First meeting of Franco-German inter-ministerial High Level Working Group on climate change
Representatives from different ministries of the French and German governments met in Paris for the first meeting of the inter-ministerial High Level Working Group on climate change, the so-called 鈥淢eseberg Climate Working Group鈥�, the environment ministry said in a press release. The group was decided in June 2018, after French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel had vowed closer cooperation on climate and energy policy.
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The working group looks at how each economic sector can make its contribution to reaching the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and how certain instruments - such as the EU budget, or 鈥渙ptions for a price on CO鈧傗�� - can be used in the most efficient and intelligent way.
Find the press release in German .
Read the article Merkel pledges stronger climate action globally and at home for background.