US, CHINA CLIMATE ENVOYS MEET IN EGYPT

US climate envoy John Kerry met yesterday with his Chinese counterpart at annual United Nations climate negotiations in Egypt, in a further hint of improving relations between the world’s top two polluters a day after a meeting between their leaders.

Kerry met with China’s top climate official Xie Zhenhua in a room at the Chinese delegation’s offices in the COP27 conference zone.

Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed a day earlier to resume climate change talks with the United States. Xi had put those contacts on hold three months earlier in retaliation for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan.