China Eyes 2028 UN Climate Summit Hosting Bid to Boost Green Credentials

In the quiet corridors of Beijing's foreign policy deliberations, China is weighing whether to host the 2028 UN climate summit, a move that would place the world's largest greenhouse emitter at the center of the planet's most consequential environmental conversation. The gesture is as much about geopolitical identity as it is about climate — a nation seeking to occupy the moral high ground vacated by an America that has, once again, turned away from the Paris accord. Whether China steps forward or holds back, the calculation itself reveals how deeply climate leadership has become entangled wit