Politics
There’s Hope Yet for Glasgow Climate Talks After U.S., China Pledges
A larger finance commitment from the U.S. and a promise to stop building overseas coal from China could unlock further progress
An event to launch the United Nations' Climate Change conference, COP26.
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At the United Nations general assembly this week, the world’s two biggest emitters shuffled forward in the race to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. China said it would stop building overseas coal power stations and the U.S. pledged to double its share of climate finance for poor countries.