Biden’s Climate Czar John Podesta to Visit China for Talks

Podesta’s upcoming trip comes less than three months ahead of the United Nations COP29 climate summit.

John Podesta, U.S. senior adviser to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, during the Petersberg Climate Dialogue meeting in Berlin, Germany, on April 26, 2024. John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, John Podesta, will travel to Beijing and meet with his Chinese counterpart this week, China’s environment ministry announced Tuesday.

During the trip from Sept. 4 to Sept. 6, Podesta will meet with Liu Zhenmin, China’s new climate envoy, for the second round of formal talks as part of a U.S.–China climate working group, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said in a statement.