China Gives a Cool Boost to Effort to Reduce Global Warming
Responsible Investing/ 07 June 2021
The U.S. and China affirmed their joint commitment to phasing down HFCs in line with the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol yesterday, following two days of talks between U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua. The joint statement, part of a larger package of collaborative approaches to tackling the climate crisis, builds on the news of China’s decision to accept the Kigali Amendment last week.