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

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.

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak about the outlook for the Group of Seven leaders' summit in the Bavarian Alps. They speak in the German town of Kruen. (This is in English and German. Source: Bloomberg)

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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.