Results tagged “climate change”
By Andrew Williams
The past few weeks have seen the mercury falling to record levels as the Wharf shivered its way into the New Year. Coming back to work after Christmas is bad enough at the best of times, but when you're knee deep in slush and powerless to move in a force 10 gale it's really no fun.
Farming minister Jim Fitzpatrick believes that an international agreement in Copenhagen holds the key to combating climate change.
The Poplar and Canning Town MP is part of the Government's drive to engage British farmers in pursuing efficiency savings and carbon reductions.
Climate camp has been set up in Blackheath for a week, in which time activists have launched actions against London targets such as Barclays, Shell, RBS and even the Daily Mail.
As the tents and haystacks come down, The Wharf talks to camp spokesman Peter McDonnell about the event and its long-term impact.
View the Wharf's climate camp gallery here
Demonstrators are camping in the shadow of Canary Wharf to raise awareness about climate change.
Hundreds descended on Blackheath yesterday afternoon to set up a "climate camp", a tent-peppered community which will serve as a base, an open house and a home for workshops over the next week.
By Andrew Williams
Just when you thought the egg-dodging figure of Nick Griffin couldn't get any more ridiculous, he decides to treat us to his views on green issues.
Global warming, he told Nicky Campbell, is a hoax.
By Andrew Williams
By the time you read this it will probably be raining.
I can base this prediction on one obvious fact: as I write this it is about 27C in the shade outside and I'm indoors slaving away over a PC.
By Giles Broadbent live at the G20
Climate change is playing second fiddle at the G20.
Despite the right words emerging from delegates, there is a sense that this is not the moment to be pushing the green agenda too aggressively.
Click here to see The Wharf's pictures of the protests.
Protesters were penned in by riot police for more than eight hours as G20 protests were hit by spasms of violence.
Wine bottles were thrown and an effigy of a banker was burned from a lamppost as frustrations grew at the immovable cordon around Bank station.
I have not, in all honesty, been forced to ask this question much before but now it nags at my brain like a barbed wire bowler.
What should I wear? The talk is of nothing else. We press coat-hangered crustie-wear to our chests and size it up in full-length Oxfam mirrors.
Protesters, commuters, police and the world's press descended on the City as talk of the G20 summit dominated London.
Events began early on Wednesday outside Bank station, as thousands from around the country plan to make their voices heard.
The Thames Barrier could be replaced as part of a long-term plan to protect London from flooding.
The Environment Agency is considering placing a new barrier downstream in Essex to ward off rising sea levels into the next century.
Several lights on Canary Wharf's glittering skyline will blink out for an hour on Saturday (March 28).
Wharf tenants are among the organisations getting involved with the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour, which will see 2,398 cities in 83 countries switch off their lights at 8.30pm local time.
HSBC's Canary Wharf logo will be switched off for an hour next weekend as part of a climate-change initiative.
The Canada Square bank has agreed to black out its distinctive beacon to promote the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour event.
THE capital's green spaces are to grow in a bid to stifle climate change.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced plans to protect parks and roof gardens in the capital, which he claims will help absorb rainwater and reduce the risk of flooding.
Mr Johnson was in Docklands on Friday, August 29, to launch London's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy at the Thames Barrier in Woolwich, the capital's major defence against rising water levels.
