The video above shows UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband at a joint press conference speaking about the pressing issue of climate change and how it related to the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December.

How did you find out about Blog Action Day 2009? What made you decide to participate?

After participating in Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty we were eagerly anticipating this year’s. We signed up for the e-mail alert early on. We see our blogs as being part of the blogging community. Here is our chance to prove it and get involved in raising awareness of climate change. It’s exceptionally important this year as we prepare for the climate change conference in Copenhagen this December.

What are you planning to write about or do for Blog Action Day on October 15?

The Foreign Office has a wide range of bloggers across our embassies. For Blog Action Day, they’ll write a perspective from their country, on an area of foreign policy expertise, the effects of climate change locally or personally. The Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, has already committed his support and will be blogging on the day.

How do you think the topic of climate change relates to your work? What impact do you see this issue having on your country in the next 10 or 20 years?

Increasingly the problems caused by Climate Change and the solution to combat it are  Foreign Policy issues. Promoting a low carbon high growth global economy is a key priority for the Foreign Office. You can find out more about our particular priorities: developing a low carbon economy, encouraging the use of low carbon technology, giving a voice to vulnerable countries and researching the threat of climate change on global security in the global issues area of our website.

We’re also working in conjunction with the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for International Development (DfID) on a campaign website where we outline the UK’s position and ambition for a global deal on climate change.

How do you think bloggers can make a difference in social issues like this in the offline world?

Bloggers can make a difference in the offline world by creating awareness of the problem. The personal style of blog writing allows you to be persuasive. The sheer volume of bloggers blogging for blog action day and climate change also helps amplify the message.

Any other thoughts or ideas you’d like to share?

Just to say many thanks for the work that has gone in to organising this day. We hope it becomes an annual event for years to come. So long as the Foreign Office has bloggers, we will always take part.