"Obama, Merkel Seek to Parlay G-7 Meetings Into Climate Action"

"President Barack Obama’s meeting Sunday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel is an opportunity for the pair to champion an issue dear to them both: climate change.

The pair will talk upon Obama’s arrival at the site of the Group of Seven meeting in the Bavarian Alps, one of the last, best opportunities for the leaders from some of the world’s largest industrialized economies to shore up support for a global climate accord before the Paris climate conference in December.

The G-7 summit coincides with talks hosted by the United Nations in Bonn, where staff-level negotiators are ironing out many of the details of the accord leaders plan to announce in Paris. While leaders of the assembled nations generally agree on the need to address climate change, domestic politics and strained budgets have slowed translating that into action."

Justin Sink reports for Bloomberg June 6, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"World Governments Are Limiting Carbon Emissions" (ENS)

"Merkel Presses G7 Leaders To Agree on Tough Climate Goals" (Reuters)

"International Community Asking Hard Questions About Canada's Climate Ambition" (Canadian Press)

"Australia Singled Out as a Climate Change 'Free-Rider' By International Panel" (Sydney Morning Herald)

"Bonn Climate Talks: EU Says No More Climate Action Before 2020" (Business Standard)

"On the Way To a Historic Agreement on Climate Change" (Deutsche Welle)

"Why the Paris Climate Summit Might Actually Work" (Mashable)

Source: Bloomberg, 06/08/2015