properties are due to end. could there be a possible slump? we have a packed business half hour, so let s get stuck in. starting with the oil industry, it has faced vast losses over the past years the global economy slump, but it has a bigger, more long term problem than the pandemic, and thatis problem than the pandemic, and that is how to reinvent itself for a future without fossil fuels. in the next hour or so, shell will announce its green strategy for the coming decades. it has pledged to be net zero in terms of carbon emissions by 2050, or sooner, so it has less than three decades at the very most to make some huge changes. shell has promised one quarter of all of its spending will be on low carbon energy by 2025, amounting to about $5 billion a year. is it enough, though? rival, bp, says it will slash oil and gas production by 40% by the end of this decade as it moves into renewable energy. and shell is thought to be unwilling to give up its lucrative oil business so q
rise in cannabis based drugs in recent decades. and a top exec at one of america s biggest cannabis retailers, which sells everything from recreational we to medical marijuana and rakes in half a billion dollars a year. also on the show, i scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. it has to be one of the coolest jobs on the planet. the head of haagen dazs ice cream joins me to talk through the indulgence of her frozen flavors. wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, the cannabis industry, it s a market on a high as more and more countries look to legalize the possession and use of the drug for recreational use or to regulate how it s used as a medicinal product. just last month, germany became the latest european country to legislate for personal use or indeed to grow marijuana plants at home. so on that note, let s hear from europe in a moment from the netherlands, where cannabis has been decri