Low Carbon: Africa seeks climate change cash
Ministers from 10 African countries have met in Ethiopia to try to agree a common position on climate change, months before a crucial UN meeting.
They were expected to renew demands for billions of dollars in compensation for Africa because of damage caused by global warming.
And they are likely to ask rich nations to cut emissions by 40% by 2012.
African nations are among the lightest polluters but analysts say they will suffer the most from climate change.
BBC science reporter Matt McGrath says the move to agree a common negotiating platform for Africa recognises the continent's failure to make its voice heard on the debate.
After Monday's meeting, one official told AFP news agency the final decision on how much compensation Africa will demand would be made at a special meeting in Libya on Saturday.
"The proposition is that it has to be an amount significant enough to lead to rapid, sustainable development and industrialisation of developing countries, in particular Africa," said Lumumba Di-Aping, Sudan's deputy UN representative.
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