(AGENPARL) - Roma, 18 Luglio 2023 - (AGENPARL) – mar 18 luglio 2023 [State Department Seal]
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesperson
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For Immediate Release
MEDIA NOTE
July 18, 2023
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry Meets with Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry mettodaywith the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Director of the CCP Central Foreign Affairs Office Wang Yi in Beijing, China to discuss the critical importance of bilateral and multilateral efforts to address the climate crisis. Secretary Kerry emphasizedhow critical it is for China to increase its ambition and accelerate the reduction of emissions. He stressed that the world expects both nations to cooperate on climate and reaffirmed that the United States and the PRC cannot let bilateraldifferences stand in the way of making concrete progress on shared transnational challenges. Secretary Kerryemphasized that enhanced action by the PRC to accelerate decarbonization, reduce methane emissions, and address deforestation is essential for the world to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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