Germany, China to increase cooperation on climate change
2021-04-28 08:55:07 source：The Associated Press
April 27, 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Germany and China agreed Monday to step up their cooperation in combating climate change in an effort to help keep global temperatures from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) by the year 2100.
Countries are running out of time to achieve that target, laid down in the Paris agreement more than five years ago, because global temperatures have already increased by about 1.2 C since pre-industrial times, scientists say.
“We need to do everything possible to lower greenhouse gas emissions faster than planned so far,” said Svenja Schulze, Germany’s environment minister. “Along with the big industrialized countries we also need China for this.”
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