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​​The United States and China will work together to combat climate change.

The US and China are committed to working together to tackle climate change, raising the chances of a global deal on emissions at the UN summit this summer. John Kerry and Xie Zhenhua, climate ambassadors for the world's two largest economies, have pledged to work together “to combat the climate crisis”, pledging to take “concrete action in the 2020s” to reduce emissions in line with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement of the year. Under the Paris Agreement, countries have pledged to limit global warming to “well below” 2 ° C, preferably around 1.5 ° C, over pre-industrial levels.

Li Shuo, an energy policy expert at Greenpeace in Beijing, said the US-Chinese announcement followed "difficult negotiations" and came "amid serious geopolitical issues." But it should dramatically increase the momentum for action to tackle climate change around the world. Coal was a key topic of discussion — China is the largest consumer of fuel in the world — but there were no specific new commitments in this area. In the statement, the countries pledged to cooperate in multilateral processes, including the upcoming UN climate conference COP26 in Glasgow.

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