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Page last updated at 12:24 GMT, Monday, 19 October 2009 13:24 UK

PM warns of climate 'catastrophe'

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The UK faces a "catastrophe" of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change. Those were the words of the Prime Minister as he addressed representatives from some of the world's major economies in London.

Gordon Brown said negotiators had 50 days to save the world from global warming.

James Robbins reports.

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