California Gov. Gavin Newsom is kicking off a weeklong visit to China focused on climate change
FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Richmond, California. Gov. Newsom begins a week-long trip to China on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, where he'll meet with various Chinese officials to discuss climate policy and opportunities for collaboration. California Gov.
Climate remains one area where collaboration is seen as both possible and necessary. Both countries appear to have fully re-engaged in the run-up to the next U.N. climate change conference, which opens Nov. 30 in Dubai. “The states really are where anything substantive is going to happen,” Victor said, while at the national level, “there’s no political constituency for opening the door and having a deeper relationship.”
California has passed some of the world’s most aggressive vehicle emissions rules, and Newsom has moved to ban the sale of most new gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. The state has a mandate to be carbon neutral by 2045, meaning it will remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as it emits. California is already dealing with drought and wildfires made worse by climate change.
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