Washington and Beijing have resumed a raft of environment-related collaboration measures, including promises of new support for Chinese and American universities to work together on recycling and resource efficiency.

Leaders Joe Biden and Xi Jinping met yesterday just outside San Francisco, slightly warming up a chilly relationship between the two powers and agreeing joint action in areas like arms control and the export from China of active pharmaceutical ingredients used to manufacture the opioid drug fentanyl.

Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis – United States Department of State