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Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 9 July 2009.

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Photo of Ed Miliband Ed Miliband The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change 10:30, 9 July 2009

My Department has responsibility for international negotiations on climate change. Last month, we published our manifesto for the Copenhagen climate talks, which are due to conclude in December. Yesterday's decision by the G8 leaders to unite around the scientific consensus that we must avoid temperature increases of more than 2° was a welcome step towards shaping an ambitious Copenhagen deal. We hope that that will be reflected in an agreement today by the developed and the developing countries.