The French and Chinese presidents are set to sign a text that mentions the "irreversibility" of the Paris climate agreement, which comes just hours after the US made its first formal step to withdraw from the accord, APA reports citing Euronews.
Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jiingping will sign the agreement on Tuesday, an official from the French presidential office said, adding that France feels "regret" over the action from the US.
Speaking to reporters in Shanghai, the official said: "We regret this and this only makes the Franco-Chinese partnership on the climate and biodiversity more necessary.
"The text that will be signed tomorrow includes a paragraph on the irreversibility of the Paris agreement."
Macron, who is currently in Shanghai as part of his state visit to China, will meet with his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday.
He spoke at a trade fair in the city on Tuesday shortly after a keynote speech from Xi, and said the cooperation between the EU and China was "decisive" and urged for commitments to be "enhanced".
"If we want to be in compliance with the Paris agreement, we will need next year to enhance our commitments to reduce emissions, and we must confirm new commitments for 2030 and 2050," he said.
"The cooperation between China and the European Union in this respect is decisive. Next year, we need, in the agenda of enhancement, to be collectively up to the task."
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