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Bloomberg: World Leaders From China to EU Hold Climate Meeting Without US
Bloomberg - World Leaders From China to EU Hold Climate Meeting Without US (Gift link)
China’s Xi Jinping and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen were among the leaders on a private video call organized by the United Nations.
By Laura Millan, John Ainger, and Simone Iglesias
April 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM EDT
Updated on April 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM EDT
Heads of state and government leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took part in a two-hour virtual meeting aimed at returning focus to climate action in an increasingly challenging global context.
Notably representatives from the US were not on the call organized by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday.
Under President Donald Trump’s administration, the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases has started to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a landmark 2015 deal that guides emissions cuts to slow down global warming. Along with retreating from global climate diplomacy, the US has recently added to geopolitical tensions with import tariffs that have rattled worldwide markets for weeks.
“Regardless of changes in the international landscape, China’s efforts to combat climate change will not slow down, its push for international cooperation will not weaken, and its commitment to building a community with a shared future for mankind will not cease,” Xi said in the meeting, according to a report from state-run CCTV.
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China’s Xi Jinping and the EU’s Ursula von der Leyen were among the leaders on a private video call organized by the United Nations.
By Laura Millan, John Ainger, and Simone Iglesias
April 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM EDT
Updated on April 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM EDT
Heads of state and government leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took part in a two-hour virtual meeting aimed at returning focus to climate action in an increasingly challenging global context.
Notably representatives from the US were not on the call organized by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday.
Under President Donald Trump’s administration, the world’s largest historical emitter of greenhouse gases has started to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, a landmark 2015 deal that guides emissions cuts to slow down global warming. Along with retreating from global climate diplomacy, the US has recently added to geopolitical tensions with import tariffs that have rattled worldwide markets for weeks.
“Regardless of changes in the international landscape, China’s efforts to combat climate change will not slow down, its push for international cooperation will not weaken, and its commitment to building a community with a shared future for mankind will not cease,” Xi said in the meeting, according to a report from state-run CCTV.
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