[UK: Gardeners don't seem very excited by global warming fraud] | My Global Garden

The weather was the topic of conversation at Hampton Court yesterday - especially in the Garden Energy area presented jointly by the RHS and the Met Office and designed by Sarah Eberle, eight times medal-winning garden designer .This enormous display of gardens, alternative energies , grow your own and very detailed information boards fitted in perfectly with what Global Gardening is all about ie to highlight awareness of the impact of climate change on our gardens.

There was a huge amount of information presented but sadly it did not seem to be very busy - maybe visitors to the Show had other agendas like buying some of the beautiful plants or garden items from the many stalls dotted around ….or maybe even a water feature!

EU must lead the world on climate change - Telegraph

Martin Luther King would never have made the impact he did if he started his famous speech with the words: "I have a nightmare". It is hard to enthuse people about the need to combat climate change through fear.

China On Carbon Tariffs: Drop Dead - Carbon Offsets Daily

It didn’t take long. On July 5, just nine days after the House passed the cap and trade bill (also known as Waxman-Markey) Chinese officials made it clear they are opposed to any carbon taxation scheme. Yao Jian, the spokesman for China’s Commerce Ministry, said the bill violates basic principles of the World Trade Organization and said that the ruse of environmental protection was being used to protect trade and that it could induce a trade war.

“China considers that the carbon emission tax not only violates the basic principle of WTO, it also violates the principles of the Kyoto Protocol about different responsibility between developing and developed countries.” Yao said.

Equity fund managers ‘complacent’ on carbon emissions - Carbon Offsets Daily

London, 9 July: Climate change has little influence on the investment decisions made by equity fund managers, according to a report which revealed a seven-fold difference in the carbon footprints of UK-based equity funds.