China and Germany stake out common ground on climate change, economy - Nikkei Asia
China and Germany stake out common ground on climate change, economy - Nikkei Asia
BERLIN/BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang held talks Tuesday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the two sides sought to draw closer through shared interests on the economic and environmental fronts while steering clear of hot-button issues.
Li arrived in Berlin for the seventh round of German-Chinese government consultations. The official motto of the summit is "acting sustainably together," intended to highlight climate change as a major element of the talks.
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Talks are well underway in preparation for the next major international meeting on climate change, 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28), scheduled to begin Nov. 30 in the United Arab Emirates.
Much like last year’s COP27, finances — specifically, aid to developing nations — will be at the center of conference deliberations.
The conference faces an even greater sense of urgency brought on by the Sept. 8, 2023, release of the first global stocktake, which calls for accelerated action to meet the goals set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement (COP21).
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