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G20 fails to reach pre-Copenhagen climate finance deal

AFP - 7 hours 38 mins ago

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - G20 nations fell short of reaching agreement on climate finance a month before key UN talks, while pledging Saturday to maintain stimulus measures for a still "uneven" global economy. More »

G20 wants 'ambitious' Copenhagen talks, but gives no figures
AFP - 9 hours 31 mins ago
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding. More »
IMF says stimulus needed to aid 'nascent' recovery
AFP - 9 hours 35 mins ago
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said emergency stimulus measures must remain to avoid endangering a "nascent" economic recovery, as the G20 agreed here to maintain support. More »
G20 agrees timetable for monitoring economic policy
AFP - 9 hours 40 mins ago
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - The world's biggest economies have agreed a timetable on mutual monitoring of each other's economic policy aimed at preventing a fresh financial crisis, a G20 communique said on Saturday. More »
Brown says G20 should consider transactions tax
AFP - 11 hours 36 mins ago
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here on Saturday to consider a tax on global financial transactions but the proposal looked doomed amid US opposition. More »
G20 wants 'ambitious' Copenhagen talks
AFP - 11 hours 59 mins ago
ST ANDREWS (AFP) - G20 countries committed to work towards an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting on Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding. More »
G20 wants 'ambitious outcome' at climate talks
AFP - Yesterday, 04:22 pm
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it said in a communique after talks Saturday, but did not agree a figure for climate finance. More »
G20 'agrees timetable' for monitoring economic policy
AFP - Yesterday, 03:41 pm
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - The world's largest and top emerging economies agreed at a G20 meeting here Saturday a timetable on mutual monitoring of their economic policy, a European source told AFP. More »
Britain rallies G20 on climate change
AFP - Yesterday, 02:02 pm
ST ANDREWS (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. More »