hello, i m luxmy gopal. is the planet warming faster than we thought and are current targets signed off by world leaders enough to tackle the most damaging effects of global warming in the years to come? new evidence from the eu s climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains the significance of the 1.5 celsius figure. it s reckoned to be an arbitrary boundary at which we avoid the worst effects of climate change. there was a landmark un paper in 2018 which found it would be really significantly greater impacts at 2 degrees and urged all efforts to be made to try and keep temperature rise to 1.5 degrees which was also the target set at a landmark climate summit in paris in 2015, world leaders agreed they would make all possible ef
by world leaders enough to tackle the most damaging effects of global warming in the years to come? new evidence from the eu s climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. let s go live now to cardiff and speak to our climate editorjustin rowlatt. explain the significance of that figure. it s reckoned to be an arbitrary boundary at which we avoid the worst effects of climate change. there was a landmark un paper in 2018 which found it would be really significantly greater impacts at 2 degrees and urged all efforts to be made to try and keep temperature rise to 1.5 degrees which was also the targets a landmark climate summit in paris in 2015, world leaders agreed they would make all possible efforts to keep it to 1.5 so nudging as close as we are and having passed it for a sin
is the planet warming faster than we thought, and are current targets signed off by world leaders enough to tackle the most damaging effects of global warming in the years to come? new evidence from the eu s climate service, copernicus, highlights that for the first time, the world was 1.5 degrees warmer than pre industrial levels for a whole year. scientists say a combination of greenhouse gas emissions and dramatic sea temperature rises are to blame. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, explains the significance of the 1.5 celsius figure. 1.5 is reckoned to be a boundary, an arbitrary boundary at which we avoid the worst effects of climate change. there was a landmark un paper back in 2018 which found there would be really significantly greater impact at 2 degrees and urged all efforts to be made to try and keep temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, 1.5 was also the target set at a landmark climate summit in paris in 2015, world leaders agreed they would make all possible efforts
less than 2a hours before the polls opened, 28 people were killed in balochistan, with the islamic state group saying it carried out two bombings. on election day, five security personnel were killed in an attack while patrolling in the north west of the country. security was therefore tight and while some polling stations were largely empty, because of security threats and cold weather, in other areas of the country people turned out in large numbers, leading to queues at polling stations as people headed in to vote. polls opened at eight in the morning local time, and closed about two hours ago. the vote took place without the former prime minister imran khan. he has been imprisoned on charges including corruption and was prevented from contesting. and in a widely criticised move, the authorities unexpectedly cut mobile phone and mobile internet services because of what they call deterioriating security . more now from south asian correspondent samira hussain. this is a re
pennines. nick garnett reports from a gritting centrejust outside manchester. monroe isjust a little bit north of manchester. the and 62 is one of the biggest motorways and you see the lorries going past at the moment and they are on their way to the highest point of the motorway network, 372 metres above sea level, and that if the weather is going to hit any motorway network, it will hit any motorway network, it will hit its worst there. this is the gritting station where they try and stop the disruption because the disruption that happens economically is absolutely massive if the motorway network is affected. if you look at the amount of salt that is there aren t great, twice that amount is being put on the roads at this moment by a0 lorries that are looking after gritting the whole of the motorway and arterial route network. the man in charge of it all is simon bain. it is your responsibility, so no pressure on you to be making sure the motorway network stays running. why