But more work still needs to be done. Kerry talks about his visit to China: the United States and China have reached a clear consensus on many issues | both sides | the United States and China
John Kerry, the US President's special envoy on climate issues, held a press conference in Beijing on the 19th. When introducing his visit to China, he stated that the United States and China had a long and detailed meeting, and had "clearly reached a consensus" on many things. However, "more work" is still needed, and there are still some issues that need more time to be resolved.
According to the agreement between China and the United States, the US President's special envoy on climate issues, John Kerry, will visit China from July 16th to 19th. This trip is Kerry's third visit to China as the special envoy of the US president on climate issues. He is also the third senior US official to visit China recently after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Yellen. According to official sources, on July 17th, China's special envoy for climate change affairs, Xie Zhenhua, began the China US climate change talks with Kerry in Beijing.
Climate change is a global challenge that requires joint efforts from all countries to address. Dealing with climate change is an important aspect of Sino US cooperation, and China and the United States have had good cooperation in the field of climate change. However, in August last year, Pelosi, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, made a visit to Taiwan, China, China took eight countermeasures against the United States, including suspending negotiations on climate change between China and the United States. At the beginning of the press conference, Kerry pointed out that this visit to China is to solve the "problem that has been deadlocked for nearly a year.".
He also pointed out that the US and China had a long and detailed meeting, and many things were "clearly agreed upon", but "more work" is still needed, and there are still some issues that need more time to be resolved.
"My entire team and I believe that we have made progress in the discussion, but some departments and institutions of our government need to be involved in this process. We are not operating in a vacuum, we need to ensure that people are moving in the same direction, which requires leadership and time," said Kerry.
At present, the global record for high temperatures has been continuously broken, and how the two major powers of China and the United States should manage their differences and cooperate to cope with the climate crisis has received high attention from the outside world. In response to questions from reporters, Kerry stated that we are truly cooperating and working together on climate change issues. No country can win this battle on its own, because no government of any country has enough funds to independently promote climate transition.
Regarding the upcoming 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in the United Arab Emirates, Kerry said that we need to ensure the success of the conference. We all support the efforts of the President of the Climate Conference and look forward to advancing this process faster. We are constantly striving to maintain communication and cooperation with all parties around the world.