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After a frosty first week of relations at the Glasgow COP between the world\u2019s two largest emitters, a \u201cJoint Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s<\/a>\u201d came as a welcome surprise to many climate watchers.

\u201cThe joint declaration will add a calming effect to the COP26 talks,\u201d Wu Changhua, acting director of the Professional Association for China\u2019s Environment (PACE), told Yicai<\/a>.

The US and China \u201cdeclare their intention to work individually, jointly, and with other countries during this decisive decade, in accordance with different national circumstances,\u201d the declaration read. It affirms the two sides\u2019 commitment to a number of Paris Agreement climate objectives, including keeping global average temperature rise \u201cwell below 2 degrees C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees C.\u201d 

Alongside a list of five broad areas of cooperation, the declaration also listed areas of intended cooperation on reducing CO2 emissions and stated the two sides\u2019 current policies on reducing emissions from the energy sector.

Perhaps most surprising was a \u201crecognition\u201d of methane as contributing to climate change and the listing of a series of unilateral and bilateral work areas to address the issue. Among these is China\u2019s pledge to develop a National Action Plan on methane before the opening of the next COP. The two sides also intend to meet in the first half of next year specifically to discuss measuring and mitigating methane. Last week, China was absent from the Global Methane Pledge launched on 2 November. 

UNEP figures quoted by Yicai indicate<\/a> that the two principal sectors for methane emission reductions for China will be fossil fuel energy, particularly gas, and agriculture.

The announcement builds on meetings between China\u2019s special representative on climate change, Xie Zhenhua, and his US counterpart, John Kerry, earlier this year. The two sides had a face to face meeting in London prior to the Glasgow COP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The declaration states the two countries\u2019 intention to establish a \u201cWorking Group on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s, which will meet regularly to address the climate crisis and advance the multilateral proces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xie summarised<\/a> the moment, saying \u201cChinese\u2013American cooperation [on climate] is the only correct choice\u201d and he expressed hopes that the two sides can \u201cuncover more potential for cooperation\u201d. 

Read an article from China Dialogue earlier this year on <\/em>the case for a US\u2013China Decarbonisation Working Group<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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