Climate Change Seminar: 29th September 2009, Lloyd’s Building, London

September 21st, 2009 COPENHAGEN and NEW YORK - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, on behalf of the Danish government as hosts of the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 (COP15), today announced a new collaboration with the global internet company Google. (Logo: The aim of the collaboration is to increase global engagement in climate change in the run-up to and during COP15 in Copenhagen in December.

September 13th, 2009 NEW YORK - - Report says action on climate adaptation may significantly reduce losses and increase economic sustainability. A report from the Economics of Climate Adaptation Working Group released today indicates that climate risks could cost nations up to 19% of their GDP by 2030, with developing countries most vulnerable.

September 13th, 2009 LONDON - - "The HOW-TO Seminar for Designing and Building Sophisticated Spreading Tools in RTD Tango" RTS Realtime Systems Group, a leading global trading solutions provider, will host a free seminar in London on Wednesday, September 16, at 17:45 p.m., about spread trading on the firm's popular RTD Tango algorithmic trading solution. The event will take place at the City Presentation Centre, 4 Chiswell Street.

September 9th, 2009 MADRID - - Invest in Spain would like to invite you to take part in an online seminar entitled "Business Opportunities in the Spanish ICT Sector", in which business opportunities will be presented for foreign companies in the sector in Spain. Experts will respond to the questions of participants live.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - - With Photos On 14 September 2009 at Plasa 09 The Theatres Trust will announce a new three year programme to provide specialist theatre environmental advice and undertake free DEC assessments with 48 small scale theatres in London. One year on from the launch of the Mayor of London's 'Green Theatre: Taking Action on Climate Change' initiative at Plasa 08, The Theatres Trust will announce it is to receive GBP450,000 over the next three years from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in London to deliver the ECOVENUE advisory programme.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - Unite union has sharply criticised Lloyds Banking Group's (LBG) confused management style today (25th August) as the bank announces over 200 job losses in its general insurance arm, bringing the total job cuts at the bank to 7,500 this year. Only last week LBG decided to abandon the closure of the Cheltenham and Gloucester branches bringing reprieve for 900 staff.

May 26th, 2009 SEOUL, South Korea - Mayors of major metropolitan cities around the world adopted the "Seoul Declaration" at the Third C40 Large Cities Climate Summit held last week in the capital city of Korea. Announced on the final day of the three-day Summit, the Declaration calls on major cities to convert into low-carbon areas by cutting greenhouse gas emissions to the largest extent possible.

March 30th, 2009 HELSINKI - Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, and the city of Helsinki are launching an international competition for building a sustainable and innovative block in the Western Harbor of Helsinki. This competition is a search for teams that can provide an architecture of solutions.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - April 1st 2009 is Energy Wasting Day - www.energywastingday.com Wannabe celeb Dan Power is releasing the World's first ever 'anti-eco' single -'Energy Wasting Day' (Wednesday 1st April 2009). In his debut music video, Dan Power (a self-confessed carbon junkie and Jeremy Clarkson fan) is seen cavorting with a group of girls pole dancing around patio heaters, riding a gas guzzling motorbike and advocating all kinds of ways to needlessly waste energy.

March 10th, 2009 LONDON - While the days of the GBP5 Poms may be long gone, a new exodus appears to be occurring from the UK. Working In, the organisers of the market-leading emigration exhibitions; Opportunities Australia & Opportunities New Zealand, have been amazed at the huge increase in advance ticket sales for the forthcoming series of shows, which offer a fantastic insight into a new life in a new world! Possibly spurred on by the current economic gloom in the UK, a recent national survey by Freixenet sparkling wine found that if, money was no object, 22% of Brits would emigrate.

July 16th, 2009 Lloyds Banking Group cutting 1,200 more jobsLONDON — Lloyds Banking Group announced Thursday it would cut another 1,200 jobs to reduce costs and rationalize operations after the government-backed merger of Lloyds TSB and Halifax/Bank of Scotland. Lloyds, whose biggest shareholder is the British government, said 650 permanent jobs would go by the first quarter of next year, 180 staff would move to new positions and 370 agency and contract staff would be cut in its group operations and insurance divisions.

February 27th, 2009 LONDON - Lloyds Banking Group Friday reported 2008 losses of 9.9 billion pounds ($14 billion) following its growth into a 'superbank' through the emergency takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) last September. Lloyds core division made a pre-tax profit of 807 million pounds in 2008, but HBOS, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, had suffered losses of 9.9 billion pounds, the banking group said.

April 25th, 2009 LEH AND LADAKH - An Asian regional seminar at Leh, Ladakh in Kashmir warned of adverse effects of climate change in cold regions. The four-day seminar was organised by the Group Energies Renewable, Environment Solidarities, a recognized international French NGO, in partnership with the European Union, GTZ (the German Technical Cooperation), ADEME (the French Environment and Energy Management Agency), and the Foundation Ensemble.

June 30th, 2009 Lloyds Banking Group cutting 1,750 more jobsLONDON — Lloyds Banking Group PLC said Tuesday it expects to cut 1,750 jobs in its group operations and wholesale divisions over the next three years as it consolidates the merger of Lloyds TSB and Halifax/Bank of Scotland. The partly nationalized bank said 2,100 posts would be cut, but that would be partly offset by creating 350 new roles in the two divisions.

August 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Climate Rider Michael Proulx will cycle more than 5,000 miles this summer to promote Brita Climate Ride 2009 in the US, as well as raise awareness of climate change and renewable energy. Proulx is a global traveler and former Ironman triathlete who has traveled extensively and backpacked all seven continents.

June 9th, 2009 Lloyds Banking Group to cut 1,600 more jobsLONDON — Lloyds Banking Group PLC said Tuesday that it will cut another 1,600 jobs in Britain in a shake up of its lending businesses. Lloyds, one of two big British banks being propped up by the government, said it would close its 164 Cheltenham & Gloucester branches in November, eliminating 833 jobs.

June 30th, 2009 Lloyds Banking Group cutting 1,800 more jobsLONDON — Lloyds Banking Group PLC said Tuesday that it expects to cut nearly 1,800 jobs in its group operations and wholesale divisions over the next three years as it consolidates the merger of Lloyds TSB and Halifax/Bank of Scotland. The partly nationalized bank said 2,100 posts would be affected, but that would be partly offset by creating 350 new roles in the two divisions.

August 10th, 2009 Lloyds shares fall on capital raising speculationLONDON —Shares in part-nationalized British bank Lloyds PLC dropped 5 percent on Monday on speculation the lender is considering a multibillion pound share issue as part of a plan to reduce its reliance on the government. Lloyds agreed in March to put some 260 billion pounds ($433 billion) of bad loans into the government's asset protection scheme, an insurance program for toxic debt, but is now reported to be concerned about the 16 billion pounds worth of fees attached to the program.

September 17th, 2009 NEW YORK - The Prime Minister's Principal Secretary, T. K. A Nair met the UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and discussed the country's stand on climate change on Thursday.

May 29th, 2009 Climate change causes 300,000 deaths a yearLONDON — A think-tank led by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says that around 300,000 people die each year from disasters related to climate change.