US, China surprise climate summit with joint declaration


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The United States and China surprised the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on Wednesday with a joint declaration of action to limit global warming over the next decade. The announcement came as delegates entered the final hours of talks to agree on a final text at the conference that would outline how the world would limit global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. China and the United States are the world’s two biggest polluters, and scientists say their future action is critical in the fight against climate change. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s absence from the summit...