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What's at Stake in U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry's Trip to China


What s at Stake in U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry s Trip to China
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US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks to the press after a meeting with the French president at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on March 10, 2021.
On Wednesday, Washington’s climate envoy John Kerry becomes the first senior Biden administration official to visit China but he touches down in Shanghai at a time of high diplomatic tensions.
China and the U.S. are the world’s top two carbon polluters, accounting for 27% and 13% of global greenhouse emissions in 2019, respectively. Their close cooperation is essential if the world is to mitigate the effects of climate change, be it wildfires in California or heat and drought in Australia and melting polar ice. ....

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