China Co-Chairs 10th Ministerial on Climate Action in Brussels

The tenth Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA) convened in Brussels on 22–23 June 2026, bringing together ministerial-level representatives from 25 countries and regions. China’s Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu co-chaired the meeting alongside EU Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth Wopke Hoekstra and Canada’s Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Nature Julie.

Huang outlined China’s pursuit of green, low-carbon development, encompassing coordinated efforts to cut emissions, reduce pollution, expand ecological cover, and sustain economic growth, backed by structural transitions in industry, energy, and transport. He urged all parties to maintain unity and strategic resolve around the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement amid what he described as rising global uncertainty. Noting that 2026 opens a new decade under the Paris Agreement, Huang said COP31 — referred to in the source as the UN Climate Change Antalya Conference— should build on prior COP outcomes to close persistent gaps in developed-country emissions reductions and climate finance, while resisting the higher costs that unilateralism and protectionism impose on developing nations’ climate action.

On the sidelines, Huang held separate bilateral meetings with Hoekstra and the Canadian minister. He and his Canadian counterpart affirmed the results of cooperation under the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) framework and held substantive discussions on the 8th CCICED cycle. MoCA, co-founded by China, the EU, and Canada in 2017, centred this edition on four themes: ambition and implementation; support and enabling conditions; just transition; and international cooperation.