feature article - The State of U.S.-China Relations on Climate Change:

China and the United States are the two China, and the release of several calls for action largest national emitters of the greenhouse for increased energy and climate cooperation gases that contribute to global climate change, between the United States and China by and together comprise almost half of global researchers and NGOs (Asia Society & Pew emissions. [...] Union (EU) and the United States, since the adoption of the Marrakesh Accords in 2001, the The Kyoto Legacy central axis in the negotiations has shifted from One of the lessons that came out of the EU-U. [...] made on the “MRV” issue in, for example, The United States has played the role of the discussions that led to the signing of a global leader in many forums for decades; the Memorandum of Cooperation to Build however, in recent years it has been more Capacity to Address Climate Change between hesitant to engage multilaterally, preferring the U. [...] Another Bilateral Perspectives factor, however, was perhaps the remaining The tendency of the United States to deal skepticism in China about the willingness of the directly with or in small groups of countries, United States to take strong actions to transition rather than via the UN process, has led to a to a low carbon economy, given the lack of discussion of a new global group being formed: co. [...] Bilateral forums provide As the entire world looks to the United States important opportunities for the concrete and China to make a move, the fate of the global demonstration of commitment through the climate system remains in their hands.