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The Straits Times (16 September 2025)

China’s former veteran climate envoy, who previously secured two pivotal climate agreements with the United States, will meet the European Union’s (EU) top green transition official on Sept 16 to resuscitate flailing international climate negotiations ahead of the COP30 summit in Brazil, three sources told Reuters.

Mr Xie Zhenhua, who retired at the end of COP28 climate talks in Dubai in late 2023, will visit Brussels on Sept 16 to meet Ms Teresa Ribera, executive vice-president of the European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition.

He will urge the EU to announce more ambitious climate goals and coordinate joint diplomatic efforts ahead of a preliminary climate meeting at UN headquarters on Sept 24.

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