Xie Zhenhua

Xie Zhenhua

FILE – In this Tuesday, June 23, 2015 file photo, Xie Zhenhua, Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, attends a press briefing by the Chinese Delegation at the 7th US China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) and 6th Consultation on People-to-People (CPE) at the US State Dept. in Washington. China’s climate change envoy said Tuesday Aug. 3, 2021, that it would stick to its goal of peaking carbon emissions by 2030, even as others from the U.S. and Britain urged the country to do more to limit global warming. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)