The US and China said they would “intensify” their co-operation on replacing coal with clean power as top diplomats from the world’s two largest polluters met in Washington this week.
The signs of co-operation follow the first substantial meeting between President Joe Biden’s top adviser on international climate policy John Podesta, and his Chinese counterpart Liu Zhenmin, following the retirement of their respective predecessors, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua.
A US state department readout of the talks said Washington and Beijing had agreed to engage in “technical” exchanges across climate-related issues, including technology to measure greenhouse gas emissions and on methane emissions controls.