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World leaders hope for climate deal

Source: Al Jazeera
Barcelona : Spain | 22 days ago  
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  • Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling chats to US Treasury Secretary Geithner as France's Finance Minister Lagarde looks away during the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews
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  • Members of the African Group board attend a news conference during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Brazil's President Lula da Silva talks during a meeting on Climate Change in Brasilia
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  • Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling smiles with US Treasury Secretary Geithner as France's Finance Minister Lagarde looks on during the family photo at the G20 meeting in St Andrews
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  • Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling has his collar adjusted by US Treasury Secretary Geithner as France's Finance Minister Lagarde looks on in St. Andrews
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  • Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling chats with US Treasury Secretary Geithner as they gather for the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews
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  • Finance ministers and central bankers watch as Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Darling has his collar adjusted by US Treasury Secretary Geithner during the family photo at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St. Andrews
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  • Brazil's President Lula da Silva, pauses during a meeting on climate change in Brasilia
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  • A Greenpeace activist displays a banner during a demonstration outside the venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • An assistant works during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona
    An assistant works during the Barcelona Climate Change Talks at Fira ...
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  • Members of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders take part in a demonstration outside the venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Avaaz activists protest during a demonstration on the final day the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Brazil's President Lula da Silva listens to Chief of Staff Rousseff during a meeting on climate change in Brasilia
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  • Brazil's President Lula da Silva, Chief of Staff Rousseff and Mining and Energy Minister Lobao talk during a meeting on Climate Change in Brasilia
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  • Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pauses during a preparatory meeting on the 15th Climate Change Conference at the Cultural Center Banco do Brasil in Brasilia
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  • Members of anti-poverty group Oxfam take part in a demonstration on the final day the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat Yvo de Boer poses next to Ben Margolis during the performance of "tck tck tck" by Global Campaign for Climate Action at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
    Head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat Yvo de Boer poses next to ...
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  • Head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat Yvo de Boer poses next to Ben Margolis during a performance 'tck tck tck' of Global Campaign for Climate Action at the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
    Head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat Yvo de Boer poses next to ...
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  • A banner calling for climate change is hung on the Cristobal Colon statue during a demonstration on the final day the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
    A banner calling for climate change is hung on the Cristobal Colon ...
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  • Greenpeace activists hang banners on the Cristobal Colon statue during a demonstration on the final day the Barcelona Climate Change Talks in Barcelona
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  • View of the Fira Barcelona Gran Via, venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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  • Greenpeace activists demonstrate outside the venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
    Greenpeace activists demonstrate outside the venue of the Barcelona ...
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  • Members of Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders shake hands outside the venue of the Barcelona Climate Change Talks
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Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, reporting from Barcelona, said: "The polar ice caps are receding, Africa is likely to face more droughts, other places will face floods, coastal states are looking at rising sea levels. "With a legally binding agreement at least a year away scientists are warning every delay...
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