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China and the United States need to improve their strained relations in order to fight climate change, according to Beijing.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a video meeting with the US climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday while he is in Tianjin for talks, China’s Foreign Ministry and the US State Department both confirmed in separate statements Thursday.
“Major strategic miscalculation by the United States has resulted in the sudden deterioration of bilateral relations in recent years,” Wang said after the talks, state news agency Xinhua reported.
“The ball now is in the US court,” he said.
The American side should stop seeing China as a threat and rival, Wang said, and they should refrain from “containing and suppressing China all over the world.”
The US side has described the cooperation on climate as an “oasis” in relations, he said, but an oasis surrounded by desert will not last long, Wang said.
Kerry pressed China to take additional steps towards reducing emissions.
The climate crisis “must be addressed with the seriousness and urgency that it demands,” he said, according to the US State Department.
China is the biggest producer of carbon dioxide, followed by the US, meaning the world’s two largest economies have a special role in the fight against global warming.
Kerry also spoke to China’s vice premier Han Zheng to discuss US-China cooperation in the global effort to reduce emissions and tackle the climate crisis, according to a State Department spokesperson.
Kerry underscored there is no way for the world to solve the climate crisis without the full engagement and commitment of the China, which produces 27 per cent of global emissions, the spokesperson said.
“Without significant reduction efforts by the PRC, we cannot meet the goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.” Kerry emphasized the importance of the world taking serious climate actions and strengthening global climate ambition ahead of COP26 in Glasgow.
Kerry had previously visited China and planned to also meet his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua during his trip to prepare for the November climate summit in Glasgow.
Kerry last visited China in April, when Beijing and Washington signed a joint statement on the climate crisis after talks in Shanghai.
Beijing
China and the United States need to improve their strained relations in order to fight climate change, according to Beijing.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a video meeting with the US climate envoy John Kerry on Wednesday while he is in Tianjin for talks, China’s Foreign Ministry and the US State Department both confirmed in separate statements Thursday.
“Major strategic miscalculation by the United States has resulted in the sudden deterioration of bilateral relations in recent years,” Wang said after the talks, state news agency Xinhua reported.
“The ball now is in the US court,” he said.
The American side should stop seeing China as a threat and rival, Wang said, and they should refrain from “containing and suppressing China all over the world.”
The US side has described the cooperation on climate as an “oasis” in relations, he said, but an oasis surrounded by desert will not last long, Wang said.
Kerry pressed China to take additional steps towards reducing emissions.
The climate crisis “must be addressed with the seriousness and urgency that it demands,” he said, according to the US State Department.
China is the biggest producer of carbon dioxide, followed by the US, meaning the world’s two largest economies have a special role in the fight against global warming.
Kerry also spoke to China’s vice premier Han Zheng to discuss US-China cooperation in the global effort to reduce emissions and tackle the climate crisis, according to a State Department spokesperson.
Kerry underscored there is no way for the world to solve the climate crisis without the full engagement and commitment of the China, which produces 27 per cent of global emissions, the spokesperson said.
“Without significant reduction efforts by the PRC, we cannot meet the goal to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.” Kerry emphasized the importance of the world taking serious climate actions and strengthening global climate ambition ahead of COP26 in Glasgow.
Kerry had previously visited China and planned to also meet his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua during his trip to prepare for the November climate summit in Glasgow.
Kerry last visited China in April, when Beijing and Washington signed a joint statement on the climate crisis after talks in Shanghai.
