Climate change communication between the United States and China stopped in August due to tensions over Taiwan The New York Times reported that climate talks have resumed, despite China cutting off cooperation in the past.
The presidents of China and the US met in person on Monday in Indonesia for the first time since the start of the covid-19 epidemic. The annual Group 20 (G20) summit, where leaders from 20 of the largest world economies meet, took place just before the three-hour meeting in the Indonesian island of the same name.
Climate change was listed on the agenda. Biden said that he believed China and the US to play key roles in addressing global challenges.
There are unprecedented challenges faced by humanity. "The world has come to a crossroads, and we need to work together." When it comes to climate change, functional communication between the U.S. and China is critical. China and the U.S. are the top two greenhouse gas emitting countries. The two countries are responsible for 40% of the world's atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The US and China had been working together to reduce emissions. Both countries will work together on climate policy in 2020. The U.S. and China released a joint statement re-affirming their environmental commitments after the UN climate conference.
Last week, Biden spoke at the 27th Congress of the United Nations in Egypt. He said that the U.S. government would require fossil fuel companies to address methane leaks. He didn't address the idea of Climate Reparations, where the rich countries most responsible for climate change pay for damages in the often-poorer, most impacted nations. Biden didn't announce any new goals.
The diplomats and climate activists were happy to hear that the two men were talking about planetary fate again. Spain's climate minister, Teresa Ribera, told the news agency that the two biggest emitters need to be ambitious. The signal from the two largest economies to work together to address the climate crisis is more than welcome according to the president and CEO of the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council.
Climate change has begun to affect both China and the U.S. China experienced its most intense heatwave on record this summer.
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