As more protests hit the streets of London this week, attention again turns to how we will tackle climate change. We have seen some real leadership from the UK government in the last few years and British expertise has been at the forefront of clean energy and global efforts to fight climate change.

Right here in the UK we have cut our emissions by over 40% – faster than any other G20 country – while growing our economy by more than two thirds. This is a great start, but we know we need to do more.

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The oceans are under siege, campaigners warn, and fish stocks could collapse unless a global deal is struck swiftly to ban harmful fisheries subsidies. The World Trade Organization, meanwhile, can’t agree on who will head the committee to discuss the issue, according to sources close to the negotiations.

More than 90 percent of fish stocks are at maximum sustainable levels or overfished, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, and environmentalists say a subsidies deal is needed quickly to protect those remaining.

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