Germany Seeks G7 Climate Financing Pledge to Aid Poorest Nations
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The biggest advanced economies plan to signal to poor nations they’re willing to spend more money to help them cope with climate change, a move that could inject fresh life into United Nations talks on greenhouse gases.
Germany will put climate financing on the agenda of the Group of Seven nations meeting in the Bavarian Alps in June, Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said. Germany, which chairs the G-7 this year, also expects Japan and Canada to submit their national climate protection targets to the United Nations before the meeting in Elmau.