John Kerry meets Wang Yi in China to talk about Climate change

China is capable of formulating ways of cutting down on  carbon emissions, leader Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, John Kerrry who is a US Special envoy on climate change professed for a swift and quicker action to tackle the climate crisis in a high-profile visit to Beijing.

Wanh Yi descripes John Kerry as a long term friend who he had previously worked with on several matters. kerry met China’s Premier Li Qiang and top diplomat Wang Yi Tuesday, they spoke on an immediate need to cut down on Metaine and carbon emisions as US and China is two of the top global polluters.

Xi said on a national conference on environmental protection that China’s commitment to its duel carbon goals – reaching a carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 – is “unwavering,” according to state news agency Xinhua.

“But the path, method, pace and intensity to achieve this goal should and must be determined by ourselves, and will never be influenced by others,” he said.

 Kerry stressed the two countries “cannot let bilateral differences stand in the way of making concrete progress” on climate cooperation.

But Wang insisted this cooperation “cannot be separated from the overall environment of Sino-US relations.” He urged the US to pursue a “rational, pragmatic and positive policy toward China” and “properly handle the Taiwan issue,” referring to the democratic self-ruled island that Beijing claims sovereignty over.