meeting more than 20 times. they worked together in com26 and made progress there. they met on the sideline at cop26 in egypt and beginning of this year, they held a video conference and continued negotiations despite the strained relations between the two countries. this face-to-face meeting, rahel, very important. this is about resuming their joint working group on climate cooperation, between cop28 in dubai which starts beginning of november. kerry said it was imperative that china and the u.s. make real progress in the next four months. we re talking about the two largest economies in the world. they re also the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases. accounting for 40% of global emissions. so, rahel, there needs to be, you know, cooperation to drastically cut fossil fuel production to make an impact on climate change, and hopefully to lead by example. rahel. certainly, a lot of people around the world counting on some potential cooperation between the two.
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so, that s what attracted you. 0k. you said you re working for a broad coalition for an ambitious global climate policy so that we can make groundbreaking decisions at the cop28 in dubai that, of course, is the un s global climate summit. so, what is ambitious look like to you? ambitious looks like a phase out of fossil fuels, the end of the fossil fuel era a clear signal on that. ambitious looks like a global renewable energy target with financing to go with it, an efficiency target to go with it and a transformational roadmap to close the gap. you know, we need to keep global average temperature from rising above a 1.5 degrees rise and so, we need a plan, we need an action plan, and that s what we want to achieve with the finance for developing countries to make that possible. all right, so you say an end to fossil fuel, you know, phasing that out. so, does it worry you, then, that cop28 is not only being hosted in the uae the united arab emirates but it s chaired by the
0k. you said you re working for a broad coalition for an ambitious global climate policy so that we can make groundbreaking decisions at the cop28 in dubai that, of course, is the un s global climate summit. so, what is ambitious look like to you? ambitious looks like a phase out of fossil fuels, the end of the fossil fuel era a clear signal on that. ambitious looks like a global renewable energy target with financing to go with it, an efficiency target to go with it and a transformational roadmap to close the gap. you know, we need to keep global average temperature from rising above a 1.5 degrees rise and so, we need a plan, we need an action plan, and that s what we want to achieve with the finance for developing countries to make that possible. all right, so you say an end to fossil fuel, you know, phasing that out. so, does it worry you, then, that cop28 is not only being hosted in the uae the united arab emirates but it s chaired by the ceo of the uae national oil
the biggest difference. and the opportunity to work for such a government, for such a minister at this moment of time in climate, ithought, i have to give it a go . you know, greenpeace, we always talk about acts annalena baerbock, the german foreign minister is who you are referring to. yes. who was also former co leader of the green party in germany. so, that s what attracted you. 0k. you said you re working for a broad coalition for an ambitious global climate policy so that we can make groundbreaking decisions at the cop28 in dubai that, of course, is the un s global climate summit. so, what is ambitious look like to you? ambitious looks like a phase out of fossil fuels, the end of the fossil fuel era a clear signal on that. ambitious looks like a global renewable energy target with financing to go with it, an efficiency target to go with it and a transformational roadmap to close the gap. you know, we need to keep