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china-u.s. climate dialogue narrows differences and advances cooperation

2024-09-08

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reference news reported on september 8according to a report on the singapore lianhe zaobao website on september 7, wang yi, member of the political bureau of the cpc central committee and foreign minister, said during a meeting with podesta, senior adviser to the us president on international climate policy, on september 6 that dialogue and cooperation on climate change are an integral part of china-us relations. he hoped that the us would maintain policy stability and respect china's reasonable concerns.

according to the official website of the chinese ministry of foreign affairs, wang yi met with podesta on september 6 as scheduled.

wang yi said that since the beginning of this year, the climate change teams of the two sides have maintained close communication and achieved a series of practical cooperation results. he hoped that the us side would maintain policy stability, earnestly respect china's reasonable concerns, avoid protectionism and pan-securitization, and work with china to jointly respond to global challenges.

the report said that the 29th united nations climate change conference will be held in azerbaijan in november, and the us presidential election held in the same month will also determine the climate policy of the next us government.

according to reuters on september 6, us climate envoy john podesta said in beijing on the 6th that china and the united states still have "some differences" on issues such as climate financing, but this meeting has made progress in narrowing the differences.

“while there are some frictions in our bilateral relationship, we are able to find areas for cooperation for the sake of our people and the climate,” podesta told reporters after meeting with liu zhenmin, china’s special envoy for climate change, and chinese foreign minister wang yi.

podesta said the two sides had a "good discussion" about the upcoming 29th united nations climate change conference in baku, azerbaijan in november, and that reaching an agreement on a new fund to help developing countries would be a top priority at the conference.