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Developing nations at China climate talks say funding promised in Copenhagen is slow to arrive and may not be 'new' money

Rich countries have been slow to launch the "fast start" climate funds promised at Copenhagen, the world's least developed nations complained today as negotiators wrestled with a finance package to keep...

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