US Climate Change Ambassador John Kerry makes a statement ahead of the G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers meeting during the German G7 Leaders’ meeting at the EUREF-Camp in Berlin, Germany REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
The United States ambassador on climate change, John Kerry, on Tuesday asked China to return to the negotiations between the two countries to avoid the problem of global warming, calling on world leaders to quickly transfer electricity from polluted energy.
Kerry said that the United States and China, the world’s most powerful economies, must work together to deal with climate change. The two countries are the leading exporters of natural gas in the world.
“My hope is that President Xi will come back to the table with us, so that we can work together to deal with this international threat.”
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Last month, China suspended talks with the United States on climate, security and other issues, as a result of the visit of the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, to Taiwan, which is full of controversy. See the article : Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance will purchase a US reinsurance broker for $ 400 million, Nikkei reports. She said the United States must eliminate the “bad effects” of this visit before continuing negotiations. read more
Speaking to a group of American businessmen in Hanoi, Kerry also called on private companies to increase their investment in the power transmission system. He pointed out the urgent need for countries to move away from polluting fuels such as coal and oil to renewable sources, in order to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
“There is no government in the world that has enough money to manage the transition,” he said. “The only way to get this money is to bring the private sector to the table.”
The former Secretary of State of the United States spoke a few days after the environmental officials of the Group of 20 economic powers (G20) failed to agree on a joint statement after a meeting in Bali. read more
Kerry also said that the consumption of energy from Vietnam is very low. Wind and solar make up 23% of Vietnam’s installed electricity generation capacity, but, he said, their utilization rate is only 4%, partly because of weak networks.
Vietnam, the region’s industrial hub, last month said it needed to invest between $8 billion and $14 billion annually until 2030 to develop new power generation and expand telecommunications. read more
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Report from Khanh Vu; Editing by Kanupriya Kapoor
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