“Germany prepares for climate clash with Tillerson at G-20 talks”
Bloomberg / Federal Foreign Office
The German government wants to make climate change a central topic at the upcoming G20 foreign affairs minister meeting in Bonn and is ready to challenge the new US administration on the issue, report Brian Parkin and Patrick Donahue for Bloomberg, citing an unnamed official in Berlin. “Climate change cannot be tackled by barbed wire,” federal foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel said in a briefing document released ahead of the meeting. This was “a barely-disguised swipe at Trump’s ambition to build a wall between the US and Mexico”, writes Bloomberg.
Read the article in English here and the foreign ministry’s briefing document in English here.
Also read the CLEW article IEA director calls on Germany to lead on climate during G20 presidency.
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