World’s Top Carbon Emitters Cite Progress in New Climate Talks
- US, Chinese officials held three days of talks in Beijing
- Countries talked about stronger 2035 emissions-cutting pledges
A coal fired power plant in Jiayuguan, Gansu province, China.
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US and Chinese negotiators discussed shared goals of stemming deforestation and paring potent planet-warming pollution during three days of talks in Beijing.
The discussions by the world’s top two greenhouse gas emitters were meant to help forge progress on climate change ahead of the United Nations’ COP 29 summit in Azerbaijan in November and spur ambition as countries develop new 2035 targets for cutting carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases.