US climate envoy John Kerry is traveling to China this week to discuss potential joint US-China efforts on climate change, according to two administration officials
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Kerry's visit, less than a month after Biden administration officials sat down with Chinese officials for a tense meeting in Alaska, puts the climate crisis at the top of the Biden administration's foreign policy priority list as they also commit to competing with China and challenging them on human rights. China is the number one carbon emitter globally and climate experts say that the only way to tackle the environmental crisis is with China on board.
The visit will take place ahead of a US-hosted virtual climate summit of world leaders on Earth Day, April 22. President Joe Biden told reporters last month that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin"know they're invited" to the summit, where he is expected to outline the US goal for reductions of carbon emissions by 2030 -- known as the determined contribution under the Paris climate accord.
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