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For real progress on climate change, invite the developing world
Next time Joe Biden holds a climate summit, he should not just invite the biggest countries to participate but include those such as Pakistan too.
Gillian TettContributorWhen John Kerry, US President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, returned from a whirlwind tour to Asia and Europe a week ago, he had some nuggets of good(ish) news. One was that the Chinese issued a joint statement with America about the seriousness of the climate crisis – paving the way for President Xi Jinping’s participation in this week’s climate summit.
Another was renewed conversations about India’s pledge to build 450 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity in the next decade. A third consisted of vague promises of future Chinese-US collaboration on green finance, in a bid to meet the Paris climate goals.
Financial Times
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