NEW: U.S. and China agree to resume climate change talks, cooperate at COP27
US President Joe Biden and China's President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali on Nov. 14. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Imageshave agreed to resume U.S.-China climate talks, the White House said on Monday.Increased cooperation between the world's two top greenhouse gas emitters has the potential to affect the outcome of the ongoing COP27 summit.
Climate talks between U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, had been put on ice in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in August.The White House released a statement on Monday saying Biden and Xi, who met in Indonesia on Monday on the sidelines of the G20 summit, “agreed to empower key senior officials to maintain communication and deepen constructive efforts” on climate change and other issues.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry's readout of the meeting also included specific language regarding the COP27 summit, which is ongoing in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. "The two countries will jointly work for the success of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change," the ministry stated.I think this will help deescalate the climate tension between the two sides," Li Shuo of Greenpeace Southeast Asia, told Axios via email.
"The agreement only prevents the worst outcome — a climate de-coupling between the world's largest emitters, but what’s urgently needed is for them to not just talk, but lead," he said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
COP27: Talks on carbon market rules off to slow startCountries are far from agreeing on technical details for running global trading in carbon offset credits after one week of talks at the COP27 U.N. climate summit in Egypt, according to negotiators and observers, with delays threatening to blow a 2023 deadline.
Read more »
At COP27 climate talks, slow progress stokes worry over final dealOne week into this year's U.N. climate summit in Egypt, frustrations were starting to flare as negotiators worried about resolving myriad details in time for a deal by the summit's scheduled close on Friday.
Read more »
Analysis: In final week of COP27 climate talks, success hinges on 'loss and damage'This year's COP27 climate summit in Egypt headed into its final week on Monday with nearly 200 countries racing to strike a deal to steer the world towards cutting planet-warming emissions and scale up finance for countries being ravaged by climate impacts.
Read more »
Saudi Arabia has 'green vision' at COP27, critics unmovedSaudi Arabia’s vision of an environmentally friendly future is on display just a short drive from the venue of the U.N. climate summit being held in Egypt.
Read more »
'Not Yet Defeated': 1,000+ March for Climate Justice at COP27'COP27 needs to be a turning point for the climate crisis,' said CK_Janet of Cop27Coalition.
Read more »
Climate disasters put plight of displaced in COP27 focusIssack Hassan lives in a migrant camp in Baidoa city in Somalia - one of more than a million people displaced since January after five successive failed rainy seasons.
Read more »