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Climate finance hits snag before key UN summit

AFP - 3 hours 42 mins ago

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - The G20 talked big but delivered little on climate finance, campaigners said Sunday, as the clock ticks down to the UN's key Copenhagen summit in just one month's time. More »

G20 fails to reach pre-Copenhagen climate finance deal
AFP - Saturday, November 7 08:51 pm
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 »
Obama lion helps raise money for conservation in Kenya
AFP - Saturday, November 7 07:52 pm
NAIROBI (AFP) - A life-sized lion statue with US President Barack Obama's face painted on it has helped raise some 170,000 dollars (114,000 euros) for lion conservation in Kenya, the auctioneer said Saturday. More »
G20 wants 'ambitious' Copenhagen talks, but gives no figures
AFP - Saturday, November 7 06:58 pm
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 »
G20 wants 'ambitious outcome' at climate talks
AFP - Saturday, November 7 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 »
Britain rallies G20 on climate change
AFP - Saturday, November 7 02:00 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 »
Dinosaur prints found on NZealand's South Island
AFP - Saturday, November 7 05:58 am
NELSON, New Zealand (AFP) - Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. More »
Mercury probe fly-by maps mysterious inner planet
AFP - Friday, November 6 09:49 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US space probe MESSENGER's third and final fly-by of the planet Mercury in September revealed an almost complete view of the solar system's smallest planet, leaving only the polar regions to be surveyed, NASA said. More »
China supports peaceful use of space as air force modernises
AFP - Friday, November 6 05:06 pm
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao said his nation supported the peaceful use of outer space Friday, days after his air force commander sparked concerns by saying an arms race in space was inevitable. More »
US may still put emissions proposals at Copenhagen
AFP - Friday, November 6 03:20 pm
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - The United States said on Friday it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation. More »