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Beijing, Apr 19 (EFE).- United States special envoy for climate change John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua pledged in Shanghai to "reinforce the implementation" of the Paris climate crisis agreement, China’s Environment Ministry reported Sunday. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF TRAFFIC IN BEIJING AHEAD OF THE CLIMATE SUMMIT OF APRIL 22.
Paris, Mar 10 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Ian Langsdon) France and the United States announced on Wednesday the creation of two working groups for the next international meetings on climate change dedicated to the financing of sustainable investments and the evaluation of the cost of emissions in imported products.FOOTAGE OF A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY BRUNO LE MAIRE, FRENCH MINISTER OF ECONOMY, AND JOHN KERRY, SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE.
A thick haze smothers Beijing as swathes of northern China fight some of their worst air pollution of the year. Tens of millions of people in Beijing and its surrounding areas will continue confronting serious pollution throughout the first half of November, according to official forecast. IMAGES
Humanity's addiction to fossil fuels has "opened the gates of hell," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says as he opens a high-level climate summit. SOUNDBITE
Record rainfall in Hong Kong causes widespread flooding Friday, cars are submerged and locals wade through gushing streets. The Hong Kong Observatory, the city's weather agency, reported hourly rainfall of 158.1 millimetres at its headquarters in the hour leading up to midnight, the highest since records began in 1884. IMAGES
US envoy John Kerry says that he hopes China and the US can "come together" on climate at the African Climate Conference in Nairobi. "I think it would be very important to other workings of the COP and to the the prospects for winning this battle which we need to do" he adds. SOUNDBITE