Biden’s Climate Czar John Podesta to Visit China for Talks

Published on September 3, 2024

President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, John Podesta, will travel to Beijing and meet with his Chinese counterpart this week, China’s environment ministry announced Tuesday. During the trip from Sept. 4 to Sept. 6, Podesta will meet with Liu Zhenmin, China’s new climate envoy, for the second round of formal talks as part of a U.S.–China climate working group, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said in a statement. Liu and Podesta will discuss “practical cooperation,” “domestic climate policy and actions,” and the “multilateral process of climate change,” the ministry added. The United States hadn’t issued a statement on the details of Podesta’s trip at the time of publication....

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