NEWS ANALYSIS: Tricky road ahead for US-China climate diplomacy — and the world
24 September 2020 - 20:20
Washington/Shanghai — After several years of dismissing global action to fight climate change, US leadership has been formally challenged by China announcing bold new climate pledges.
Former vice-president Joe Biden has pledged to reinvigorate US climate leadership if he wins the November 3 election against incumbent President Donald Trump. Re-establishing that leadership role, however, may not be so easy, say US and Chinese diplomats involved in past climate negotiations...
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