U.S.-China Announce Surprise Joint Promise To Help Slow Climate Change

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In a joint declaration this week, Washington and Beijing highlighted the importance of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to 1.5°C pre-industrial levels and below 2° C. Read more:

reports that China’s special climate envoy Xie Zhenhua said China would craft a plan to reduce methane emissions — which has been a top priority for the U.S. delegation at the climate conference.at a presser that Beijing and Washington “need to actively address climate change” and that cooperation between the two superpowers would benefit “people around the world.”

The announcement came as a surprise as Chinese President Xi Jinping didn’t attend this year’s COP26 climate conference in person that is slated to end November 12.In 2025, the U.S. and China are expected to exchange their 10-year targets for reducing emissions forWhere’s Russia? The joint pledge between the U.S.

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