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The United States and China have announced a joint agreement in addressing methane and plastic pollution ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. How it happened: The agreement was reached during a meeting between climate envoys John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua from Nov. 4-7 in Sunnylands, California. Reviving a bilateral climate working group, they agreed to cooperate and focus on areas such as reducing methane emissions, enhancing efficiency, promoting the circular economy and exchanging information on emission reduction policies and technologies.
Global medical and health organizations have called on world leaders ahead of U.N. climate talks to swiftly phase out of fossil fuels, saying climate change-induced extreme weather events are causing serious health problems worldwide.
Representatives from 175 nations meet in Nairobi from Monday to negotiate for the first time what concrete measures should be included in a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution.Ahead of Nairobi, around 60 nations voiced collective alarm about this trend and called for "binding provisions in the treaty to restrain and reduce the consumption and production" of plastic.
The Middle Eastern nation backtracked after being asked about the restrictions — but inadvertently exposed its treatment of the news media.