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Business Weekly: COP26: Another last chance to save the planet?

COP26 – another last chance to save the planet?

30/10/2021 GMT

COP26: Another last chance to save the planet?

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Business Weekly explores electric ships, the Amazon rainforest and recycling plastic.

As several world leaders gather in Glasgow for COP26, Business Weekly looks at electric ships, incentives to save the Amazon rainforest and the problems of recycling plastic.

As world leaders gather in Glasgow in Scotland for the UN’s global climate conference, COP26, we ask if a new project partnering with the private sector will help save the Amazon rainforest, or whether it’s simply another way for the corporate sector to pay away its guilt. Plus, we hear from a youth delegate to the last big climate conference in Paris – what is she hoping for this time round? And, can electric freight vessels help global shipping to go green? We hear how a Norwegian company is working on one. We also look at the fight against plastic waste and how the world’s recycling systems simply aren’t working. And they’re big, glamorous and they involve hundreds of people. But are the days of the big Indian wedding over? Business Weekly is produced by Matthew Davies and presented by Tamasin Ford.

(Image: Piles of illegal wood gathered next to the rainforest. Credit: Reuters)

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