Climate club: How Germany hopes to keep G7 leaders’ focus on the environment

Climate activists march through Munich ahead of the G7 meeting in Germany (Matthias Schrader/AP)

Germany is hosting this year’s meeting of G7 leaders in the Bavarian resort of Elmau, and it wants to keep the focus on the environment.

Before the invasion of Ukraine by Russia triggered a cascade of crises over food, energy and international security, the meeting was meant to put the spotlight on climate change.