Your Monday Briefing: U.S. and China Restart Climate Talks

U.S., China restart climate talks

John Kerry, the U.S. climate envoy, arrived in Beijing yesterday to restart climate negotiations with China. Over three days of talks, he and Xie Zhenhua, his Chinese counterpart, will look for ways to collaborate, despite simmering tensions.

China and the U.S. are the two biggest fossil fuel polluters, combining to spew about 40 percent of greenhouse gases. The speed with which they slash emissions and help other nations transition to clean energy will…