1 of 1 Xi Jinping and Joe Biden greet each other in Bali before the G20 summit in 2022 Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Portal Xi Jinping and Joe Biden greet each other in Bali before the G20 summit in 2022 Photo: Kevin Lamarque/ Portal
In a joint statement, China and the United States said they will set up a bilateral working group to combine efforts on energy transition and pollution control. The announcement was made this Wednesday (15).
The two countries said they support the declaration by the G20, which brings together the world’s largest economies, to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030.
China and the United States have also pledged to work together on an agreement to combat plastic and methane pollution.
The creation of the working group is the result of a meeting between the two countries’ climate representatives, John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, in the first week of November in California.
A Carbon Atlas survey released during COP 27 in 2022 shows that China and the United States are the most polluting countries in terms of carbon dioxide emissions.
Meeting between Biden and Xi
This Wednesday, the President of China, Xi Jinping, and the President of the United States, Joe Biden, will meet at the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation Forum summit. The meeting will take place in the North American city of San Francisco.
The White House says one of the goals of the meeting is to reduce tensions and rivalries between the two countries and prevent the noise from turning into conflict.
In addition to trade and economic relations, Biden and Xi must also discuss the conflict in the Middle East, the invasion of Ukraine and relations between Russia and North Korea. The use of artificial intelligence and Taiwan are also on the agenda.
On Tuesday (14), President Joe Biden said he hoped to resume normal communications with China, including militarytomilitary contacts.