Massachusetts to Host Major International Climate Change Summit

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Boston will host a large United States-China climate change summit next year, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced Tuesday in Beijing.

It is the third such summit, meant to "further strengthen the US-China bilateral relationship on climate change, as well as the two countries' shared commitment to climate action following the successful Paris Agreement in 2015," according to a statement from the mayor's office.

Next year's summit will bring thousands of urban leaders from the U.S. and China to Boston. Walsh and the Secretary of State made the announcement during the evening plenary session at this year's summit in Beijing, according to the mayor's office.

"I am honored to announce that Boston will build on our global climate leadership to host next year's U.S.-China Climate Leaders Summit," Walsh said in the statement. "There is no more pressing, or defining, global challenge than climate change. We know we must be making investments now to create a more sustainable future for the world we share. I look forward to continuing these substantive, challenging conversations in Boston."

Patch updated this story at 11:42 a.m.