John Kerry in China: climate crisis must be separated from politics

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John Kerry has said climate change is a “universal threat” and has to be separated from politics during talks between the US and China. Kerry, the US climate envoy and former secretary of state, is in Beijing for talks with senior Chinese officials. The talks are hoped to repair relations between two sides – the world’s two largest economies and carbon emitters – before the COP28 climate talks in Dubai at the end of the year. On Wednesday he met with vice-president Han Zheng, saying in public remarks that the two days of talks so far had been constructive but...