New Delhi, May 18 -- Last month, China's Special Envoy for Climate Change, Liu Zhenmin, and his delegation visited India, where they attended two important meetings on climate policy and renewable energy, signalling that a thaw in the bilateral ties between the two countries is creating opportunities for collaboration on climate policy, experts said.

Liu Zhenmin met Sibi George, secretary, ministry of external affairs (West) and exchanged views on the global climate agenda and Santosh Sarangi, secretary, ministry of new and renewable energy. These engagements signal that, after a period of limited diplomacy, India and China's thawing relationship is opening up avenues for cooperation on climate and clean energy, researchers at Centre for...