G20 climate showdown could fall flat over scheduling clash

Madeleine Cuff
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Merkel intended climate change to be a centrepiece issue of this week's G20 meeting, but reports suggest scheduled meeting between Trump and Putin put it at risk of becoming a side show

Plans to ensure this week's G20 summit in Hamburg centre on the topic of climate change may have hit a roadblock, after media reports indicated US President Donald Trump's schedule implies he may only...

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