Beijing may grab climate leadership at UN talks with Trump pulling out
Nov 6-17 annual meeting in Bonn "will be a great free advertisement for China", says a European minister
Bonn
CHINA has a chance to assert leadership of a global plan to combat global warming this week at the first United Nations (UN) climate talks since US President Donald Trump decided to quit the 195-nation Paris Agreement, delegates say.
Government experts are to work on a "rule book" for the 2015 climate pact at the Nov 6-17 annual meeting in Bonn, Germany.
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