US, China envoys meet: can they agree on emissions reduction?

China's special envoy for climate change Xie Zhenhua

China's special envoy for climate change Xie Zhenhua Source: AAP / SEDAT SUNA/EPA

SBS News In Depth
View Podcast Series

Get the SBS Audio app

Other ways to listen

A special envoy for climate from the United States has met with his Chinese counterpart to help boost collaboration on emissions reduction. The two countries are the two largest carbon polluters and recent icy diplomatic relations has made addressing the climate crisis a challenge. The talks come amid a record-breaking heatwave in the northern hemisphere, with a quarter of U-S citizens currently facing extreme heat warnings.

Listen to Australian and world news, and follow trending topics with
SBS News Podcasts.


Share

Latest podcast episodes

ELECTION25 GREENS RECEPTION
CLIMATE ACTION WEEK LAUNCH
On the Money Neurodiversity graphic
At least eleven people were injured in overnight Russian drone attack in Kyiv

Recommended for you

A stylised image of a young woman with her finger on her chin on the left, with graphic question marks and pixelated images of two men beside her. 'Choose your player' is written at the top in bold, game-style text.
Four people stand on a stage. Two are wearing formal military attire and one blows a trumpet.
A split image. On the left are tradespeople on the roof of a home that is under construction. In the middle is Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, wearing a suit, tie and glasses, speaking while standing at a lectern. On the right is a woman opening her wallet in which there is $50, $20, and $10 notes.
Two men in black suits stand at separate lecterns, with the one on the left speaking while the other watches him.
A stylised image featuring three men wearing glasses are superimposed against the backdrop of different shapes representing political issues including housing, energy and immigration.
A man in black glasses and a navy blue jumper standing side on in an outback landscape
The Great Hall in Parliament House with a person walking through it.
A man wearing a t-shirt and jeans pushes a trolley in a supermarket