G7 environment ministers omit climate from talks in Paris: 'If we start talking about it, there is no more G7'

France, which is hosting the meeting on Thursday and Friday in Paris, has had to make concessions to ensure the participation of the US.

Climate scrubbed from G7 meeting to appease US, host France says

Environment ministers from G7 nations launched a two-day meeting in Paris on Thursday with climate change kept off the agenda to avoid a row with the United States. The office of France's ecology minister Monique Barbut had said the Group of Seven would focus on "less contentious issues" to appease its largest and most powerful member, drawing criticism from activists. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan tells us more.

By FRANCE24