Agence France-Presse: Britain said Wednesday it would join the United States in a charge to curb financial aid for building coal-fired power plants abroad.
The announcement was made at UN climate talks in Warsaw where the fossil fuel — the biggest single contributor to global warming — has been at the centre of a storm.
“The UK will join the United States in agreeing to end support for public financing of new coal-fired power plants overseas, except in rare circumstances,” Ed Davey, Britain’s energy secretary,…