U.S. and China pledge to cooperate on climate ahead of Biden-Xi meeting

Source: NBC News

U.S. and China pledge to cooperate on climate ahead of Biden-Xi meeting

The agreement is the latest sign of increased cooperation on climate mitigation between the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters.

Nov. 14, 2023, 1:00 PM EST
By Jennifer Jett and Lucas Thompson

The United States and China, the world’s two biggest greenhouse gas emitters, have pledged to strengthen their cooperation on climate change, as their leaders prepare for a rare face-to-face meeting on Wednesday.

The two countries will work together and with others “to rise up to one of the greatest challenges of our time for present and future generations of humankind,” the State Department said in a statement Tuesday that was also released by China.

They are reviving a bilateral working group that will address issues including energy transition, methane and deforestation, marking the full restoration of climate relations that China cut off more than a year ago amid tensions over the Beijing-claimed island of Taiwan.

The two countries also expressed support for a declaration by world leaders at this year’s Group of 20 summit to triple renewable energy capacity globally by 2030, and vowed to work together on a global, legally binding agreement to reduce plastic pollution.

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