Mike Shanahan is from the London-based research group International Institute for Environment and Development.

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"SAARC coming together like this is of course good in terms of sharing of climate knowledge, " says Saleemul Haq, a climate expert with the International Institute for Environment and Development.

BBC: South Asian bloc active at climate meeting

"The key message to rich countries is that what seems like them to be a domestic political difficulty is for the vulnerable nations an existential problem, " said Saleemul Huq, senior fellow in climate change at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), which gave technical support to the Maldives meeting.

BBC: Poor nations vow low-carbon path