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The United States and China are committed to cooperating on the pressing issue of climate change, the two sides said Saturday, issuing the pledge days ahead of a key summit hosted by President Joe Biden.
The joint statement came after a trip to Shanghai by US climate envoy John Kerry, the first official from Mr Biden s administration to visit China, signalling hopes the two sides could work together on the global challenge despite sky-high tensions on multiple other fronts.
But to achieve the global climate goal, Mr Kerry said words must be put into action and urged China to reduce its use of coal.
Hyung-Jin Kim
FILE - U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry attends a news conference Thursday, March 11, 2021 in Paris. Kerry is heading to China for talks between the world s two biggest carbon emitters ahead of President Joe Biden s climate summit of world leaders. Kerry will travel to Shanghai and Seoul, from Wednesday to Saturday, the State Department said in a statement Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The former secretary of state has been expected to talk with China s top climate negotiator, fellow veteran diplomat Xie Zhenhua. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) April 17, 2021 - 7:00 PM
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The United States and China, the worldâs two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to co-operate with other countries to curb climate change, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue.
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by Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press
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FILE - In this March 10, 2021, file photo, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry gestures as he speaks to the media after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Kerry is in talks in China on Thursday, April 15, 2021 ahead of President Joe Biden’s climate summit of world leaders. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to co-operate with other countries to curb climate change, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue.
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The aerial photo taken on Tuesday shows a bushfire rages in the Richmond Valley in New South Wales, Australia. Bushfire-prone Australia has seen a horrific start to its fire season, which scientists say is beginning earlier and becoming more extreme as a result of climate change. Photo: AFPChina and the US issued a joint statement on Sunday after the two countries special envoys for climate change held talks from Thursday to Friday in Shanghai, which emphasized strengthening cooperation to tackle the climate crisis. Both countries are looking forward to the US-hosted Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22-23. They share the summit s goal of raising global climate ambitions on mitigation, adaptation, and support on the road to COP 26 (26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow which begins on November 1.