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Nov 2021
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World leaders are talking conifers, cash and cows. But is it all hot air?

Laura K and Rebecca M explain all the comings and goings at the COP26 Climate Conference today.

The ex-President of the Maldives chats to Adam about whether rich tourists should stop flying to his sun-soaked islands.

And also, are croissants a climate catastrophe? What is Boris Johnson's favourite tree? And why won't Leonardo DiCaprio talk to us at the climate conference?

Today’s Newscast was made by Sam Bonham with Ros Jones and Georgia Coan. The studio director was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Alison Gee.

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