US / UK / Australia Defence Deal, possible impact on Climate negotiations with China

dismayed climate experts, who fear it could have a negative effect on hopes
of a deal with China on greenhouse gas emissions ahead of vital UN climate
talks. The Aukus trilateral security partnership has been interpreted as
seeking to counterbalance Chinese power in the Asia-Pacific region, and has
been likened to a new cold war by China. A Chinese foreign ministry
spokesperson warned the three countries to “respect regional people’s
aspiration and do more that is conducive to regional peace and stability
and development – otherwise they will only end up hurting their own
interests”. Tom Burke, founder of the E3G environmental thinktank, said:
“This [Aukus announcement] is bad timing ahead of Cop26, as Glasgow is
time-critical and it’s hard to see what was critical about the timing of
this announcement. It does not appear to suggest that the prime minister is
taking Glasgow very seriously. And it exposes the fact that he has not got
much to offer ahead of Glasgow.”

 Guardian 16th Sept 2021

 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/16/aukus-pact-dash-hopes-china-emissions-deal-cop26-climate