general. and the queen, who can t attend in person due to medical advice, sends a message to the world s leaders in glasgow. none of us underestimates the challenges ahead. but history has shown that when nations come together in common cause there is always room for hope. hello and welcome to glasgow, the end of the crucial opening day of the cop 26 summit. 120 heads of state are here for the first day of negotiations, and already a handful of developments. arguably the most significant came from narendra modi, who announced that india would will meet a net zero emissions target by 2070. it is quite the step for the world s third largest polluter, which until now had resisted pressure from the international community for a net zero committment. critics say that 2070 is at least 20 years too late. but mr modi also pledged to have 50% of his country s energy generated by renewables by 2030. we ll discuss that in further detail later in the show. we also saw speeches from a num
the longer we fail to act, the worse it gets and the higher the price when we are eventually forced by catastrophe to act. if you re here today, you know what climate change is doing to us. you don t need my pain, or my tears, to know that we re in a crisis. enough of burning and drilling and mining our way deeper. . we re digging our own graves. outside, protesters demanded much more radical action, accusing the summit leaders of being full of hot air. also tonight. the driver of one of two trains involved in a collision near salisbury suffers life changing injuries. several others were also hurt. the chief executive of barclays, resigns, after an inquiry into links with the sex offender, jeffrey epstein. commentator: helps it away. and jos buttler s big hitting makes it four wins out of four for england at the t20 world cup. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel. wonderful wolves in wonderland against woeful everton will the toffees fight back? we ll have