France’s Macron to push for charter on biodiversity at G7 summit

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France’s Macron to push for charter on...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that he would put pressure on the United States to sign a charter on protecting biodiversity at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France this weekend.

“We have talked about diversity. It is for the first time, at this G7, that we will sign a charter for biodiversity, we are committed to this, it will be signed by all,” he said in an interview with news website Konbini in the garden of his Elysee palace.

Asked whether this would include the United States, Macron said: “That is the real...

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France’s Macron to push for charter on biodiversity at G7 summit

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