CNBC: G-20 leaders struggle to secure climate breakthrough at Rome summit
* Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies holding their first face-to-face summit in two years, struggled on Sunday to bridge differences over how to combat global warming.
* The challenges come ahead of a crucial United Nations conference on climate change.
* Diplomats worked through the night seeking agreement on the wording of the traditional final communique.
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies holding their first face-to-face summit in two years, struggled on Sunday to bridge differences over how to combat global warming ahead of a crucial United Nations conference on climate change.
Diplomats worked through the night seeking agreement on the wording of the traditional final communique. But there was no sign of significant progress, an official for one of the delegations said, declining to be named.
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