China and U.S. Try to Speed Global Climate Strategy

Senior American and Chinese officials urged their governments on Thursday to accelerate joint efforts to reduce pollution, even as their diplomats appeared at odds over crucial elements of a global strategy to fight climate change to be considered in Copenhagen in December.

The calls for cooperation, led by Vice Premier Li Keqiang, came at a clean energy forum attended by nearly 200 of both nations

But with the Copenhagen conference barely 45 days away, one subtext was to build momentum for closer collaboration between the world