Climate Politics
China, US Resume Climate Work in Latest Sign of Better Relations
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John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, left, and Xie Zhenhua, China's special envoy for climate change May 2022.
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The US and China have resumed formal talks on climate change, amid friction over whether -- and how much -- the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters should contribute to helping nations bearing the brunt of global warming.
China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua confirmed renewed collaboration between the two countries during a press briefing on Saturday, as tensions between developing and developed nations strain negotiations at the COP27 summit in Egypt.