Growth, climate in focus as leaders meet

LIMA: The search for billions of dollars still needed to fight climate change topped the agenda on Thursday (Friday in Manila) as world economic leaders met seeking to kick-start growth while tackling global warming.

Two months away from a key UN conference in Paris to strike a comprehensive climate deal, finance ministers and central bank chiefs from 188 countries have put funding to fight global warming atop the agenda along with traditional economic issues as they meet in the Peruvian capital Lima this week.