Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen has called for China and the United States to resume climate talks despite rising tensions between the countries over the status of Taiwan.
“In all the tensions between China and the United States, the one thing that’s been ring-fenced up until now has been climate discussions,” he told ABC’s“I do hope those talks are resumed and that suspension is lifted because that is a blow. And it would be better if those talks resumed.” China’s chief negotiator Xie Zhenhua, left, talks with UN climate summit president Alok Sharma, and John Kerry, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate in November 2021. China has now suspended bilateral climate talks with the US.Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles reiterated calls for a de-escalation around the Taiwan Strait, saying the “world would breathe a sigh of relief if we could get to that moment” and have a return of “normal, peaceful behaviour”.
“We’re not going about things with chest-beating. We are really trying to speak with a considered voice, in a manner which is professional, which is sober and which is diplomatic.“We want to engage professionally and respectfully but we will absolutely be articulating our national interest and particularly when that differs from the actions of other countries and that includes China.
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