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


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  • Saturday, 24 Aug 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech on environment and social equality to business leaders on the eve of the G7 summit in Paris, France August 23, 2019. Michel Spingler/Pool via REUTERS

PARIS (Reuters) - 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.

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