By Valerie Volcovici and Liz Lee

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s former veteran climate envoy, who previously secured two pivotal climate agreements with the United States, will meet with the EU’s top green transition official on Tuesday to resuscitate flailing international climate negotiations ahead of the COP30 summit in Brazil, three sources told Reuters.

Xie Zhenhua, who retired at the end of COP28 climate talks in Dubai in late 2023, will visit Brussels on September 16 to meet with Teresa Ribera, executive vice-president of the European Commission for a Clean, Just, and Competitive Transition.

He will urge the EU to announce more ambitious climate goals and coordinate joint diplomatic efforts ahead of a preliminary climate meeting at U.N. headquarters on September 24.

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