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	Podcast:		Business Matters
	Episode:		Does the shipping industry's pledge on carbon emissions go far enough?
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:52:49
	Publish Date:		2018-04-13 20:13:00
	Description:		Shipping ministers and representatives have agreed for the first time a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from ships by at least 50% by 2050. Shipping accounts for around two per cent of global CO2 emissions. So is this a sea change, or just a drop in the ocean? Niklas Hoehne, Founding partner at the New Climate Institute in Cologne and John Kornerup, head of sustainability strategy for the shipping giant Maersk, each join to give their take. Hundreds of years ago, windmills were used in Holland to produce flour in a method nearly unchanged down the centuries. The time-honoured method of grinding grain has now earned UNESCO protection, but just forty people in the Netherlands still earn a living from making flour in this way. The BBC's Anna Holligan went to the Dutch town of Ijsselstein to meet one of those forty. Many of our listeners will remember the financial crisis and the impact it had on jobs. Things were especially hard on those graduating around 2008, who found there simply weren't any jobs around. But some people took it as an opportunity to redraw their career path. Kai Rysdell met one woman who managed to turn a crisis into a career change. Three female jockeys are seeking a place in history as they prepare to line up for the rain-hit Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, all hoping to become the first woman to win in the 171-year history of the race. The BBC's Alison Mitchell has been taking a tour of the course in Aintree, and we ask Jessica Bridge from Ladbrokes to explain how much the annual race is worth. Throughout the show we’ll be joined by Clive Hunton live from the ABC studios in Canberra. (Photo: Ships docked at Tanjung Pagar container port in Singapore. Credit: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images)
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