Papers released under a freedom of information request reveal one of the MoD's top civil servants told senior industry figures the government had already decided to replace its nuclear munitions despite public assurances that no decision had been taken from defence secretary Des Browne. (politics.co.uk)
How quickly such a deceleration leads to a peaking of China's total emissions depends on the specific carbon intensity targets, but senior Chinese officials have recently given public assurance of China's desire to peak its emissions «as early as possible.» (greenleapforward.com)
Up until the time of the vote itself we will remain open to voting in favour of the resolution, if we see public assurances by the Palestinians on these points. (politics.co.uk)