Global Warming and Global Warming

President Barack Obama: Both Merkel and Hollande are keen to avoid a repeat of a 2009 conference in Copenhagen, which ended in disarray and was seen as a setback for attempts to address global warming, according to Nine News Australia. The leaders of the world major economies have also been determined to demonstrate solidarity in the face of what US President Barack Obama called "Russian aggression in Ukraine."Echoing Obama remarks, Merkel told the German state broadcaster "I'm assuming that we will send a united signal from here."Sanctions can only be lifted if the conditions under which they were imposed are no longer there and the problems have been solved."Global warming topped the agenda on the summit final day on Monday. At their meeting in southern Germany, the G7 leaders also agreed to back a binding target to limit global warming to 2C. The agreement represented a significant win for German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who had joined French President Francois Hollande in calling on the G7 leaders to back efforts to tackle global warming in the run-up to a climate change conference in Paris later this year. As a former environment minister and a trained scientist, Merkel has supported action on climate change through most of her political career. Monday G7 summit was also attended by the leaders of Iraq and key African nations - Tunisia, Algeria, Nigeria and Senegal - as the G7 turned its focus to combating terrorism, economic development and the role of women. Germany currently holds the rotating presidency of the G7, which in addition to the US also includes Britain, Italy, Canada, Japan and France. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.