Britain, China seek joint effort on climate change
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's visit to China switches to environmental issues Saturday, as he seeks to boost co-operation between the two countries on tackling climate change, senior Downing Street officials said.
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China said Tuesday it was working hard to increase its use of renewable energy, but needs to be given some leeway in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Britain on Tuesday became the first country to propose legislation setting binding limits on greenhouse gases as it stepped up its campaign for a new global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
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The British government's failure on domestic climate change policies is undermining international efforts, Friends of the Earth said Wednesday.
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Britain's Tony Blair will make an uncompromising speech on climate change on Tuesday, urging the world to act in concert and pressing Washington to change its stance.
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Gordon Brown arrived in China on Friday on his maiden visit as prime minister, with tackling climate change and boosting two-way trade and investment top of the agenda.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown began a major effort Friday to position Britain as China's premier international business partner, offering London as a base for distribution of the Asian nation's state fund for private investment.
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The UK government will seek a 60% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050 in its plan to tackle global warming.
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China promised on Monday to integrate climate change policy into its industrial and energy sectors, but said it would not cave in to international pressure over global warming by sacrificing economic growth.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday urged a new international dialogue with the United States on climate change, weeks before Britain takes over the presidency of the G8 group of industrialized nations. &quot;The most important thing is to try to get a dialogue with America on how we recognize both the scale of the problem on greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Al Gore urges China and the US to work together on climate change, as he picks up the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Britain, arguing that climate change is now unstoppable, urged the United States on Tuesday to sign up to life-saving cuts in greenhouse gas emissions as environmentalists warned of approaching Armageddon.
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China&#39;s first plan for climate change  will seek to fortify the country against damage from global  warming but also against international pressure to cut  greenhouse gas pollution that Beijing calls the cost of growth.
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The British prime minister and the leader of the opposition are both to sound the alarm over climate change.
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China promised Monday to better control emissions of greenhouse gases, unveiling a national program to combat global warming, but rejected mandatory caps on emissions as unfair to countries still trying to catch up with the developed West.
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China's first plan to confront climate change cites growth as its top priority.
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The Queen is to open a conference on climate change today during her state visit to Germany. The gathering, held at the British embassy in Berlin, will make recommendations on climate change to Prime Minister Tony Blair.