2023年7月7日
发言稿
很高兴今天能在这里与大家见面。谢谢各位前来参会。
我在这个关键的时候来到北京是因为，尽管我们两国之间存在分歧，但是拜登总统和我相信让我们的关系走上更好的轨道，同时保持开放和坦诚的沟通渠道符合我们两国人民的最佳利益。
这对于解决威胁我们所有人的长期的全球挑战尤为重要。作为全球最大的两个经济体，共同努力应对这些挑战符合我们的利益，也是世界对我们的期待。
气候变化位列全球挑战之首，而美国和中国必须共同努力来应对这项存在性威胁。
历史告诉我们，我们两个国家可以做些什么：美国和中国之间在气候领域的合作已经使得全球性的突破成为可能，包括《巴黎协定》。
我们两国都寻求支持正在力争实现其气候目标的新兴市场和发展中国家的伙伴，而我相信美中之间在气候融资方面的持续合作至关重要。
作为全球最大的两个温室气体排放方，也是全球最大的可再生能源投资方，我们都有一项共同的责任——以及能力——来发挥引领作用。
气候融资应具有高效且有效的针对性。我相信如果中国要与我们和其他捐助方政府一起支持如绿色气候基金和气候投资基金等现有的多边气候机制，我们可以带来比如今更大的影响。
同样至关重要的是，我们鼓励整个经济向净零排放过渡，这也包括私营部门。以对于我们不同的系统具有互操作性的方式，我们应努力增加与改善与气候相适应的投资。
上个月，我很高兴与包括李强总理在内的来自世界各地的领导人一起参加了在巴黎举行的新全球融资契约峰会（Summit for a New Global Financing Pact）。此次峰会是我们2023年议程中的一个重要政治时刻，以推进应对包括气候在内的全球挑战的行动。
接下来是即将召开的G20会议，我将前往印度参加会议。然后是世界银行集团与国际货币基金组织在马拉喀什的年会，接着是第28届联合国气候变化大会（COP28）。
在即将召开的财长和央行行长会议上，我期待收到各工作组提出的建议，包括美国和中国共同主持的可持续金融工作组。
在过去的三年里，可持续金融工作组制定了可持续融资路线图，举办了碳定价和非价格政策杠杆研讨会，制定了过渡融资框架，并就气候融资提出了一系列建议。这是一个很好的例子，说明了我们的双边合作能够取得什么样的成果——我们应该在此基础上在多边论坛上继续努力。
这既包括政府对政府的平台，也包括由学术界、智库、私营部门和非政府专家（如你们自己）召集的论坛。例如，我知道你们当中有几位参加了称为美中气候融资二轨对话。
鉴于正在变化的气候影响到所有国家，其中最脆弱的国家面临的负面影响最大，我期待着今天听到各位专家介绍他们更多的工作，特别是他们对我们如何在气候变化和气候融资方面更好地合作的看法。
谢谢大家！

July 7, 2023
As Prepared for Delivery
 
I am happy to be here today with all of you. Thank you for joining me.
 
I am in Beijing at this critical time because, while there are disagreements between our nations, President Biden and I believe it is in the best interests of our peoples to put our relationship on a better track and to maintain open and honest lines of communication.
 
This is particularly important for tackling longstanding global challenges that threaten us all. As the two largest economies in the world, it is in our interest to work together on these challenges, and it is something the world expects of us.
 
Climate change is at the top of the list of global challenges, and the United States and China must work together to address this existential threat.
 
History shows us what our two countries can do: moments of cooperation on climate between the United States and China have made global breakthroughs possible, including the Paris Agreement.
 
Both our countries seek to support partners in emerging markets and developing countries as they strive to meet their climate goals, and I believe continued U.S.-China cooperation on climate finance is critical.
 
As the world’s two largest emitters of greenhouse gases and the largest investors in renewable energy, we have both a joint responsibility – and ability – to lead the way.
 
Climate finance should be targeted efficiently and effectively. I believe that if China were to support existing multilateral climate institutions like the Green Climate Fund and the Climate Investment Funds alongside us and other donor governments, we could have a greater impact than we do today.
 
It is also critical that we encourage economy-wide transitions toward net-zero, which needs to include the private sector. We should work to increase and improve climate-aligned investment in ways that are interoperable to our different systems.
 
I was pleased last month to join colleagues from around the world, including Premier Li Qiang, at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris. The Summit was an important political moment in our 2023 agenda to advance action on global challenges, including climate.
 
Next will be the upcoming G20 meetings, for which I will head to India, and then the Annual Meetings in Marrakech followed by COP 28.
 
At the upcoming Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting, I look forward to receiving recommendations put forth by the various working groups – including the Sustainable Finance Working Group, which the United States and China co-chair.
 
Over the last three years, the Sustainable Finance Working Group has developed a roadmap for sustainable finance, held workshops on carbon pricing and non-pricing policy levers, developed a transition finance framework, and made a range of recommendations on climate finance. This is a good of example of what our bilateral cooperation can achieve – and we should build on it in multilateral forums.
 
This extends from government-to-government platforms to forums convened of academic, think tank, private sector, and non-government experts such as yourselves. For instance, I know several of you participate in the so-called U.S.-China Track II Dialogue on Climate Finance.
 
I look forward to hearing more about that work today, and other views you have on how we can better cooperate on climate change and climate finance specifically, given that the changing climate affects all countries, with the most vulnerable facing the most negative impacts.
 
Thank you.
 
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