Merkel calls for emissions goals

'Climate chancellor' hopes G7 can agree on benchmark targets

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Group of Seven leaders to commit to tough goals to cut greenhouse gases at the final day of their summit in the Bavarian Alps on Monday.

Merkel, once dubbed the "climate chancellor", hopes to revitalize her green credentials by getting the G7 industrial nations to agree to specific emissions goals ahead of a larger year-end United Nations climate meeting in Paris.