climate
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World
UK urges focus on delivery at UN committee session
Britain has told the UN's Second Committee that countries must turn agreed development promises into real results, warning that time is running short.
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World
Sir Lindsay Hoyle to attend Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly in Tanzania
The Commons Speaker will join more than 600 parliamentarians in Arusha for the 153rd IPU Assembly, where good governance, climate change and inequality are on the agenda.
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Politics
Government sets out winter weather plans for UK
Ministers promise better flood defences, rail and road upgrades and a household awareness campaign as the country prepares for possible storms linked to a strong El Nino.
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Midlands
Birmingham council wins BREEAM sustainable cities award
The city council has been honoured for planning policies that push new buildings to meet tough energy efficiency and low-emissions standards.
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Midlands
Birmingham council wins £15m to help small firms cut energy bills
A new three-year programme will offer grants to about 125 small and medium-sized businesses a year, aiming to lower their energy costs and carbon emissions.
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Culture
Flag Fen Bronze Age dig gets £700,000 to save threatened remains
A new excavation at Flag Fen near Peterborough will record fragile Bronze Age wooden remains at risk from falling groundwater levels, backed by £700,000 from Defra and Historic England.
