US, China seek climate collaboration amid trade rift

The discussions centered on a shared commitment to enhance bilateral cooperation and develop capabilities to measure and mitigate methane emissions, a potent greenhouse gas to achieve significant reductions within this decade. read more The climate negotiations between the world's leading greenhouse gas emitters concluded with plans for the US and China to work together on reducing coal consumption and increasing the use of renewable energy. John Podesta, the US senior adviser to the president for international climate policy, said that the country held an "in-depth" and "substantive" discussion covering topics such as addressing methane emissions, transitioning to clean energy, and…