France eyes China-EU climate leadership with Washington out of the room - Euractiv
France eyes China-EU climate leadership with Washington out of the room - Euractiv
www.euractiv.com France eyes China-EU climate leadership with Washington out of the room
France wants Brussels and Beijing to publicly reaffirm the importance of the Paris climate agreement while preparing for an EU-China summit in July.
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/65282199
- French Environment Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher will fly to China on Wednesday night with hopes of moving the EU and China closer on international climate action, as the US refuses to join the global effort.
- Pannier-Runacher wants to see France and China publicly reaffirm their commitment to the deal that was sealed in the French capital in 2015 while she is in Beijing to prepare the ground for an EU-China summit in July.