Co-operation is the only way to break free from the world’s ‘mutual suicide pact’, US climate envoy says
Rachel MorisonUS climate envoy John Kerry called on China to step up its efforts to reduce carbon emissions, or put the world at risk of missing international targets.
Kerry called for urgency even as the US is yet to come up with additional funds that activists say are necessary to unblock climate talks. As he spoke in the British capital’s Kew Gardens, back home a vast wildfire continued to burn out of control in southern Oregon, and parts of the US are enduring extreme temperatures and drought.
Energy ministers from G20 nations will meet in Naples, Italy, this week as pressure is ratcheted up on leaders to agree on meaningful action at the COP26 UN climate talks in Scotland starting on October 31. “I’m hopeful that we can make progress with China in next few weeks,” he said. “We both need to raise our ambition. We’re not here to point the finger.”
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