Two of the most prolific pollutors in the world and the two largest global economies, the United States and China will reinitiate discussions on curbing the greenhouse gasses released by the countries in an effort to get climate change under control, the New York Times reports.
Meeting in Indonesia prior to the Group of 20 summit, President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed Monday to a series of negotiations to curb emissions while protecting the economic growth of each nation.
In Egypt, international negotiators at the COP27 climate conference responded positively to the two largest economic leaders agreeing to discuss climate change policy. Breaking with their international counterparts, American conservatives whine about US efforts to cut carbon emissions because they believe if every other country isn’t doing more than the US to curb emissions–even though they have less developed economies–than the US doesn’t have to do anything.