UK Executives Converge On 10 Downing, Urge Blair To Act On Climate - BBC

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Thirteen business leaders are set to meet Prime Minister Tony Blair to urge tougher action on climate change. The group, including Shell, Tesco and Vodafone executives, will urge more curbs on carbon dioxide emissions.

They believe this would encourage innovation that would give British business an edge with new technology. Other business lobby groups have argued against stricter targets in the past, saying they would damage the competitiveness of Britain.

The delegation, which will visit 10 Downing Street, warns that developing countries will never take climate change seriously unless countries like Britain show how it can be tackled.

The group, brought together by the Prince of Wales's Business and Environment Programme, says climate change is urgent and needs tougher regulations on low-energy homes and products. Prince Charles said the business community was "critical" in tackling a challenge of the magnitude of climate change.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5050774.stm

[roguevalley]

1. they better do something. london will be underwater and its said

by 2020 britain will be siberian.

[htuttle]

2. "The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in"

"Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning and I, I live by the river."
--The Clash, London Calling

Wow. One day, almost all of that is going to come true...