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France pushing for 'China-EU leadership' on climate to counter US withdrawal

French Minister of Ecological Transition, Energy, Climate, and Risk Prevention Agnes Pannier-Runacher, at the National Assembly in Paris, France, 22 October, 2024. © Stéphanie Lecocq / REUTERS

The European Union and China must "take on global climate leadership" in the wake of US President Donald Trump's return to the White House, a French government source ahead of a top French official's visit to Beijing on Thursday.

Agnès Pannier-Runacher, France's minister for ecological transition, is slated to meet counterparts on Thursday and Friday in the first visit to China by a French environment minister in five years.

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