China, Japan and South Korea reaffirm climate action pledges

Trilateral collaboration on environmental protection intensifies amid global crises

Environment ministers of China, Japan and South Korea have reaffirmed their commitments to strengthening measures to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution.

At the 24th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting, also known as TEMM24, held in Nagoya, Japan, from Friday to Saturday, the ministers discussed recent progress in environmental policies in each country and how they could work more closely together.

In a joint communique the ministers said they were willing to continue to explore possible "Trilateral+X "collaboration in areas such as climate change and marine environmental protection to support accelerated implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.