The announcement came after the British High Commissioner to India, Richard Stagg called on the Mayor M Subramanian at the Ripon Building to discuss the strategy that would be evolved by the Asian cities to fight global warming and climatic changes.

Speaking to reporters after a brief meeting with Mayor, Stagg said that it was high time for the Asian cities to address the global warming and carbon emission seriously since the worst sufferers of the climate change are going to be the regional countries and India in particular. Stagg said, “United Kingdom was ready to cooperate with the other nations and come out with an action plan, which can address the issue.”