German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) fraction meeting at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany November 26, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's chancellor gave a qualified welcome on Saturday to China's pledge to tackle rising temperatures ahead of a global climate conference but she called for more ambitious goals to cut greenhouse emissions.
In her weekly internet podcast on Saturday, Angela Merkel also underscored the long-term importance of coal-fired power for Germany, a country that remains one of the globe's biggest economies and exporters.
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