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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Roundtable
with Climate Finance Leaders
July 8, 2023

BEIJING – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen held a roundtable discussion with
climate finance leaders in Beijing. During the roundtable, she stressed the importance of tackling
longstanding global challenges like climate change that threaten us all. Secretary Yellen
underscored that as the two largest economies in the world, it is in our interest to work together on
these challenges, and it is something the world expects of us. Secretary Yellen called back to the
Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris where she was pleased to join leaders from
around the world, including Premier Li Qiang. Secretary Yellen highlighted that the Summit was an
important political moment in our 2023 agenda to advance action on global challenges, including
climate. Finally, Secretary Yellen expressed keen interest in hearing from the experts about their
work today and views they have on how we can better cooperate on climate change and climate
finance specifically, given that the changing climate affects all countries, with the most vulnerable
facing the most negative impacts.