COP28 took place at Expo 2020 in Dubai.
The scene would be unthinkable elsewhere these days – US and Chinese envoys, smiling and embracing, hailing their friendship as leading the world together in the right direction.
But the spirit of cooperation was on full display in Dubai, where a UN climate summit on Wednesday sealed a historic if watered-down agreement to begin to transition away from oil, gas and coal, the main culprits in the planetary crisis.
Hailing the summit as a success, US climate envoy John Kerry – the former secretary of state, senator and presidential contender – was joined by a beaming Xie Zhenhua, his retiring Chinese counterpart whom he has known for years.
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