CHINA AND AMERICA'S ROLE IN CLIMATE CHANGE
Abstract
The climate cooperation between the US and China plays an important role, despite the differences between the countries on a number of issues. This was stated on Wednesday by US Special Envoy for Climate Affairs, former Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking in Glasgow at the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change COP27 after the release of a joint US-China climate statement. “The US and China have no shortage of differences, but on climate issues, cooperation is the only way to achieve our goals. We cannot achieve our goals without both countries working together,” Kerry said, adding that the fight against climate change plays an extremely important role. He called the US and China "the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases". At a press conference, the ex-secretary of state said that Washington and Beijing agreed to reduce methane emissions and reduce the use of coal in industry this decade "as soon as possible." "China is committed to developing a national methane action plan for COP27," he said, speaking of a conference to be held next year. In addition, the special envoy explained, the parties "agreed on the need to ensure compliance with relevant laws governing deforestation."