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Article: Darling urges G20 chiefs to tackle climate change
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- Belfast Telegraph
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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Leading finance ministers and bank governors will today get down
to business at the G20 summit as they try to nurse the global
economy back to health.
Chancellor Alistair Darling, who is hosting the talks in
Scotland, will stress the need for a deal to tackle climate change.
He will call on leaders to follow through with measures to repair
the financial system.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown will join the Chancellor for the
summit in St Andrews, where demonstrations are planned.
US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was among delegates from
the 20 biggest and fastest developing national economies, including
the European Union, to arrive at the historic university town
yesterday.
Mr Darling set ...