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| UK in India climate change plea | UK in India climate change plea |
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| British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has urged India to help in efforts to tackle climate change. | British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has urged India to help in efforts to tackle climate change. |
| She made the call at the start of a six-day visit to the country. | |
| It comes just days after a report commissioned by the British government said that rich nations must act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | It comes just days after a report commissioned by the British government said that rich nations must act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
| The Stern report said that rapidly developing countries such as China and India must also be part of a global effort to tackle the problem. | The Stern report said that rapidly developing countries such as China and India must also be part of a global effort to tackle the problem. |
| It is the longest single visit Mrs Beckett has made to any country since she became UK foreign secretary and her climate change call is a sign of a subtle re-ordering of Britain's foreign priorities. | It is the longest single visit Mrs Beckett has made to any country since she became UK foreign secretary and her climate change call is a sign of a subtle re-ordering of Britain's foreign priorities. |
| 'Unsustainability' | 'Unsustainability' |
| Tackling climate change has now been elevated to one of the key issues on Britain's international agenda. | Tackling climate change has now been elevated to one of the key issues on Britain's international agenda. |
| Mrs Beckett made clear the British view that responsibility for climate change lies with developed countries who she said "have created these problems because of the unsustainability of our growth and development". | Mrs Beckett made clear the British view that responsibility for climate change lies with developed countries who she said "have created these problems because of the unsustainability of our growth and development". |
| The earlier we take action the less it will cost, and if we do not take action then the cost in every country in the world will be much greater Margaret Beckett | The earlier we take action the less it will cost, and if we do not take action then the cost in every country in the world will be much greater Margaret Beckett |
| It was incumbent on developed nations to take "the lion's share of action," she said, adding that "climate change is a problem that faces all of us, and must be tackled in partnership" with developing nations like India. | It was incumbent on developed nations to take "the lion's share of action," she said, adding that "climate change is a problem that faces all of us, and must be tackled in partnership" with developing nations like India. |
| She said that all countries had to understand that doing nothing would lead to far higher costs than if action was taken now. | She said that all countries had to understand that doing nothing would lead to far higher costs than if action was taken now. |
| Her visit also underlines the deepening economic and political co-operation between Britain and India. | Her visit also underlines the deepening economic and political co-operation between Britain and India. |
| Mrs Beckett said India had, this year, become the second largest foreign investor in Britain. | Mrs Beckett said India had, this year, become the second largest foreign investor in Britain. |
| And the two nations are taking practical steps to cooperate on counter-terrorism issues. | And the two nations are taking practical steps to cooperate on counter-terrorism issues. |
| Both have suffered attacks on mass-transit systems in major cities, with bombings on the London underground and Mumbai's (Bombay) railway network. | Both have suffered attacks on mass-transit systems in major cities, with bombings on the London underground and Mumbai's (Bombay) railway network. |
| Both nations are also preparing to host sporting competitions that require major security planning, the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games. | Both nations are also preparing to host sporting competitions that require major security planning, the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games. |