US’s John Kerry in China for talks ahead of climate summit

US’s John Kerry in China for talks ahead of climate summit

US special envoy for climate John Kerry attends a news conference in Paris. File/AP



US climate envoy John Kerry is in talks in China on Thursday ahead of President Joe Biden's climate summit of world leaders.

China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment said the discussions in Shanghai running through Saturday aim to boost cooperation on climate change and exchange views on the UN Climate Change Conference known as COP 26 to be held in Scotland in November.

A brief statement from the ministry said Kerry would be meeting with China's top climate negotiator, fellow veteran diplomat Xie Zhenhua. The US and China are the world's biggest carbon emitters and both have set targets to become carbon neutral in coming decades, although China's stated date of 2060 has been described as not ambitious enough.

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