US climate envoy John Kerry will arrive in China on Sunday to restart stalled negotiations over global warming between the world’s two largest polluters after a year long hiatus.
Formal climate talks between the US and China were halted by Beijing in 2022 in protest at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan — although Kerry has informally met his counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, on the sidelines of climate events.
Speaking to lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Kerry said he hoped to make progress on talks with China over reducing methane emissions, transitioning away from coal, combating deforestation and on jointly increasing the deployment of renewable energy technologies.