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UN report to call for rapid, systemic changes to combat climate change

The report is expected to call for changes to how we travel, eat, and heat our homes.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, due out shortly, is expected to demand fundamental changes to the world's patterns of consumption, such as the rapid phasing out of fossil fuels as the top priority, together with a major expansion of renewable energy. We ask Dr. Nina Seega, research director at the Centre for Sustainable Finance at Cambridge University, if businesses are taking the necessary steps to be in line with these recommendations. And Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since the 1940s, which has triggered a political crisis as well. The president has had to swear in a brand new cabinet after 26 ministers resigned en masse. To what extent is this a political or economic crisis, and what can the president do to quell the anger of protestors? A question for Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, senior fellow at the Millennium Project in Washington DC. Finally, a special report from the 主播大秀's Rahul Tandon speaks to young Russians who have decided to either leave Russia or stay in the country following the invasion of Ukraine and the economic fallout of international sanctions. Russia's economy is forecast to shrink by 8% this year.

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  • Mon 4 Apr 2022 14:32GMT