{"id":4432,"date":"2021-04-20T09:37:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avech.org\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2023-10-09T15:43:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T19:43:09","slug":"u-s-china-joint-statement-addressing-the-climate-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avech.org\/en\/u-s-china-joint-statement-addressing-the-climate-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-China Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua<\/strong><\/p><\/h6><\/div>

M\u00e9rida \u2013 Venezuela, 20 de abril de 2021 (Prensa AVECH).- A continuaci\u00f3n reproducimos el Comunicado Conjunto De China y Estados Unidos sobre la crisis clim\u00e1tica de fecha 17 de abril de 2021.<\/p>\n

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua met in Shanghai on April 15 and 16, 2021, to discuss aspects of the climate crisis. At the conclusion of the discussion, the two Special Envoys released the following joint statement.<\/p>\n

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  1. The United States and China are committed to cooperating with each other and with other countries to tackle the climate crisis, which must be addressed with the seriousness and urgency that it demands. This includes both enhancing their respective actions and cooperating in multilateral processes, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. Both countries recall their historic contribution to the development, adoption, signature, and entry into force of the Paris Agreement through their leadership and collaboration.<\/li>\n
  2. Moving forward, the United States and China are firmly committed to working together and with other Parties to strengthen implementation of the Paris Agreement. The two sides recall the Agreement\u2019s aim in accordance with Article 2 to hold the global average temperature increase to well below 2 degrees C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees C. In that regard, they are committed to pursuing such efforts, including by taking enhanced climate actions that raise ambition in the 2020s in the context of the Paris Agreement with the aim of keeping the above temperature limit within reach and cooperating to identify and address related challenges and opportunities.<\/li>\n
  3. Both countries look forward to the US-hosted Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22\/23. They share the Summit\u2019s goal of raising global climate ambition on mitigation, adaptation, and support on the road to COP 26 in Glasgow.<\/li>\n
  4. The United States and China will take other actions in the short term to further contribute to addressing the climate crisis:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n