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November 07, 2009 20:05 Beijing Time
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* Agreement needed before key Copenhagen summit in Dec

* Meeting also seeking progress on balanced growth scheme

By Toni Vorobyova and Anna Willard

ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Nov 7 (Reuters) - British financeminister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts on Saturdayto work toward a $100 billion deal on tackling climate change asdeveloping nations held firm they did not want to talk about it.

Darling is hosting the third meeting of Group of 20 financeministers and central bankers this year in St Andrews, Scotland,to discuss the progress of the global economy and come up with aframework to ensure future crises did not happen.

Britain is also determined to push forward on an ambitioustarget to meet the costs of climate change by 2020 ahead of amajor environmental summit in Copenhagen next month.

"I think it really is imperative that when we reach the endof the day t...

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