US and China Climate Change Agreement
Blogged by: Liam
The USA and China, two of the worlds biggest economies, recently made an “Historic Agreement” regarding the greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. Although neither of the countries promised to stop using coal and oil any time soon, some arrangements were made in hopes of drastically reducing these emissions. The US has said they will double the speed of the reduction of their emissions and try to get 26% to 28% below 2005 emissions by 2025.China hopes to do the same thing by 2030. As many of us know from our class discussions China has a serious issue with air pollution especially in the Beijing area, where they actually have to have “Air quality days”. This agreement is something that wouldn't have been imagined 5 years ago especially with two of the most industrialized countries in the world. However it is easy to be weary of agreements like this because if there is one thing politicians are good at its lying. People should monitor this situation carefully and make sure the two nations meet their goals by 2025 and 2030.
(Photo Courtesy of USA today)
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