we ll have the latest from justin rowlatt at the summit, where the prime minister rishi sunak hasjust been speaking. also on the programme. five years after the fire at grenfell tower, which claimed 72 lives, the official public inquiry is drawing to a close. many rail services are still badly disrupted despite a series of planned strikes being called off. how fast could you run in your slippers when you were a kid? laughter. and, peter kay announces his long awaited return to stand up comedy with his first live tour in 12 years. also this hour on bbc london. protests by climate change activists close parts of the m25 this morning, the same day world leaders gather for cop 27. good evening. the global climate summit known as cop 27 has started in egypt, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to cooperate or perish . he declare
need to address the problem. the trick is to going and use them as quickly as we can. talking about using them, what are some of the key things do you think we need to do that we are not already doing? i you think we need to do that we are not already doing? are not already doing? i think we need to are not already doing? i think we need to employ are not already doing? i think we need to employ what - are not already doing? i think we need to employ what we l are not already doing? i think i we need to employ what we call emergency brakes on climate change, things that work really fast. we need to focus on solutions that are here today like stopping deforestation, plugging methane leaks in our energy systems, addressing energy systems, addressing energy efficiency in food waste in our existing infrastructure, while we are building tomorrow s infrastructure of renewable energy, electric vehicles, better buildings and so on. what we cannot do is sit on our hands and worry and not a
we haven t even built the toolbox until recently, now at least we have some of the tools that we need to address the problem. the trick is to going and use them as quickly as we can. talking about using them, what are some of the key things do you think we need to do that we are not already doing? i think we need to employ what we call emergency brakes on climate change, things that work really fast. we need to focus on solutions that are here today like stopping deforestation, plugging methane leaks in our energy systems, addressing energy efficiency in food waste in our existing infrastructure, while we are building tomorrow s infrastructure of renewable energy, electric vehicles, better buildings and so on. what we cannot do is sit on our hands and worry and not act, or sit on our hands and wait for some maybe future technology to save us, that is still too far down the road. we need to act now with the tools we have today. on that point, talking about the delay them, the us is the
good evening. the global climate summit known as cop 27 has started in egypt, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to cooperate or perish . he declared that the climate crisis was now the defining issue of our times. last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, phasing down the use of coal, stopping deforestation, and cutting methane emissions. but the un says progress on cutting emissions has been woefully inadequate . prime minister rishi sunak has started addressing the summit in the past half an hour and we will have more on that in a second. our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this report.
native trees for free either to be added to a woodland like this, or for people to plant themselves at home. but at the cost of £2 million to the taxpayer, how likely is it that they ll survive and thrive? trees are tough, actually. you ve got to treat them pretty badly to kill a tree. you know, just a bit of tender loving care and it will be fine. bit of space and plenty of water. to reach 86 million, many, many more will need to be planted. a national forest stretching across wales is planned. a similar scheme is happening in the midlands. but planting to capture carbon is the subject of scientific debate. it depends on the type of tree and its location. stopping deforestation is, for some, a bigger priority,