“G7 environment ministers commit to ambitious climate policy”
Federal environment ministry (BMUB)
German environment minister Barbara Hendricks welcomed the commitment to climate protection that all G7 members except the United States made in the final communiqué of the environment minister meeting in Italy, according to a press release. “The Paris Agreement is irreversible and not negotiable. The member states made this clear to the USA at the G7 meeting. At the same time, we held out our hand and promised each other a continued close cooperation,” said Hendricks.
Read the press release in German here and the communiqué in English here.
For background, read the CLEW articles German reactions to US decision to withdraw from Paris Agreement and Germany, China urge US to remain in climate agreement.
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