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US, Europe Fear of China's Dominance Threatens Climate Fight, Says Xi's Envoy
02 May 2024 00:42 GMT
Liu Zhenmin, appointed in January as Xi’s Special Envoy for Climate Change, this month heads for his first in-person meetings in the US since taking the role. Those talks come at a crucial juncture for international cooperation — with skepticism about …
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US, Europe Fear of China’s Dominance Threatens Climate Fight, Says Xi’s Envoy
01 May 2024 23:54 GMT
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Veteran diplomat Liu Zhenmin is leading the charge as the biggest polluter seeks to peak emissions by the end of this decade.
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When is a transition not transition? The Kyoto Protocol and climate change
01 Apr 2024 00:14 GMT
OPINION:
Back in 1997, President Bill Clinton signed on to the goals and processes of the Kyoto Protocol, which commits signatory countries to reduce greenhouse gases in amounts sufficient to prevent dangerous man-made interference with the climate.
In an …
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China Envoy Says Economic Competition Is the New Climate Risk
28 Mar 2024 18:09 GMT
(Bloomberg) -- Economic competition between nations has become the new hurdle in the fight against climate change, according to China’s new climate chief.
Political roadblocks have impacted climate negotiations for decades now, such as when the US …
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US and China climate envoys unlocked milestones, yet retire with unfinished business
22 Jan 2024 14:18 GMT
BEIJING – A tough road ahead remains for climate cooperation between the United States and China, despite the foundation laid by their retiring climate envoys in the past three years against the prevailing backdrop of bilateral tensions.
Substantive issues …
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China’s veteran climate envoy Xie Zhenhua steps down, as career diplomat Liu Zhenmin takes helm
12 Jan 2024 11:24 GMT
… he was appointed as China’s special climate change representative … to 2017 in charge of Asian affairs, border and maritime … change talks for both the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.
… assistant minister, and as China’s deputy permanent representative to …
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ANALYSIS-US-China climate relations brace for US election, envoy change
22 Dec 2023 01:01 GMT
The U.S. and China have delivered big wins in climate diplomacy through the unique relationship of their chief climate envoys, but the two countries are bracing for change as the Chinese envoy retires and the U.S. readies for an election.
In an interview …
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Option in Global Stocktake draft opens possibility of including India, China in list of historical emitters of greenhouse gases
11 Dec 2023 08:37 GMT
Finance and coal phase out are other red lines in text for several developing countries, say experts
The last draft of the Global Stocktake text has effectively proposed including India and China in the list of countries with historical responsibility for …
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Japan wins another award for its disgraceful climate efforts
07 Dec 2023 03:43 GMT
File photo taken on Oct 12, 2017, shows huge tanks that store contaminated radioactive wastewater in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. [Photo/Xinhua]
At the ongoing 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention …
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Cop28: learn from China on climate action – underpromise and overdeliver
03 Dec 2023 11:34 GMT
… die like this”: The Kyoto Protocol’s impact 25 years on … die like this”: The Kyoto Protocol’s impact 25 years on … leaders overpromise and underachieve, China seems set on underpromising and … developments and challenges facing the Asia-Pacific over the past …