Trade row won’t hurt US and China’s emissions talks, says US climate chief
by Fiona Harvey Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6PKJN)
John Podesta says negotiations to find a path forward' continue with urgent discussions planned for Cop29
Trade frictions and increasing tension between the US and China won't affect climate negotiations between the two superpowers if he can help it, the US climate chief has pledged.
John Podesta, a senior adviser to Joe Biden on international climate policy, said the relationship between the world's two biggest emitters and largest economies was critical to climate action, despite what appears to be a deepening gulf over trade policy.
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