- Title: G7-SUMMIT/OBAMA-HOLLANDE Obama, Hollande meet at G7 summit
- Date: 8th June 2015
- Summary: KRUEN, GERMANY (JUNE 8, 2015) (REUTERS FOR AGENCY POOL) FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, UNITED STATES (U.S.) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND DELEGATION MEMBERS IN ROOM HOLLANDE AND OBAMA OBAMA HOLLANDE VARIOUS HOLLANDE AND OBAMA IN ROOM
- Embargoed: 23rd June 2015 13:00
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- Location: Germany
- Country: Germany
- Topics: General
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- Story Text: United States President Barack Obama met with his French counterpart Francois Hollande on Monday (June 8) on the second and final day of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in the Bavarian Alps.
Climate change topped the agenda for Monday's sessions, at which the leaders were also set to discuss combating epidemics and other health issues, the fight against terrorism from Boko Haram to Islamic State and African development.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged G7 leaders to commit to tough goals to cut greenhouse gases at the summit.
Obama kept his counsel on the climate issue on Sunday (June 7), the first day of the summit, when leaders presented a united front in facing Russian over the Ukraine conflict and discussed the global economy.
Hollande, who will host a United Nations summit on fighting climate change at the end of the year, was also looking for an ambitious commitment from the G7 to ending their dependence on fossil fuels by mid-century.
He was also seeking a financial commitment to aiding poorer countries to transform their energy sectors so they can reduce carbon emissions.
Merkel, once dubbed the "climate chancellor", hopes to revitalise her green credentials by getting the G7 industrial nations to agree specific emissions goals ahead of a larger year-end United Nations climate meeting in Paris. - Copyright Holder: POOL (CAN SELL)
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