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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.

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.