U.S., EU override Australia to put climate change on G20 agenda


  • World
  • Sunday, 16 Nov 2014

Participants pose for the G20 Leaders' Summit family photo in Brisbane in this November 15, 2014 handout photo by G20 Australia. REUTERS/G20 Australia/Handout via Reuters

BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - The G20 communique will include a significant passage on climate change, EU officials said on Sunday, as the United States and other heavyweight nations override host Australia's attempts to keep the issue off the formal agenda.

Much of the meeting of world leaders in Australia has been overshadowed by the crisis in Ukraine, with Western leaders warning Russian President Vladimir Putin that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels.

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