For Washington and Beijing, shared solution to crisis required, forum told
China and the United States would benefit from cooperation in tackling climate change, a forum has heard as reports aired at the gathering reinforced the need for the two biggest economies to coordinate their efforts. The convergence in technologies and challenges between the US and China is partly a result of the open flow of ideas and at some level, open trade, Fritz Kahrl, a senior adviser to the Regulatory Assistance Project, an energy group, said in the webinar on Tuesday evening. But also, I think it s just the result of having a shared problem of climate change, and the fact that we have the shared problem and shared solution suggest that there should be a high value in cooperation.
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JERRY FROM COLUSA ON LINE 1: Jerry Brown is never far away.
The former governor has emerged in Capitol hearings as a concerned citizen. He called into a Senate Education Committee hearing this morning to support a bill to solidify the California-China Climate Institute at the University of California, a pet project he launched after leaving office in 2019. Yesterday, he
California can play a role in helping the United States and China achieve carbon neutrality amid a chill in bilateral relations, a former governor of the state said.
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China and the United States share a set of similar goals when it comes to climate change, which could help advance collaboration and inspire others around the world to work together toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a recent report and climate experts. Climate is important in itself, and it s also important because it s going to show us how to develop habits and how to work those habits of cooperation, of dialogues, of working together for the total humanity, said former California Governor Jerry Brown during a webinar in April hosted by the California-China Climate Institute at the UC Berkeley School of Law.
ONLINE EVENT ADVISORY: Lessons Learned From California’s Decades of Climate Action
Date: May 10, 2021
Contact: Sam Hananel
Washington, D.C. For decades, California has been at the forefront of climate action, including a voluntary emissions reduction program as far back as 2001 and landmark clean car standards that have been adopted by states across the country. The Biden administration has taken a bold approach to climate policy in its first 100 days, laying out climate commitments in a Day One executive order and following up with major investments in climate action to create good jobs, deliver on environmental justice, and reduce planet-warming emissions through its proposed American Jobs Plan.