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US, China should set example by agreeing on climate goals: Kerry

The United States and China, the world’s largest carbon emitters, have an opportunity to agree on ambitious targets to reduce climate-warming gas emissions and set the stage for a global deal, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.

Kerry said climate change, Iran, North Korea and counterterrorism were areas on which the two major powers could cooperate and agree.

China and the United States appear increasingly willing to reach a deal, even a limited one, in Paris in late 2015 when developed and developing nations are supposed to set goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.  

‘Solutions are within reach but they will require ambitious and immediate action,’ Kerry said. ‘We hope that the partnership between China and the US can help set an example for global leadership and for the seriousness of purpose on those targets’ Kerry added, noting that China and the US together account for close to 50 %  of all greenhouse gas emissions. Kerry will join Obama for a leaders’ summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing. Describing the US-China relationship as ‘the most consequential in the world,’ Kerry reiterated the Obama administration’s declared ‘rebalance’ to Asia. 
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