"Diplomat points to global scale of the crisis and the difference the two countries can make by “working together.”"
"John Kerry, the Biden administration’s special presidential envoy for climate, has praised China’s efforts at tackling global warming and urged Beijing to resume suspended talks on the issue, even as tensions flare with Washington over the status of Taiwan.
China cut off climate talks with the U.S. this month in protest of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, putting negotiations between the world’s two largest carbon dioxide emitters in peril.
On climate change, however, Kerry said that China had “generally speaking, outperformed its commitments.”"
Eleni Varvitsioti and Aime Williams report for the Financial Times August 31, 2022.
