WASHINGTON — John Kerry, President Biden’s special envoy for climate change, said on Thursday he would travel to China next week to restart global warming negotiations between the world’s two largest polluters.
“We need genuine cooperation,” Mr. Kerry said in an interview.
“China and the United States are the two largest economies in the world and we’re also the two largest emitters.
It’s clear that we have a special responsibility to find common ground.”The trip to China would be Mr. Kerry’s third as climate envoy.
Mr. Kerry said he planned to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, and other officials “at the highest levels” during the week of July 16.
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