Cop26, US-China climate pact: “Concrete measures to comply with the Paris agreements”. Kerry: “Distances remain, but there is no choice”

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United States e China throw one cooperation to fight the climate crisis: this is the news that arrives in the evening from Cop26 from Glasgow, the conference of signatory states to the UN Framework Convention on climate change. First the Chinese delegate, Xie Zhenhua, then the American one, the former secretary of state John Kerry, presented themselves at the press conference to announce the historic agreement, the turning point that served to revive the hopes of the conference. Until Wednesday afternoon, the goal is to keep the temperature rise below one and a half degrees compared to pre-industrial levels – considered by the British presidency the distinction between success and failure – it seemed very difficult to achieve. With the agreement between the two giants, the first emitters of gas serra to the world now appears closer. The agreement reduces the resistance of the main emerging country to decarbonise, but still weighs the opposition of the producer states of hydrocarbons, such as Russia, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

In the signed text, we undertake to “enhance action on climate in the 2020s, ″ explained Xie. The Chinese representative underlined how the two sides recognize “the gap that exists between the current efforts and the objectives set by theParis Agreement“. The initiative, in his words, should make it possible to adopt “concrete measures“To achieve the (minimum) target set by the 2015 pact of keeping the temperature rise below two degrees more and”make efforts”To further limit it to 1.5 degrees until the end of the century. China, in particular, says yes to a global market from the carbon emissions, one of the objectives of the Glasgow Summit. John Kerry, President Biden’s envoy for the climate, said that the US and China keep their respective distances, but on the fight against climate change “they have no choice“If not to collaborate, because”science dictates it“. Kerry recalled that the two states are the two main emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, insisting that the goal remains to contain global warming within the ceiling of 1.5 degrees. Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping “they want to work togetherAbout that, he said.

On the same day, Cop26 produced its premiere draft from final document, which provides for a cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 45% al 2030, the activation in 2023 of the fund from 100 billion dollars for aid to least developed countries, a further one update by the end of 2022 of the commitments of decarbonizzazione of the states. Now the negotiations between the states are opening, which promised to be very tough but after the agreement between the US and China it seems a little easier. The initiative of the two superpowers is “a important step in the right direction “, said the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres. The British premier had also arrived in Glasgow Boris Johnson, spending his political clout to persuade countries to find a decent deal: “These are tough negotiations, with a lot of work still to be done,” he admitted. Below the 1.5 degree target it would be “a colossal failure“, He said,” there is no excuse not to act. “

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