"We committed to take action to tackle the threat of climate change and work towards an ambitious outcome in Copenhagen," the group of leading economic powers said.

"We discussed climate change financing options and recognised the need to increase significantly and urgently the scale and predictability of finance to implement an ambitious international agreement."

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