Martin Schneider
GHG Monitor
3/21/2014
A delegation of senior Chinese officials traveled to Washington this week for bilateral meetings with Obama Administration officials on climate change and other environmental issues, the State Department said this week. The meeting, chaired by U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern and Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua of the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission, was convened under the auspices of the U.S.-China Climate Change Working Group. The U.S. and Chinese officials discussed “next steps on: reducing emissions from heavy-duty and other vehicles; increasing carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS); increasing energy efficiency in buildings, industry, and transport; improving greenhouse gas data collection and management; and promoting smart grids,” according to the State Department.
U.S. agencies participating in the meetings included the Departments of State, Agriculture, the Interior, Commerce, Energy, and Transportation, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Trade and Development Agency, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Participating agencies for China included the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration, Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministries of Finance, Environmental Protection, Science and Technology, and Foreign Affairs.
