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Kerry says the world must follow China's clean-energy lead.
As COP31 opens in Turkey, one question is whether China is ready to take a larger role in global climate leadership. John Kerry’s answer starts with the energy shift: he told the Guardian that China is leading the move away from fossil fuels, and that the US and other countries need to follow. In a separate interview, he warned that the rest of the world is falling behind China in clean-energy technology, calling it the only country that has accelerated dramatically. China’s five-year plan, adopted in March 2026, pledged for the first time to actively participate in and lead global climate governance. That is an ambition for a global role; Kerry’s point is that China already leads in clean energy.
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