UK presidency to focus on climate change

The UK’s EU presidency in the second half of 2005 will have a strong focus on the environment and on arresting climate change, a high ranking Downing Street official told a conference in Brussels on Tuesday (19 April).

The UK’s presidency will take place in the middle of its year-long presidency of the G8, an informal grouping of the world’s eight richest countries, where climate change and Africa will be the main topics.

"The presidency falls during the time of major annual summi...