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Targets And Funding In Focus At Kobe Climate Talks

Big emerging countries urged rich nations on Sunday to set ambitious mid-term targets for reducing greenhouse gases, as both sides stressed the need for funds to help developing countries limit their emissions. Ministers and representatives from the Group of Eight advanced nations and major emerging countries are gathered in western Japan to try to build momentum for UN-led climate change talks, a key topic for a July leaders' summit.