Topic: London (England)

Analysis: Extreme weather plagues farming, talks flounder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global wheat markets reeling from Russian droughts, thousands of cattle killed by heat in Kansas, and countless crop acres wiped out by floods in Pakistan are glimpses of what can be expected as the world struggles to battle climate ...

City dwellers cite climate as top concern: poll

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Residents of major world cities cite climate change as the most pressing global issue, except residents of large U.S. cities who list the economy as the bigger problem, according to a survey by HSBC Bank. Climate change topped ...

Britain open to two climate treaties: minister

British Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said Wednesday his government would accept two global treaties on cutting carbon emissions if no agreement could be reached on one. After high-level talks in London following up December's UN climate conference in Copenhagen, Miliband said ...

UK to launch $3 billion green investment bank

LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour government will unveil a 2 billion pound ($3 billion) "green" investment bank in Wednesday's budget to help Britain's transformation to a low carbon economy, a government source said on Sunday. Finance minister Alistair Darling has said there ...

U.S. vote dims hopes for stronger world climate pact

SINGAPORE/OSLO (Reuters) - Hopes for stronger world action in 2010 to curb climate change have dimmed after the U.S. Democrats lost a key Senate seat to a Republican opposed to capping emissions, experts said on Wednesday. The election of Republican Scott Brown, ...

French, British leaders to meet after job spat

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will try on Thursday to end tension over the appointment of a Frenchman to oversee a shake-up of European banking. Their meeting on the sidelines of a European Union ...

Thousands turn out for London climate rally

Around 20,000 people marched through London on Saturday to demand action on climate change ahead of crunch UN talks, police said, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed to respond to their concerns. The demonstration organisers called for a tough agreement on reducing ...

European protests demand tough climate deal

Tens of thousands demonstrated in European capitals on Saturday, two days ahead of the vital Copenhagen summit on tackling climate change. In London, Paris, Stockholm and Dublin, people took to the streets to call for a far-reaching international agreement on reducing emissions ...
Tens of thousands of people across Europe demonstrated for action on climate change on Saturday, two days before world leaders gather in Copenhagen for landmark talks on tackling global warming. Protesters in London, Brussels, Paris, Stockholm and Dublin took to the streets ...
Thousands of climate change protesters to take to London streets ahead of Copenhagen summitThousands of people calling for a deal on climate change at next week's United Nations conference in Copenhagen marched through central London on Saturday, encircling the Houses of Parliament ...
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