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Liu Zhenmin, designierter neuer Klimagesandter Chinas — Liu Zhenmin, China’s new climate envoy designate

Liu Zhenmin will very likely become China’s new climate envoy and chief negotiator at the next COP. Liu is following in big footsteps. He is considered less powerful and less well-connected than his predecessor, Xie.

Liu Zhenmin has big shoes to fill. The 68-year-old will most likely become China’s new climate envoy and thus succeed climate czar Xie Zhenhua, who made a significant contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement with John Kerry. As a grey eminence, Xie has had a great deal of influence on Chinese climate policy.

Liu Zhenmin – China’s less powerful climate negotiator designate

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