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IMF launches interactive climate dashboard
18 Apr 2021
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded its spring meetings with the launch of a new interactive dashboard that aims to address the growing need for climate change data in macroeconomic and financial policy analysis.
Although the indicators are considered experimental, the data identifies several main categories: economic activity; cross-border; financial, physical and transition risks; and government.
“To develop the right measures to tackle climate change, governments need robust and comparable data. The new IMF dashboard will help fill data gaps, so policymakers can undertake the macroeconomic and financial analysis that underpins effective policies,” IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said.
US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency
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US and China are the world s two biggest carbon polluters The United States (US) and China, the world s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate with other countries to curb climate change, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue. The agreement was reached by US special envoy for climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua during two days of talks in Shanghai last week, the State Department said in a statement Saturday.
On Saturday, the State Department released the "U.S.-China Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis," after Climate Czar John Kerry met with the Chinese.The joint statement begins with:The United States and
The US and China are “committed to cooperating” on the pressing issue of climate change, the two countries said on Saturday, issuing the pledge days ahead of a key summit hosted by US President Joe Biden.
The joint statement came after a trip to Shanghai by US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, the first official from Biden’s administration to visit China, signaling hopes that the two sides could work together on the global challenge, despite sky-high tensions on multiple other fronts.
Yet to achieve the global climate goal, Kerry said words must be put into action and urged China to