SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged major powers to “show responsibility” and play a leading role in improving global environmental governance and addressing such challenges as climate change. “The international community must use unprecedented determination and action to promote the construction of a beautiful world in which humanity is in harmony with nature,” he added. Beijing submitted a draft “Kunming Declaration https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-submits-draft-biodiversity-declaration-united-nations-2021-08-27” to international partners last week, which included several slogans and concepts now being promoted by China’s ruling Communist Party. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry held two days of talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua, in Tianjin this week, urging Chinese leaders to ensure that politics was kept out of climate change discussions. Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi told Kerry that climate “cannot be separated” from the wider diplomatic issues between the two countries.

Source: MetroXpress September 04, 2021 07:52 UTC