Bill Emmott: Pacts between US, China key to progress on climate change – The Mainichi

The coronavirus pandemic and climate change are closely linked crises, with population and economic pressures having made it easier for viruses to jump from species to species, and with the political and economic pressures caused by the pandemic having weakened many countries’ willingness to take the bold measures required to combat planetary heating. We have also just seen at the UN COP26 climate conference how both suffer from the same geopolitical malaise: the failure to foster global collaboration, let alone global governance. On almost any measure, the United Nations Conference of Parties event in Glasgow, Scotland, in early November, known…