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It represents tackling change the climate One of the main areas of cooperation between the two superpowers and the two most emitting countries Global Warming.
But China suspended talks on the issue less than 100 days before the historic international climate summit, as part of its response to the visit of the US House Speaker. Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.
The US special envoy for climate, John Kerry, said on Friday"No country should prevent progress on transnational existential issues because of bilateral differences
"Suspending cooperation does not punish the United States, but rather the world, especially the developing world".
Over the past few years, climate change has remained an open field for US-China cooperation even as tensions mount over other issues such as human rights, Hong Kong and Taiwan sovereignty, and trade.
Pelosi’s brief visit last week to self-ruled Taiwan, which China considers its province, angered Beijing and began Chinese naval and air exercises on an unprecedented scale around the island.
Previous engagement between the two countries on climate change helped pave the way for the Paris climate agreement in 2015 and the revival of stalled international climate negotiations in Glasgow in 2021.
Analysts said that with the approach of the pivotal climate summit and countries retreating from the pledges to reduce emissions announced in Glasgow, the lack of communication between the two superpowers may upset negotiations and weaken ambition among other countries.
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It represents tackling change the climate One of the main areas of cooperation between the two superpowers and the two most emitting countries Global Warming.
But China suspended talks on the issue less than 100 days before the historic international climate summit, as part of its response to the visit of the US House Speaker. Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.
“No country should block progress on cross-border existential issues because of bilateral differences,” US climate envoy John Kerry said on Friday.
Suspending cooperation does not punish the United States, but rather the world, especially the developing world.
Over the past few years, climate change has remained an open field for US-China cooperation even as tensions mount over other issues such as human rights, Hong Kong and Taiwan sovereignty, and trade.
Pelosi’s brief visit last week to self-ruled Taiwan, which China considers its province, angered Beijing and began Chinese naval and air exercises on an unprecedented scale around the island.
Previous engagement between the two countries on climate change helped pave the way for the Paris climate agreement in 2015 and the revival of stalled international climate negotiations in Glasgow in 2021.
Analysts said that with the approach of the pivotal climate summit and countries retreating from the pledges to reduce emissions announced in Glasgow, the lack of communication between the two superpowers may upset negotiations and weaken ambition among other countries.