Xie Zhenhua

China’s veteran climate envoy Xie Zhenhua steps down, as career diplomat Liu Zhenmin takes helm

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Officials from both sides discussed areas of cooperation, including “energy transition, methane, circular economy, low-carbon provinces/states and cities”, the ministry said. Xie was appointed as China’s first special climate envoy in 2021, the same year Kerry was appointed as America’s special presidential envoy for climate. Asia at risk as Cop28 deal falls ‘far short’ of … Read more

Force of nature: China’s top climate envoy Xie Zhenhua steps down after more than 15 years in environment diplomacy

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A Tianjin native, Xie was trained as an engineering physicist at Tsinghua University in the 1970s and started his career in various government agencies responsible for environmental affairs. While he rose through the ranks, he earned a master’s degree in environmental law from Wuhan University in 1993. Xie was made the head of the State … Read more