Search forward the schedule for the submission of their mid-century, long-term strategies to tackle global warming before the 2020 deadline. "As for the Paris Agreement, we were able to affirm our strong political will that the G7 will take the lead toward imple menting measures to tackle climate change," Japanese Environment Minister Tamayo Marukawa, who chaired the two day meeting, said at a joint press confer- ence with the other participants. It was the first gathering of G7 envi ronment ministers since nearly 200 na- tions agreed at a UN conference on Cli mate change in Paris in December to cre ate a long-sought framework to involve every country in reining in greenhouse gas emissions. While welcoming the fact that more than 170 countries have