Biden's task at this year's U.N. climate conference: restore U.S. credibility on climate action to counter China’s courting of developing countries grappling with existential risks posed by a warming world
courting of developing countries grappling with existential risks posed by a warming world. At the same time, he’ll be working to restore some level of China-U.S. cooperation on climate, after Chinese President Xi Jinping suspended a bilateral effort following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan in August.
“There is no solution to the problem of climate change without China,” White House climate envoy John Kerry . “We stand ready to sit down with China on the climate issue and work together to solve what is not a bilateral issue, but what is a universal, global, existential issue.”that meaningful dialogue with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, had stalled.That will make it easier for Biden to stake out the diplomatic high ground as a leader who’ll prioritize climate action despite strained bilateral relations.
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