EU and China rebuff Trump in Paris climate deal
EU and China rebuff Trump in Paris climate deal: According to a draft of the document, seen by the media, the document stresses the “highest political commitment” to implement the deal. The statement will be widely seen as a rebuff to the US. On the other hand President Trump prepares to announce on Thursday, 1st, June,2017, if the US is withdrawing from the accord.
After a summit in Brussels, the joint statement will be released on Friday, 2nd,June, 2017.
For more than a year, EU and Chinese officials have been working behind the scenes in order to agree to a joint statement on climate change and clean energy.
The document has highlighted the dangers which are posed by rising temperatures, “as a national security issue and multiplying factor of social and political fragility” while pointing out that the transition to clean energy creates jobs and economic growth. The draft document further adds “The EU and China consider the Paris agreement as an historic achievement further accelerating the irreversible global low greenhouse gas emission and climate resilient development…The Paris Agreement is proof that with shared political will and mutual trust, multilateralism can succeed in building fair and effective solutions to the most critical global problems of our time. The EU and China underline their highest political commitment to the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement in all its aspects.”
Both sides have agreed to implement their national plans on cutting carbon, saying that they will step up action to and “forge ahead with further policies and measures.” Significantly, both the EU and China agree that they will outline their long term low carbon strategies by 2020.
The document further outlines more areas of co-operation which include development and linking of carbon markets. Along with that bilateral work on energy labelling, energy performance standards and the performance standards of buildings will also be discussed.
said EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete further added “The EU and China are joining forces to forge ahead on the implementation of the Paris agreement and accelerate the global transition to clean energy, No one should be left behind, but the EU and China have decided to move forward.”
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