BERLIN, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germany and the United States should coordinate their technologies for better energy efficiency to fight climate change, news reports said on Wednesday.

In an interview with German national public broadcaster ZDF ahead of a visit to California, Steinmeier said he would talk with Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on coordination of the differing emission trading systems in Europe and the United States.

California, the most populous state in the United States, boasts an ambitious program to cut greenhouse gas emissions despite the U.S. government's reluctance to lead the fight against climate change for fears of hurting economic growth.

Steinmeier, who on Tuesday visited the far icy northern Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, said the effects of climate change were "immediately visible."

Earlier this month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Greenland to see for herself how global warming was affecting the semiautonomous Danish territory's arctic landscape.