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The head of the IMF warns that Western subsidies to combat climate change and encourage the transition to clean energy sources risk hitting developing and emerging markets. "My biggest concern is that something that in principle is very good to accelerate the transition to the green economy by using public money to step up private investment... may not serve well the emerging markets and the developing world," Kristalina Georgieva says at the World Economic Forum in Davos. SOUNDBITE
UN climate chief Simon Stiell warns that global warming will "decimate G20 economies" without unity. "Sidelining climate isn’t a solution to a crisis that will decimate every G20 economy and has already started to hurt," he says during his address at the UK think tank Chatham House, London, UK. SOUNDBITE
The EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warned Tuesday that Chinese regulations governing the transfer of data out of the country, including a revised anti-espionage law, could have "unintended consequences". "This may be an issue of systemic concern and it may affect all internationally active companies, not only European companies but also Chinese companies," he said. SOUNDBITE
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives in Havana for a the G77 plus China summit, a group made up of some 100 countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, promoting a less "unfair" international order. Over thirty heads of state and government are expected to attend, including the presidents of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Colombia Gustavo Petro, Argentina Alberto Fernandez and South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives in Havana for a the G77 plus China summit, a group made up of some 100 countries from Asia, Africa and Latin America, promoting a less "unfair" international order. Over thirty heads of state and government are expected to attend, including the presidents of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Colombia Gustavo Petro, Argentina Alberto Fernandez and South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen warns China that its approach to Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine would be central to shaping Beijing's ties with Europe. SOUNDBITE
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