Environment ministers from the G7 (the club of seven leading industrialised economies) are gathering in Paris for a two-day meeting, with climate change deliberately excluded from the agenda to avoid conflict with the United States. France's ecology ministry confirmed the omission was a strategic choice, saying Washington's position on climate was "well known" and that organisers wanted to "prioritise G7 unity." Instead, discussions will focus on ocean conservation, biodiversity funding, and desertification, with France hoping to announce $800 million in financing for national parks across roughly 20 African countries. Climate activists have condemned the decision, warning that allowing the US to set the pace of multilateral environmental action weakens collective responses to the climate crisis.