He said climate should be treated as a “freestanding” challenge that requires the collective efforts to resolve. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - Climate change is a “universal threat” that should be handled separately from broader diplomatic issues, US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng on Wednesday after two days of what he called constructive but complex talks.
“We have the ability to ... make a difference with respect to climate,” he said at a meeting at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, China’s sprawling Parliament building.heat waves scorched parts of Europe, Asia and the United States, in a bid to rebuild trust between the two sides ahead of COP28 climate talks in Dubai at the end of the year.
Mr Kerry told reporters earlier that his talks with Chinese officials this week have been constructive but complicated, with the two sides still dealing with political “externalities”, including Taiwan.
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