Climate change: the ball is in China’s court to do more on emissions cuts


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US-China relations might be at their lowest point in nearly 50 years, but the importance of US-China action on climate change is greater than ever. From this action, collaboration can blossom. When the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1979, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was around 336 parts per million – just shy of what scientists consider safe for human civilisation. Today, we are at 417 parts per million and this continues to rise. The United States might be the largest historical emitter, but China is the largest emitter today and the gap is widening. With...