BERLIN: Nations meeting in Berlin Thursday pledged $9.3 billion (7.4 billion euros) for a climate fund to help poor countries cut emissions and prepare for global warming, just shy of a $10-billion target.

The South Korea-based Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims to help developing nations invest in clean energy and green technology and build up defenses against rising seas and worsening storms, floods and droughts.

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