BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States still have “some differences” on issues such as climate finance but have made progress in narrowing them during meetings this week in Beijing, U.S. climate envoy John Podesta told reporters in Beijing on Friday. During the meetings, the world’s top two carbon dioxide emitting nations discussed setting […]
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U.S., China still have ‘some differences’ on climate finance, U.S. envoy says
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States still have “some differences” on issues such as climate finance but have made progress in narrowing them during meetings this week in Beijing, U.S. climate envoy John Podesta told reporters in Beijing on Friday.
During the meetings, the world’s top two carbon dioxide emitting nations discussed setting ambitious new 2035 climate targets and also plan to hold a bilateral meeting on abating non-CO2 greenhouse gases such as methane, Podesta said.
(Reporting by Beijing newsroom and David Stanway in Singapore; Editing by Alison Williams)