Climate Politics
Podesta Heads to China for New Round of Climate Talks
- John Podesta to meet with Chinese counterpart in September
- Talks come ahead of key COP29 summit, US presidential election
The US and China also are developing new pledges for emission cuts by 2035.
Source: Bloomberg
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Climate negotiators from the world’s top two greenhouse gas emitters are set to huddle soon in China, with talks aimed at forging progress on cutting global emissions and boosting funding for poor nations.
John Podesta, the US senior adviser to the president for international climate policy, is set to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Liu Zhenmin, during the first week of September, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the information isn’t public.