UN chief welcomes China-US pledge to cooperate on climate action

News of the associated declaration betwixt the 2 countries, some large emitters of greenhouse gases, came precocious successful the evening successful Glasgow, wherever the 2021 UN clime conference, COP26, has been nether mode since past week.

The connection refers to the precocious released study from the Intergovernmental Panel connected Climate Change (IPCC), which described the urgent request to tackle the clime exigency successful alarming detail, and states that some countries recognizethe seriousness of the crisis, whilst accepting the important gaps that stay betwixt efforts presently being made to tackle it, and the steps that are needed to execute the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, reached astatine COP21 successful 2015.

In Paris, leaders pledged to effort to support the satellite from warming by much than betwixt 1.5C to 2C done sweeping emissions cuts.

According to property reports, elements of collaboration outlined successful the papers include regulatory frameworks and biology standards related to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases successful the 2020s; policies to promote decarbonization and electrification of end-use sectors; and increased enactment to power and reduce methane emissions. 

In his tweet, António Guterres welcomes the statement by China and the US to enactment unneurotic to instrumentality much ambitious clime enactment successful this decade, and notes that the situation requires planetary collaboration and solidarity.