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๐ We speak to the EUโs climate chief about the path to net-zero
๐ฑFind out how people around the world celebrated Earth Day
2/ ๐บ๐ธ We look at what President Bidenโs climate summit could achieve
๐ Find out how people around the world marked #EarthDay
๐ง๐ฉ Meet the Bangladeshi engineer with a solar solution
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3/ ๐ฆ We speak to the former Bank of England Governor about a new climate initiative
๐ Find out why seagrass are eco-friendly superheroes
๐ค And the rise of ocean robots
4/ ๐ณ An exclusive interview with environmental activist @ErinBrockovich
๐ Find out how the UKโs new carbon emissions target will affect you
๐ And the young people on a mission to save the planet
5/ ๐ญ @CordeliaSkyNews visits Michigan's most polluted zip code
๐ก UN experts warn 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record
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#Nomadland has swept the #Oscars with wins for directing and its lead Frances McDormand as well as best film - with British stars Daniel Kaluuya and Emerald Fennell also among the winners trib.al/qJkLve8
#Oscars: It was a slightly muted ceremony, with less jokes than usual and more focus on the talent in, and not in, the room ๐
However, it still had all the ingredients of an awards show with big talking points.
"The heat is intense. The grief is palpable. Fires just do not stop burning in the Indian capital, Delhi, right now."
In Delhi a makeshift crematorium has been set up to cope with the number of COVID deaths. @AlexCrawfordSky reports from the centre of the global pandemic
Watch @AlexCrawfordSky's full report from Delhi as India struggles to cope with the number of people dying from COVID-19.
Warning: This package contains footage that some people may find distressing from a makeshift crematorium
"They cannot cope with the number of dead."
@AlexCrawfordSky reported from Delhi outside a makeshift crematorium
1/ Had a busy week? Been out socialising in the (chilly) sunshine? Fear not. Make yourself a cup of tea, and settle down to read through the stories behind the biggest headlines of the week - and a few more you may have missed ๐
3/ When a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of murder, history was made.
It was the first time a white policeman was convicted of assaulting a black man in Minneapolis. Now the hope is for lasting change, with the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
This year the #Oscars significantly expanded its voting body, inviting more than 800 new members.
Based the 2021 nominations this seems to have made a real difference to diversity.
We have analysed 92 years of the winners in the main categories - here's how the stats add up ๐
Our analysis shows that Oscar-winning actresses are on average nine years younger than their male counterparts.
The average male winner is 46, the average female winner is 37
For every woman who has won an award for screenwriting, there are 12 male winners.
And in 92 years of Academy Awards winners there has only ever been one woman to win the award for best director โ Kathryn Bigelow, for The Hurt Locker, in 2010
This week on Hotspots we join @ramsaysky as he returns to Europeโs first epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, while @AlexCrawfordSky is in Beirut following the catastrophic blast that shocked the world.
Watch tonight 10pm Sky Documentaries I Saturday 9pm Sky News
Chief correspondent @ramsaysky returned to Bergamo to see how the city was coping months after it became Europeโs first COVID crisis point.
His award-winning report at the beginning of March 2020 warned the world what to expect from #COVID19
Watch now๐
Special correspondent @AlexCrawfordSky headed to #Beirut after the catastrophic blast, that killed at least 210 people, shocked the world.
She arrived at the same time as the first international search and rescue teams - and witnessed the destruction first hand
๐ฌ A poll reveals how many Britons are optimistic that climate change is solvable
๐ณ Why rare earth minerals were an issue for voters in Greenland's election
๐งฑ Meet Kenyan engineer @nzambimatee_ke who's tackling plastic waste
You can read more about the stories being covered on the #DailyClimateShow tonight here๐
Poll reveals how many Britons are unwilling to change their habits to tackle the climate crisis
A major mining project in Greenland aimed at exploiting the Arctic island's huge untapped mineral resources has been thrown into doubt following a snap election