In Wednesday’s rare joint declaration, there were steps agreed on a range of issues including methane emissions, the transition to clean energy, and de-carbonisation.

But China refused to join an agreement earlier this week to limit methane – a harmful greenhouse gas. The agreement was signed by nearly 100 other countries. China has instead pledged to develop a “national plan” to address methane.

Here is a great analysis at The Age:

” Like Reagan and Gorbachev, Biden and Xi can unite when it matters. . . . While Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan are required to juggle an array of competing priorities when it comes to China, Kerry has had a single-minded focus: identifying potential areas for co-operation on climate change. And he’s worked hard at it, travelling to China twice and meeting with his Chinese counterpart dozens of times in the lead-up to Glasgow. . . . The language of the US-China “Glasgow Declaration” is mostly broad and aspirational. It contains no specific new promises on emissions reductions targets or accelerated timelines.”

What do you think of this agreement?