In a rare address to a joint session of the US Congress, German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered a heart-felt appeal, comparing the battle against climate change to the struggle to bring down the Berlin Wall two decades ago this week. "I'm convinced that once we in Europe and America show ourselves ready to adopt binding agreements, we will also be able to persuade China and India to join in" Merkel said, backing Western calls for emerging nations to do more. Full Article at EUbusiness