The world’s two biggest polluters have made a positive “gesture” to co-operate on climate change, with the US and China agreeing to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy to displace their heavy reliance on fossil fuels.
The joint statement on climate diplomacy between Washington and Beijing came shortly before Joe Biden and Xi Jinping were due to meet in San Francisco as part of an effort to stabilise US-China relations.
It was taken as a sign of progress in global climate policy ahead of the UN COP28 climate summit in Dubai in two weeks, despite the absence of any reference to the looming issue of the phaseout of fossil fuels.
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