'We are running out of time': G20 Summit closes with mixed messages for COP26

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Leaders pose in front of Rome's Trevi Fountain | Credit: G20
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Leaders pose in front of Rome's Trevi Fountain | Credit: G20

Countries formally back 1.5C target and pledge to stop financing coal power plants overseas, but fall short of confirming coal phase out date and fail to set out concrete measures for how they will accelerate climate action and finance

Campaigners have slammed leaders of the world's most developed nations for delivering a "weak" agreement on climate at this weekend's G20 Summit in Rome, arguing that leaders must now significantly ramp...

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