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Joanna Depledge said Kerry will be remembered as “a force for good in the negotiations,” turning the page on low points, such as previous U.S. administrations pulling out — twice — from international climate agreements.

As the U.S. and China climate envoys retire, more than a leadership gap opens in crucial bilateral relationships and climate politics.

Xie, 74, retired in December, and Kerry recently announced that he’s stepping down soon.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry urged the world to be “very skeptical” about claims from oil and gas producers that emerging technology soon will allow people to adequately capture the climate-wrecking fumes emitted by their cars, planes and businesses.

Government ministers are returning to Egypt to take over negotiations at this year's U.N. climate talks, providing diplomats with the political backing they need to clinch credible agreements that would help prevent disastrous levels of warming in the coming decades.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry indicated on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, he'll be in talks with his Chinese counterpart at annual United Nations climate talks underway in Egypt, in the latest sign of improving relations between the world's top two polluters after a meeting between the two nations' leaders Monday.

After dilution of COP26 wording, China says developing nations cannot make the green transition without support.

The world's top two carbon polluters, China and the United States, pledged on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, to increase their cooperation on climate action in a joint declaration issued at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow.

China will stick to its goal of having its carbon emissions peak by 2030 and will release more complete reduction plans soon, the country's climate change envoy said Tuesday, even as U.S. and British officials urged it to do more to limit global warming.

Canada's environment minister hopes a gathering this weekend of the world's biggest economies and polluters will provide a show of strength for continuing with the Paris climate change agreement.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says the Canadian government remains committed to the Paris Accord amid concerns that the U.S. will walk away from the global climate agreement.