PVTIME – November 10, China and the United States have signed a joint declaration to slow the global climate crisis, released the China-U.S. Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s at COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland.
The two sides recalled their Joint Statement Addressing the Climate Crisis of April 17th, 2021. They appreciated the intensive work that has done to date and pledged to continue working together with all parties to strengthen the implementation of the Paris Agreement.They will cooperate in multilateral processes, including the UNFCCC process, to avoid catastrophic impacts in the next decisive decade.
The two sides declare their intention to work jointly to accelerate the transition to global net zero economy.
The two sides intend to engage in the actions:
1 regulatory frameworks and environmental standards related to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in the 2020s.
2 maximizing the societal benefits of the clean energy transition.
3 policies to encourage decarbonization and electrification of end-use sectors.
4 key ares related to the circular economy, such as green design and renewable resource utilization.
5 deployment and application of technology such as CCUS and direct air capture.
To reduce the carbon dioxide emissions, including to accelerate the green and low-carbon transition and climate technology innovation, the two sides intend to jointly work on:
1 policies that support the effective integration of high shares of low-cost intermittent renewable energy.
2 transmission policies that encourage efficient balancing of electricity supply and demand across broad geographies.
3 distributed generation policies that encourage integration of solar, storage, and other clean power solutions closer to electricity users.
4 energy efficiency policies and standards to reduce electricity waste.
The two countries will establish a Working Group on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s to advance the multilateral process and enhancing the concrete actions in the critical decade.
