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

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

Share to Linkedin The U. S. and China vowed to work together to fight climate change in a surprise joint announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday, with China's special climate negotiator saying Beijing will come up with a plan to cut methane emissions. China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua speaks at the COP26 U. N. Climate Summit, in ... [+] Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. The U. N. climate summit in Glasgow has entered its second week as leaders from around the world, are gathering in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) In a joint declaration called "Declaration for Enhanced Climate Action in the 2020s," Washington and Beijing highlight the importance of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to 1. 5 degrees Celsius pre-industrial levels and below 2 degrees Celsius, the Washington Post reports. Reuters 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. Xie said at a presser that Beijing and