Obama tells Lula still time to close gap on climate

L'AQUILA, Italy (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama told Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday there was still time to close the gap on climate change issues between major industrialized and developing nations, the White House said.

Obama told Lula such progress could be made before the U.N. talks on a new climate change treaty to be held in Copenhagen in December, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters at the G8 summit following talks between the two presidents.