How US-China collaboration on reducing methane emissions can enhance joint climate action

As the dust settles in the wake of the UN climate change summit , one announcement deserves more attention amid the main headlines of coal, cars, cash and trees. The US-China Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s brings together the world's two largest greenhouse gas emitters at a moment when their bilateral relationship is otherwise in a deep freeze. This bright spot of cooperation deserves praise, particularly for the specific discussion on reducing methane. But, as the climate crisis worsens and political tensions flare, sustained attention must be paid to ensure the declaration's vague text translates…