May - 30 HSBC pledges a $100 million donation to fund research into effects of climate change.

Europe's biggest bank is funding research by four charities on the impact of climate change.

It comes after the Stern Report last year warned of severe economic and environmental fallout if nothing is done to tackle global warming.

Chris Burns reports for Reuters

FEATURED SPEAKERS: David Attenborough Naturalist/Broadcaster
# Ira Rubinoff, Smithsonian Institution
# Stephen Green, Chairman HSBC