[CNSNEWS] At a joint presser in Beijing yesterday with People's Republic of China Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry
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said that the B.O. regime intends to cooperate closely with the PRC leading into a U.N. climate conference in Gay Paree in December and that the U.S. is "ending any funding" of coal-fired power projects.
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"There are three key meetings that we are all working on together to prepare for in order to build success," said Kerry. "One is the Security and Economic Dialogue that will take place in June in Washington. Two is the summit between President Xi and President B.O. to take place in September. And three is the global meeting that we are working on together regarding climate change in Gay Paree in December."
"The United States and China are also cooperating more closely than ever to address climate change, one of the greatest threats facing our planet today," said Kerry. "Last fall, our respective presidents came together to announce our countries' greenhouse gas commitments, the reductions, and we continue to call on other nations around the world to set their own ambitious targets. And we agreed this morning that as we get closer to the UN Climate Conference in Gay Paree later this year, the United States and China, the world's two largest greenhouse gas emitters, will elevate our cooperation and coordination so that we can reach the kind of global agreement that we will need to ultimately address this threat."