Nations can boost climate work, China's Li tells US's Kerry

US and China are seeking to reset relations marked by tensions over trade controls, Taiwan and human rights

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China's Premier Li Qiang pledged the nation can strengthen climate action with Washington as he met John Kerry for the most high-profile talks scheduled during the US envoy's visit to Beijing this week.

The meeting, at the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, came on the second full day of Kerry's visit. The US and China are seeking to reset relations marked by tensions over trade controls, Taiwan and human rights-while forging progress on combating global warming. "The world is facing a daunting challenge," Li said. "It is incumbent on China and the United.

States and indeed all countries to strengthen coordination, build consensus and speed up actions." Both sides already agreed two years ago to help accelerate the world's transition away from unabated use of coal for power, end deforestation and curb methane emissions, Kerry said as the meeting began Tuesday. The US and China can make more progress ahead of the United Nations COP28 climate summit in Dubai that begins in late November, he added.