![]() ![]() Xi stressed China decides own climate approachĭETERMINING OWN PATH: The frontpage of People’s Daily covered president Xi Jinping’s recent speech at a national conference on environment protection on climate change. Reuters also reported that Kerry said China was working on final approval to release details of its plans to curb methane emissions. The abatement of methane and the reduction in reliance on coal were a crucial part of the talks, Reuters reported. RENEWABLES AND COAL: Kerry praised China’s progress on the deployment of renewable energies, but he warned that the new coal coming online “undoes the benefit of some of that”, Bloomberg reported. During the meeting with Kerry, Chinese premier Li Qiang stressed that developed countries’ responsibility should take the lead in “reducing emissions and fulfill their financial commitments”, while developing countries should “make contributions within their capacity”, said the Communist Party-backed newspaper People’s Daily. In a phone call with reporters, Kerry described his talks in Beijing as “very cordial, very direct and, I think, very productive”, although no significant breakthrough happened, the Washington Post reported. Kerry, according to the Guardian, maintained that climate issues should be treated as a “free-standing” challenge that requires collective efforts from both sides. NO BREAKTHROUGH: Bloomberg quoted China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua saying that China and the US “share similar ideas” and “a similar past in addressing climate change”. All you need to know about the latest developments relating to China and climate change. Sign up to Carbon Brief's free "China Briefing" email newsletter. Kevin Gallagher, director of the Global Policy Development Center at Boston University, told Politico that the dialogue between the two countries was the “best case” in the limited range of positive outcomes. Kerry’s meetings with various senior officials were expected to lay the groundwork for future potential pronouncements at events such as COP28, Bloomberg reported. TALKS RESUMED: US climate envoy John Kerry’s three-day visit in Beijing last week was the first substantive climate discussion between China and the US since Beijing cut off talks last August, after the then-speaker of US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, the Guardian reported. ![]() Key developments No breakthrough during Kerry’s visit to Beijing NEW SCIENCE: Peer-reviewed studies examined planted forest areas in East Asia and China, as well as the nexus between “green finance” and climate change. SPOTLIGHT: Carbon Brief explores the role of hydro in China’s energy supply after the country was hit by summer droughts for three consecutive years. ‘SURGING’ SOLAR: Government data showed solar installations reached 78 gigawatts (GW) in the first half of 2023, pushing total capacity to 470GW. ![]()
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