Climate change envoy warns against cutting investment in green energy

John Ashton warns that failure to deal with climate change would amplify problems such as water and food insecurity The government's climate change envoy has warned that failure to take more action to invest in a low carbon economy is a threat to the future "prosperity and security" of the British people. John Ashton, who has just stepped down from his post at the Foreign Office, told MPs that the UK was still considered an influential global player on ... Full Story »