US-China Global Warming Cooperation to Be Revived; Here's What Bilateral Meetings Will Discuss

The U.S.-China global warming cooperating is expected to be revived before July ends. In the upcoming days, bilateral talks will be conducted to discuss how the two nations can make it happen.

US-China Global Warming Cooperation to Be Revived

(Photo: Denis Doyle/Getty Images) US Secretary of State John Kerry waves before meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at the Moncloa Palace on October 19, 2015, in Madrid, Spain. Kerry is meeting Rajoy to discuss the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks between the European Union and the US, the refugee crisis, and the Middle East.

According to Rappler's latest report, the bilateral meetings will happen in Beijing from July 16 until July 19.

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart, Xie Zhenhua (China's special climate envoy), will be joining the bilateral talks.

Their discussions will focus on limiting coal usage, reducing methane emissions, and decreasing deforestation.

They will also discuss how to help poor countries address the worsening global warming.

Aside from climate change, Kerry and Zhenhua will also talk about China's objections against the United States tariffs, as well as import restrictions affecting Chinese battery components and solar panels.

Since Kerry and Zhenhua already cultivated a warm relationship for the past two decades, their bilateral meetings are expected to go smoothly.

Why Their Bilateral Meetings Are a Big Deal

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The New York Times explained that the bilateral meetings between the U.S. and Chinese special climate envoys are a big deal since the two nations are the world's biggest economies.

China and the United States are estimated to be generating around 40% of the globe's greenhouse gases.

This is because these two countries are the biggest fossil fuel polluters. Many analysts explained that if the U.S. and China reduced their emissions, they can greatly help solve global warming.

By helping other countries transition to renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, they can help the planet prevent/avoid serious climate change catastrophic consequences.

"There is no solution to climate change without China," explained David Clinton of Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.

Sandalow, who is also a veteran of the Obama and Clinton administrations, added that the two largest emitters (China and the U.S.) should be working with each other to solve global warming.