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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:33 PM

Published 11/07/2009 by AFP via Yahoo!


Britain rallies G20 on climate change

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) Hosts Britain urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding on Saturday despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.

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...gases, the issue "may not appear at all in the communique, or there could be something very vague" . This is because some...
Britain rallies G20 on climate change [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/07/2009]
...on Saturday. "But I think it really is imperative that when we reach the end of the day, we have shown we've made some real progress" he added. 'If there...
Britain rallies G20 on climate change [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/07/2009]
...he added. "If there isn't an agreement on finance, if there isn't an agreement about contributions to make sure we can deal with this problem, then the Copenhagen agreement is going to be much, much more difficult." The UN's Copenhagen...
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