November 10, 2021

China and the United States have pledged to increase cooperation on climate action at U.N. talks in Glasgow, China’s climate envoy said Wednesday.

As the talks approached a Friday deadline, Xie Zhenhua told reporters that the two biggest carbon polluters would outline their efforts in a joint statement based on the guidelines of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.

The agreement calls for “concrete and pragmatic” regulations in decarbonization, reducing methane emissions and fighting deforestation, Xie said.

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