Author Michelle Nichols
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 10 (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the United States and China on Friday to avoid any tensions between the two powers so as not to disrupt the agreement on climate change UN UN COP26 summit next month.
Cooperation between the two world economies has declined sharply over the years in terms of human rights until the exposure where COVID-19 originated.
“We understand that there are problems in US-China relations, but these problems do not interfere with the need for the US and China to do everything possible for the COP to do well, without compromising the relationship between the two,” Guterres told reporters.
During a visit to China last week by US envoy John Kerry, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-holds-virtual-climate-meeting-with -us- explains-ecological-point-oasis-2021-09-02 Climate change was an “oasis” in relations between China and the US but could not be separated from major conflicts.
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed climate change over the phone https://www.reuters.com/world/china/biden-chinas-xi-discuss-managing-competition-avoiding-conflict-call-2021 – 09-10 Thursday. Xi said that if the “major challenges” on both sides are respected, the potential for continued success is due to climate change.
The COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland, is seen as a unique opportunity to achieve the country’s goal of achieving carbon-zero by 2050 and keeping global temperatures down to 2 degrees Celsius in this century.
“We want a stronger connection to the US, which is development funding, for climate change, mitigation, change, and we need more experiments from China on air,” Guterres said on Friday.
“But … we are talking about a number of ways in which all countries should commit themselves, depending on their connectivity and climate,” he confirmed.
(Author Michelle Nichols; Author Jonathan Oatis)