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U.S.-China Joint Statement on Addressing the Climate Crisis

2021.04.20
Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China

China's Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry met in Shanghai on April 15-16, 2021, to discuss the climate crisis.

After the talks, the two sides issued the following statement:

1. China and the United States are committed to working with each other to address the climate crisis and respond to it as its severity and urgency require.This includes both strengthening their respective actions and cooperating in multilateral processes such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement. The two sides recalled their leadership and cooperation on climate change, which made historic contributions to the development, adoption, signing and entry into force of the Paris Agreement.

2. Moving forward, China and the United States will continue to work together and with others to strengthen the implementation of the Paris Agreement.The two sides recalled that Article 2 of the Paris Agreement aims to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2°C and strive to limit it to 1.5°C. To this end, the two sides commit to continue their efforts, including intensified and intensified actions in the 2020s under the framework of the Paris Agreement, to achieve these temperature rise limiting targets, and to work together to identify and address related challenges and opportunities.

3. Both countries look forward to the U.S.-hosted Leaders' Summit on Climate Change on April 22/23.The two sides agreed on the summit's goal of increasing global climate ambition, including mitigation, adaptation and support, by the COP26 in Glasgow.

4. The United States and China will take other near-term actions to further contribute to addressing the climate crisis:

(1) Both countries plan to develop their respective long-term strategies to achieve carbon neutrality/net-zero greenhouse gas emissions ahead of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the UN Climate Convention in Glasgow.

2. The two countries plan to take appropriate actions to maximize international investment and financing to support developing countries' transition from high-carbon fossil fuels to green, low-carbon and renewable energy.

(iii) The two sides will separately implement the measures to phase down the production and consumption of HFCs, as reflected in the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

5. China and the United States will continue to discuss concrete emission reduction actions in the 2020s before and after the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Climate Convention (UNFCCC), with the aim of achieving the goal of limiting temperature rise in line with the Paris Agreement.Include:

(1) policies, measures and technologies for decarbonization of industry and power, including through circular economy, energy storage and grid reliability, carbon capture, utilization and storage, and green hydrogen;

(ii) increasing the deployment of renewable energy;

(iii) green and climate-resilient agriculture;

(4) Energy-saving buildings;

(5) Green and low-carbon transportation;

(6) Cooperation on non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions such as methane;

(7) Cooperation on emissions from international aviation and navigation activities;

(8) Other near-term policies and measures, including reducing coal, oil and gas emissions.

6. The two sides will work together to contribute to the success of the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Climate Convention in Glasgow, which aims to finalize the implementation rules of the Paris Agreement (such as Articles 6 and 13) and significantly increase global climate ambition, including mitigation, adaptation and support.The two sides will also work together to contribute to the success of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming, noting the importance of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, including its relationship to climate mitigation and adaptation.

Source: Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China

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