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The United States and China promised to tackle global warming together in a rare joint statement at the COP26 conference. Rival nations put aside their differences in Glasgow and pledged to take “improved” action to address the climate crisis over the next decade. They pledged to work together to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 ° C, while also agreeing to take specific measures to reduce methane emissions. In the following decade, China and the United States, the world’s two biggest polluters, have also said they will apply import bans linked to illegal deforestation. China also doubled down on...
