New Delhi: Almost a year after US President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement, the world is waiting to see if China will step up to fill the leadership vacuum in climate governance.

And everybody has an opinion on what it could look like.

Two things stood out as the 30 th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change convened Monday in Brazil’s Belem – the US’s glaring absence and China’s visibility. Show Full Article

From China’s 300-strong delegation, among the largest attending COP30, to affirmative declarations on meeting its net-zero target, experts said the signs are there for Beijing to take up the mantle.

“This might just be a watershed moment for China — climate negotiations have always been dominated by We

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