Prime minister, secretary-general, ministers, ladies and gentlemen:
I am most grateful for your kind invitation to address this crucially important international gathering.
We live in times of great consequence and, therefore, of great opportunity.
With issues of such magnitude, it is easy to focus solely on the challenges, the worst-case scenarios, the what-ifs of failure.
But take a moment [...]

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Banksy sees red over climate change

Street artist Banksy spray-paints message in red capitals on wall beside Regent’s canal in north London
It may be scant compensation to disgruntled climate change activists, but the failure to agree a legally binding treaty in Copenhagen has apparently provided inspiration for the latest work by [...]

UK e-car trials kick off with mass motor handover • Register Hardware: “UK e-car trials kick off with mass motor handover
Minis in Oxford, Mitsubishis in Brum
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Leccy Tech Forty leccy Minis were yesterday handed to their owners – well, lessees, to be exact – [...]

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Darling unveils £400 incentive for a greener boiler

Chancellor’s ‘boiler scrappage scheme’ surprised the industry
Householders can expect to be inundated with discount offers to replace their old gas boiler over the next few weeks, after the chancellor announced a £400 “scrappage” scheme to help consumers upgrade to a new model.
Within hours [...]

Friends of the Earth: Committee on Climate Change reports on aviation: “”
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Commenting on today’s Committee on Climate Change report on how the Government’s target to constrain UK aviation emissions at 2005 levels by 2050 might be met, Friends of the Earth’s transport campaigner Richard Dyer said:
“Ministers have been influenced by misleading greenwash from the [...]

BBC News – Kit Kat biscuits to go Fairtrade in the new year: “”

Kit Kat, Britain’s biggest-selling chocolate biscuit, will bear the Fairtrade logo from mid-January.
The biscuits, made by Nestle in York, have been Fairtrade certified, with more than 6,000 farmers in west Africa, set to get a better price for cocoa.
About one billion Kits [...]