China and the United States, the two countries that emit the largest amount of greenhouse gases, will hold a series of dialogues to find solutions to mitigate global warming, from July 17 to 19. This is an important issue worldwide, as these two nations are the biggest polluters on the planet.
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According to the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research, the European Commission database, China emitted 33% of CO2 emissions in 2021, ranking first. And although the United States has emitted less than half compared to China, 13% of the world total, it is the second responsible for these emissions.
John Kerry, the United States’ climate emissary, arrived in Beijing on Sunday and He will be in China until Wednesday with the ambition of resuming dialogue on environmental issues, since they have not spoken bilaterally about the fight against climate change for almost a year. A meeting between the senior US official and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, is scheduled for this Wednesday.
Kerry comes at a time when the impact of climate change is being felt with heat waves in many parts of the northern hemisphere and floods in Asia.
In August 2022, Beijing suspended talks with Washington on climate change in protest of the visit to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, then Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Starting Monday, “China and the United States will have an in-depth exchange of positions” on climate issues, Chinese public television CCTV said without further details, when reporting Kerry’s arrival in Beijing.
The former American Secretary of State has a rather cordial and uninterrupted relationship with China, and now occupies a key position, since the Biden administration considers that the climate is one of the areas in which both powers can cooperate, beyond their rivalry in other fields.
The senior official will talk about “strengthening ambitions and implementation” of climate rules, and “promoting a successful COP28,” which will take place in Dubai at the end of the year, the State Department added.
China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, although it has promised to reach its maximum CO2 emissions by 2030, and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. President Xi Jinping also assured that his country will reduce consumption of coal from 2026.
with AFP
