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The initiative would include "a fund that complements existing bilateral and multilateral efforts in providing financial support for the deployment of clean technologies in developing countries," it said.

The United States and Japan, the world's two largest economies, have been particularly vocal in supporting market measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions causing global warming.

The United States is the only major developed economy to reject the Kyoto Protocol, arguing that the landmark environmental plan is unfair as it makes no demands on fast-growing emerging economies.

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Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven rich nations on Saturday called for investment in developing countries to help them fight climate change and worked on plans for a World Bank-style fund.

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs, in a joint statement after talks in Tokyo, said they hoped to "scale up investment in developing countries to support them in joining international efforts to address climate change."

The United States, Japan and Britain have proposed setting up a multilateral fund involving the World Bank that would administer global aid and investment to help nations fight slash greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming.

The three countries discussed the initiative with Canada, France, Germany and Italy, the other four members of the Group of Seven, a G-7 joint statement said.