US climate envoy John Kerry said the world’s biggest polluters had agreed to resume stalled talks on global warming ahead of the UN COP28 summit, as Washington and Beijing try to re-engage after a year of bilateral tensions.
Speaking in Beijing at the end of a four-day trip during which he met senior Chinese leaders, Kerry said time was running out on climate change as countries including China and the US battle extreme weather events.
Kerry said the two sides had agreed to implement a previous undertaking, known as the “US-China joint statement addressing the climate crisis”, which laid out a diplomatic framework to engage on global warming.