China-US "Working Group on Intensified Climate Action in the 2020s" meeting held in Beijing

On September 8, 2024, the China-US "Working Group on Intensified Climate Action in the 2020s" meeting was held in Beijing. The meeting was co-chaired by Liu Zhenmin, China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Affairs, and John Podesta, Senior Adviser to the US President on International Climate Policy. < b > Both sides continued discussions on addressing the climate crisis, including the implementation of their respective 2030 Nationally Determined Contributions and the preparation of their respective 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions . Both sides welcomed the technical and policy dialogues that have taken place under the China-US "Working Group on Intensified Climate Action in the 2020s", including relevant exchanges under the four thematic groups on energy transition, methane, circular economy and resource use efficiency, and low-carbon sustainable provinces/states and cities, and look forward to continued exchanges. The two sides reaffirmed their intention to co-host the "Summit on Methane and Other Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases" during the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) with Azerbaijan, the COP29 Chair.