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US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry meets Japanese Minister of the Environment Shinjiro Koizumi in Tokyo, Japan, August, 31, 2021. Koji Sasahara/Pool via REUTERS
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US climate envoy Kerry visits Japan, China for talks on emissions

China, the United States and Japan are the world's biggest, second- and fifth-biggest carbon emitters

FILE PHOTO: Water vapour rises from a cooling tower of a China Energy ultra-low emission coal-fired power plant during a media tour, in Sanhe, Hebei province, China July 18, 2019. Picture taken July 18, 2019. REUTERS/Shivani Singh
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Scientists warn of rebound after record 7% fall in global emissions