US says to hold climate talks with China in California ahead of COP28
- US climate envoy John Kerry will welcome Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua at the Sunnylands desert resort
- The talks will take place on the eve of an expected US visit by China’s President Xi Jinping
The United States and China, the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters, will hold weekend talks in California to seek progress ahead of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the US State Department announced on Thursday.
The talks, on the eve of an expected US visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping, will take place at the Sunnylands desert resort – memorable as the site of Xi’s first US summit in 2013 after he assumed power.
US climate envoy John Kerry will welcome his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua from Saturday through Tuesday at the estate near Palm Springs, the State Department said.
The two sides will discuss “enhanced implementation and ambition and efforts to promote a successful COP28,” the State Department said in a statement.
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