US, Chinese Climate Negotiators Meeting on Greenhouse Gas Curbs

Climate negotiators from the world’s top two greenhouse gas emitters are set to meet this week in Washington for talks on curbing potent planet-warming pollutants, promoting energy efficiency and other issues.

The Wednesday and Thursday sessions will bring together John Podesta, the US senior adviser to the president for international climate policy, and Liu Zhenmin, China’s special envoy for climate change.

John Podesta

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Though the two men have long histories working on climate and environmental issues — and have spoken since their appointments earlier this year — this represents their first formal face-to-face summit before global negotiations in Azerbaijan ...