Under Trump, the United States has pulled back from global climate change agreements

Under Trump, the United States has pulled back from global climate change agreements

 Brendan SMIALOWSKI

France on Thursday defended keeping climate change off the agenda at a meeting of G7 environment ministers in Paris, saying it was necessary to avoid a clash with the United States.

Ecology minister Monique Barbut said Group of Seven ministers had made progress on environmental issues even if climate change was studiously avoided on the opening day of the talks.

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