China can lead global climate push in US absence, COP29 host says
TOKYO -- China can drive global climate negotiations as the U.S. backtracks from its engagements, said the chief negotiator for Azerbaijan, which hosted the most recent COP29 talks, citing Beijing's significant role in bringing developing nations together at the conference.
The world's second-largest economy can be "a representative of the global south and developing countries" in future climate talks, Yalchin Rafiyev, who is also Azerbaijan's deputy foreign minister, told Nikkei Asia.
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China can lead global climate push in US absence, COP29 host says
TOKYO -- China can drive global climate negotiations as the U.S. backtracks from its engagements, said the chief negotiator for Azerbaijan, which hosted the most recent COP29 talks, citing Beijing's significant role in bringing developing nations together at the conference. The world's second-largest economy can be "a representative of the global south and developing countries" in future climate talks, Yalchin Rafiyev, who is also Azerbaijan's deputy foreign minister, told Nikkei Asia.
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