Some 300 liberals from around the globe met in Cairo from 29-31 October for the latest congress and executive meeting. The event is held every 18 months.
There can be a perception that developing countries undergoing rapid industrialisation are not greatly interested in action against climate change, seeing it as something that threatens their drive to prosperity.
Tomorrow night, with a General Election looming, Birmingham's SHOUT lesbian, gay, bi and trans festival brings together a panel of politicians from across the political spectrum to debate the issues facing the LGBT community in both the city and nationally. Like the BBC's Question Time, you ask the questions.
Eastleigh Borough's flagship country park has scooped its first ever national 'Green Flag' award by being judged as among the best in the country. Itchen Valley Country Park at West End has received a prestigious 'Green Flag Award' that recognises the excellent facilities, and high standards of management of its green spaces and amenities at the 440 acre site.
It is already too late to begin building more nuclear power stations.Even if new sites could be identified, the planning laws short-circuited and construction authorised within months, it will take almost a decade before new power plants could begin producing electricity. By that time Britain will be critically short of energy.Older nuclear plants will have been decommissioned, the gas-fired generators will be dependent on costly imported fuel and the exaggerated hopes for renewable energy generation will be left, likethe few completed wind farms, blowing in the wind. Nuclear reactors,given the potential for catastrophe, need intensive inspection and testing at every stage of their construction. This is especially true for the new generation of reactors developed by the French, one of which is now being built in Finland. Second, the cost of new reactors remains prohibitive â€" not because of running costs, but because the decommissioning of expired plants has proved hugely expensive.
Commenting ahead of Government proposals that will fast-track a new generation of nuclear power stations, Simon Hughes said "A new generation of nuclear power stations will be a colossal mistake regardless of where they are built."