Ahead of Glasgow summit, Sino-US tensions could shape climate future

Washington: Global momentum is building on the climate crisis, but action would be impossible without two nations, China and the United States, which together account for more than half of emissions - and whose governments don't get along. Ahead of the COP26 summit in Glasgow, experts agree that US-China cooperation could be a catalyst for a landmark agreement on climate change - but also that Washington and Beijing do not have frosty ties, so So to speak, the end of the world. Both countries have stepped up efforts to curb emissions, although analysts say the United Nations-backed goal of keeping…