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G20: Leaders commit to reaching climate neutrality, end coal financing

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ROME (AP) - Leaders of the world’s biggest economies made a compromise commitment Sunday to reach carbon neutrality "by or around mid-century" as they wrapped up a two-day summit that was laying the groundwork for the U.N.

climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.According to the final communique, the Group of 20 leaders also agreed to end public financing for coal-fired power generation abroad, but set no target for phasing out coal domestically — a clear nod to coal-dependent countries including China and India and a blow to Britain which had hoped for more solid commitments ahead of the Glasgow meeting.The Group of 20 countries represent more than three-quarters of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and summit host Italy had been.

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