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The commuters of London, reaching to the amount of a million participants, on the date of October 25, 2007, t provided a free metro newspaper which contained an important article with the headline "We're in the biggest race of our lives." which encompassed the details of the fourth report of the United Nations Environmental Programme's Global Environment Outlook (GEO). The contents of the GEO noted that the actions to address climate change were critically insufficient. A majority of UK citizens were not ready for a change in light of present facts of scientific uncertainty.<ref name="Shanahan-2007" />
 
''The Sunday Telegraph'' specifically has a history of producing anti-climate change articles and news. The media publication did a major publication of [[Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley|Christopher Monckton]], who is well known for his denial of climate change. This stance is reflected in one of their articles:<ref name="McAllister-2021" /><ref name="Bird-2009">{{Cite journal |last1=Bird |first1=Helen |last2=Boykoff |first2=Max |last3=Goodman |first3=Mike |last4=Monbiot |first4=George |last5=Littler |first5=Jo |date=2009-12-01 |title=The media and climate change |url=https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/lwish/sou/2009/00000043/00000043/art00005;jsessionid=28ubnu0frc4hj.x-ic-live-01 |journal=Soundings |volume=43 |issue=43 |pages=47–64 |doi=10.3898/136266209790424595 |id={{ProQuest|211274894}} |url=https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/6016/ }}</ref>
 
"When this global warming madness passes, future generations will remove this derelict solar and wind infrastructure and return to the only reliable and economical electricity options—coal, gas, hydro and nuclear." (The Sunday Telegraph, London, 2010, 'Officials & climate').<ref name="McAllister-2021" />