The second meeting of the U.S and Sino Working Group on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s was recently hosted by China and held in Beijing, targeting to lay grounds for future strategies.
The meeting was co-led by U.S. Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy John Podesta and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Liu Zhenmin and includes their respective colleagues.
According to the report from the U.S. Department of State, Both sides continued their discussions on addressing the climate crisis, including implementation of respective 2030 Nationally determined contributions (NDC)s.
They also lay grounds for the preparation of the follow-up 2035 NDCs.
The two nations welcomed the technical and policy exchanges that have been conducted to date under the U.S.-China Working Group on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s.
These include discussions under the energy transition, methane, circular economy and resource efficiency, and low-carbon and sustainable provinces or states and cities four Sub-Working Groups, and looked forward to further exchanges.
Senior Advisor John Podesta and Special Envoy Liu Zhenmin also participated in the United States-China Circular Economy Cooperation Forum and U.S.-China Subnational Climate Action Roundtable, convened on September 6.
They appreciated the participation by the U.S. Ambassador to China and China Ambassador in Washington.
Also, the two sides reaffirmed their intention to jointly host, with the COP 29 Presidency of Azerbaijan, a Methane and Other Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases Summit at COP 29.
They also discussed their interest in encouraging others to participate in the Summit and join us in presenting policies, actions, and cooperation, as appropriate.
Recalling their commitment to advance efforts to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030, the two sides expressed their intention to continue discussion and collaborative efforts to enforce their respective laws on banning illegal imports, and promote global forest conservation and sustainable management.
China and the United States are committed to further strengthening dialogue, collaborative efforts, and working with other Parties to support the Azerbaijan Presidency for a successful outcome of COP 29, including on, inter alia, the new collective quantified goal and Article 6 under the Paris Agreement.