Theresa May might have excluded climate change from her top priorities at this weekend’s G20 Summit but German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband evidently have other ideas.
Ms Merkel’s husband, Joachim Sauer, is taking President Donald Trump’s daughter and other spouses of G20 leaders on a tour of the German Climate Computing Centre in Hamburg on Friday.
Melania Trump had been due to attend but is believed to be trapped inside her hotel in Hamburg due to anti-capitalist protesters surrounding the building. A spokesperson for the US delegation told German media that they had been unable to get clearance for Ms Trump to leave the hotel where she is staying.
Other partners, including Ms May's husband Philip, Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte Macron, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau are currently on the sightseeing tour with Mr Sauer which also involves a boat ride and lunch.
German officials said the idea for the visit came from Ms Merkel's wife who is a professor of physical and theoretical chemistry.
The centre, which uses super-computers to map climate change’s effect on regions across the world, is situated near the safeguarded hall where Ms Merkel, President Trump, and other leaders are meeting.
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