Such a regulatory framework is now being developed by the London Convention (LC) and London Protocol (LP).

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Even the most potentially disturbing suggestion, which involves fertilising the oceans with iron in order to promote the growth of planktonic algae (in the hope that they would sink to the seabed, taking their carbon with them), can be covered by the London Convention on marine pollution, which regulates dumping at sea, and has already addressed itself to research in the area.

ECONOMIST: Geoengineering

The Royal Docks is a stretch of land in east London running from Stratford down the River Lea to the Thames, and is already home to the ExCeL exhibition and convention centre and London City Airport.

BBC: Canary Wharf

Here are just a few examples of the many successes of the World Heritage Convention: interventions have prevented unsightly constructions in historic cities such as London, Vienna, Macao and St Petersburg.

UNESCO: Building the Wealth of Nations