Pope Lends Weight to G-7 Push to Bind Trump to Climate Deal

  • G-7 leaders await Trump decision on emission cuts this weekend
  • Francis has called for urgent action to protect environment

Pope Francis and President Trump met face to face at the Vatican for the first time, at Trump's request. Bloomberg's Kevin Cirilli and Alessandro Migliaccio report on 'Bloomberg Markets.' (Source: Bloomberg)

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Pope Francis joined an international chorus urging Donald Trump to meet U.S. commitments on climate change in talks at the Vatican Wednesday.

Francis gave the U.S. president a copy of his 2015 encyclical calling for urgent, drastic cuts in fossil-fuel emissions after a half-hour meeting in his private study.