United Press International: German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week called for a redoubling of efforts to forge a new U.N. agreement on climate change by 2015.
Speaking Monday at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, Merkel warned the representatives of 35 countries in attendance that "waiting is not an option" for reaching a deal to cut the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
"If we do nothing, the road is even more complicated," she said. "Doing nothing also means that everything is much more expensive."
While...