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28 August 2009

To Bangladesh and India

Visiting the front line of climate change

By James Macintyre

Ed Miliband and Douglas Alexander, the Climate Change and Development Secretaries, are visiting Bangladesh and India next week for talks with both countries’ leaders in the run-up to the crunch environment summit in Copenhagen in December. They will take a close-up look at the front line of climate change.

The senior ministers face a daunting task as they seek to bridge the divide between a developing south Asia and an America seemingly reluctant to reduce emissions substantially.

Both men are convinced that climate change hits the world’s poorest hardest, and – in a hectic programme – they will be inspecting slum improvement and solar-power housing schemes in Dhaka and Kolkata.

The visit comes 100 days before the summit, which will or won’t reach a global deal on carbon emissions, amid reports that world leaders have grossly underestimated the level of investment needed for developing countries.

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