Push for ‘China-European Union Leadership’ on France Climate | world News

A French government source said on Wednesday that in view of US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, European Union and China should “take on global climate leadership”French Ecological Infection Minister Agnes Pannier-Rankar has been slated to meet counterparts on Thursday and Friday in the first visit to China by a French Environment Minister in five years.A member of his team said that the journey came at a “decisive moment” on three major topics: COP30 Climate Summit in Brazil, United Nations Ocean Conference starting on 9 June, and to create an international treaty to combat plastic pollution in the conversation in August in August.The source said, “The idea is how, given the return of America (climate leadership) we can try to create a new convergence between the European Union and China on the climate.”The US Pul-out from the 2015 Paris Agreement, the second time Trump has taken the step “with the responsibility of taking the climate leadership to these two prominent players,” the source said.According to analysts, widespread-based multilateralism that has progressed in climate dialogue to date is under stress, and other countries can review their commitments to curb carbon pollution in light of the Trump administration status.“It is extremely important that China and the European Union send a very strong message,” the formula said.To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a bilateral China-US agreement in April 2015 is credited with paving the way for the Landmark Paris Climate Treaty signed later that year.The French minister’s visit comes before a Beijing-Bresails summit in China in July, which France has identified as a “good opportunity” to publicly confirm China-European leadership on climate issues.In 2023 in Dubai Cop28, countries committed to move away from fossil fuels, a promise that saw a little progress in Baku next year in COP29.Panier-Rankar, who will talk with ministers of Chinese environment and natural resources as well as a special messenger of climate change, will discuss the issue that “how to carry out the issue” when the nation meets the COP30 Summit in November in Brazil, the source said.