France reports that the G7 nations have omitted climate change from the agenda during their Paris meeting. This decision was made to prevent a dispute with the United States, allowing focus on less contentious issues.

A meeting of the G7 nations on the environment begins in Paris on Thursday but climate change has been left off the agenda to avoid a dispute with the United States, France’s ecology minister Monique Barbut said, citing efforts to preserve unity and focus on less contentious issues during two-day talks.