US EditionChina Hopes US Will 'some Day' Return to Climate Fold, Official Tells AFP
China calls for global political unity at COP30 and emphasizes fulfilling the $300 billion climate finance pledge to support developing countries’ green transitions.
- On Nov 12 at COP30 in Belem, Mr Li Gao, head of Beijing's delegation and deputy environment minister, told AFP China believes the United States will eventually return to international climate talks.
- Building on last year in Baku, ministers are debating finance targets as COP29 set a US$300 billion annual pledge by 2035 and a broader US$1.3 trillion goal from public and private sources.
- Calling for political solidarity, China said its COP30 priority is to support the Brazilian presidency and send a strong signal that the green low-carbon transition cannot be reversed, avoiding geopolitical unilateralism and protectionism.
- President Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement and his government shunned this year's conference in Belem, even as organisers stress addressing climate change needs every country and past China–US cooperation helped break negotiation deadlocks.
- A major issue at COP30 is funding developing countries' green transitions, so the report by the heads of COP29 and Brazil's COP30 presidency says the world has the tools to reach the finance target.
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