are removed. so you have a of the two. just to pick up balancing of the two. just to pick up on the theme of climate justice i was exploring with victoria, whether it is here in the uk or around the world, people are not feeling the effects of climate change equally, are they? and it s often the most disadvantaged who are suffering the most. yes. of
so long, we first embarks on this process of all of these countries gathering at these cop conferences backin gathering at these cop conferences back in 1995. we have dragged our heels and the whole negotiation process has taken too long to get to a point of decisive action. as the clock runs out and the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas levels still continue to build up in the atmosphere, itjust means that that window closes. so actually coming to an agreement here, whereby countries who have stepped up to the table also stepped up with their clear strategies about how exactly they will get to those emissions and when you crunch the numbers, that does get us to appoint where we can stay below that threshold of the critical temperature increase of 1.5 degrees that we kept talking about, and you will hear a lot about that in the next couple of weeks, that is why this week is ever more crucial. we are just why this week is ever more crucial. we arejust running why this week is ever
by some of the key emitters, china, india, turkey, saudi arabia. some other like brazil and australia have submitted them but without the ability to halve emissions by 2030, as you point out. is if there is as you point out. is if there is a real shortfall in these emission reduction targets, how could the aim of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees remain alive? degrees remain alive? well, no ruestion degrees remain alive? well, no question we degrees remain alive? well, no question we need degrees remain alive? well, no | question we need commitments degrees remain alive? well, no - question we need commitments from these question we need commitments from these other countries. saudi arabia is a petro these other countries. saudi arabia is a petro state and they have played is a petro state and they have played an is a petro state and they have played an adverse role in these proceedings for decades. so to some extent, proceedings for decades. so to some extent,