Climate scrubbed from G7 meeting to appease US, host France says
The G7 environment meeting in Paris will focus on less contentious issues, excluding climate change to avoid a row with the US. The meeting will discuss ocean conservation, biodiversity funding, and desertification.
A G7 environment meeting begins in Paris, but climate change is off the agenda to avoid a row with the US. The two-day meeting will focus on 'less contentious issues' such as ocean conservation, biodiversity funding, and desertification. France is hosting the meeting and is spearheading an initiative to raise finance for biodiversity protection. The meeting hopes to announce $800 million in funding for national parks in around 20 African countries. Environment ministers from France, Italy, Canada, Japan, Germany, and the UK are attending, while the US will be represented by a lower-ranking official. The decision to exclude climate change has been criticized by activists.
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