U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry speaks during a roundtable meeting with reporters in Seoul on Sunday. The United States and China have agreed to cooperate with other countries to curb climate change, just days before a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue. Credit: U.S. Embassy Seoul via AP
U.S., China Agree To Cooperate On Climate Crisis With Urgency By
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) â The United States and China, the world s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue.
By the time of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, optimism was running high, with international co-operation encouraging everyone forward. The cost of solar and wind energy was tumbling, cities around the world were planning for cleaner forms of transport, and individual countries were setting out ambitious climate paths. But since then, the earth’s climate has continued to warm, adding extra urgency to meeting, if not beating, our globally agreed targets.
The 2020 UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glascow in November offers a chance to lift momentum. It is time for our countries to get on track to meet their targets and deliver the zero-carbon future we all need and deserve.
ASEAN Chairman’s statement:
The ASEAN-United Kingdom (UK) Open-Ended Troika Meeting was held on 8 April 2021 via videoconference to discuss the critical situation on the COVID-19 pandemic, initiatives to build a resilient and sustainable economic recovery, and efforts to address the adverse impact of climate change.
The Meeting was chaired by The Honourable Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof, Minister of Foreign Affairs II of Brunei Darussalam, in his capacity as the Chair of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), and attended by His Excellency Prak Sokhonn, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, as the incoming Chair of the AMM, His Excellency Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN, and The Right Honourable Dominic Raab MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the UK. Other Foreign Ministers and high representatives of ASEAN Member States al
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue.
The agreement was reached by U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua during two days of talks in Shanghai last week, according to a joint statement.
The two countries “are committed to cooperating with each other and with other countries to tackle the climate crisis, which must be addressed with the seriousness and urgency that it demands,” said the statement, issued Saturday evening U.S. time.
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