Global warming bad for industry

Britain has told the world’s biggest polluters that only by placing the environment at the heart of economic policy could they prevent a crisis caused by global warming.

London hosted a two-day brainstorming on climate change by ministers and senior officials from 20 countries in the run-up to a July meeting of the eight most industrialised nations – the G8 group – currently led by London.

The need for action to avert a looming climate catastrophe was rammed home by graphic images of melting glaciers and makeshift sea defences displayed at the venue of the meeting.