BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind,

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 23% in 2023.

BP.com slash and not all.

Hi I'm Adam Vaughan Environment Environment Editor for the Times.

At the 2024 Times Earth Summit, our discussion on the essential steps for a net zero transition

will be set against a backdrop of the biggest election year in history.

The governments voted in this year will face a crucial period for the sustainability agenda.

This transition will be theirs to accelerate

and all our futures will be affected by whether or not they do so.

To put your ticket to this year's summit, head to TimesEarth Summit.com

forward slash virtual. Hello I'm Hugo Rifkind and we're going to be unpacking the politics of the day and the stuff that's even more important than politics.

Before we do though, William has

WhatsApp saying he's enjoying the show very much, but he says I heard you use

woman as a plural today. I hear it so often in the media that's begun to annoy me.

To be fair, I'm old so it's not that difficult to annoy me.

When did women become the plural for women?

I think William, this is because I'm Scottish. I think in Scottish the plural of women is

women rather than, and I'll say this wrong women.

Joining me anyway to help me solve that and other conundrums are two of the finest minds from the Times and the Sunday Times.

Mandveen Rana, host of the Story Podcast. Hello?

Hello. How are you?

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