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Article: British treasury chief urges climate agreement
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- November 8, 2009
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British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.
Addressing finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 rich and developing nations at the start of roundtable talks in Scotland, Darling said officials need to agree on a finance package to help poorer nations develop green industries and adapt to climate change.
"I think that it really is imperative that when we reach the end of the day, that we have shown that we have made some real progress in dealing with what is a very real and urgent problem ...