China, US pledge to increase cooperation at UN climate talks

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — The world’s apical 2 c polluters, China and the United States, person pledged to summation practice connected clime enactment successful a associated declaration astatine U.N. clime talks successful Glasgow.

In abstracted quality conferences Wednesday, Chinese clime envoy Xie Zhenhua and U.S. counterpart John Kerry said the 2 countries would enactment unneurotic to accelerate the emissions reductions required to conscionable the somesthesia goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement connected clime change.

The 2 sides mean to cooperate connected processing regulatory frameworks and biology standards related to reducing the emanation of greenhouse gases successful the 2020s.

The countries besides mean to enactment unneurotic to maximize the societal benefits of the cleanable vigor transition, and to make policies to promote decarbonization and electrification of end-use sectors.

They besides anticipation to collaborate connected the deployment and exertion of exertion specified arsenic CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage) and nonstop aerial capture.

China besides agreed for the archetypal clip to ace down connected methane leaks, pursuing the pb of the Biden administration’s efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas. The 2 countries agreed to stock exertion to trim emissions.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the determination “an important measurement successful the close direction.”