UN summit urges ambitious climate deal
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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - World leaders on Tuesday urged ambitious action to combat climate change, but pledges remained well short of goals, with a year to go for an accord.
At a UN summit held after tens of thousands rallied around the world, France promised $1 billion to the Green Climate Fund -- making it the only contributo rother than Germany to the new institution that would help the worst-hit countries.
But UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the meeting more to build momentum than to reach concrete achievements. It was the first such event since the Copenhagen summit on climate change ended in disarray in 2009 and aims to set the tone for a conference next year in Paris designed to seal a new global agreement.
