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Belem: With a direct letter sent to nations, host country Brazil is shifting the UN climate conference into a higher gear.

The letter sent late Monday comes during the final week of what has been billed as a historic climate summit, the first ever in the Amazon rainforest, a key regulator of climate because trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that warms the planet.

The letter comes ahead of the speeches of high-level ministers on Tuesday. Headliners include representatives from influential European countries like Ed Miliband, energy secretary of the United Kingdom, and Deputy Prime Minister Sophie Hermans of the Netherlands.

More leaders will also speak from small island states and developing countries like Barbados and Bangladesh, both facing loss of land as seas rise

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