A draft statement which would confirm G20 leaders' commitment to sign a new climate pact in December and support low-carbon growth drew mixed reactions from green groups and policymakers Tuesday.
Environment analysts say more was unlikely from an April 2 summit of leaders of developed and emerging countries focused on preventing global recession from becoming a depression.
Think-tanks and UN agencies have urged world leaders to use the financial crisis to lay the building blocks for low-carbon growth, and so avert a far worse climate crisis, by spending recovery cash on efficiency, public transport and clean energy.
G20 leaders will issue a final statement in London on Thursday. The low-carbon commitments in a draft seen by Reuters
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