U.S. and China in Climate Agreement?
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China and the US have agreed to boost climate co-operation over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
The world’s two biggest CO2 emitters pledged to act in a joint declaration.
It says both sides will “recall their firm commitment to work together” to achieve the 1.5C temperature goal set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
They called for stepped-up efforts to close the “significant gap” that remains to achieve that target.
Scientists say that limiting global temperature rises to 1.5C will help humanity avoid the worst climate impacts. This is compared to pre-industrial temperatures. . . .
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?
(Excerpt from BBC. Photo credit: Canva.)
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