U.S., China climate envoys meet at summit

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met Tuesday 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.

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

Neither Mr. Kerry nor Chinese officials said anything as the meeting started. When asked earlier if he would be meeting with Mr. Xie on Tuesday, Mr. Kerry told The Associated Press that “I will meet with him sometime later,” without being more specific. “We’re able to talk; we’ll see what happens,” he said.

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

Government officials have been arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh since Monday to push for a substantial deal by the time the meeting is supposed to wrap up on Friday.