California, China to team up on climate research institute
Source: Associated Press
California, China to team up on climate research institute
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE
September 23, 2019
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As tensions between China and the United States ratchet up, former California Gov. Jerry Brown sees a way to bring together the world’s largest carbon emitter and a U.S. state that’s leading the way in energy standards: climate change.
Brown and Xie Zhenhua, China’s top climate official, announced a new university partnership focused on climate research and policy on Monday as part of the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.
While it may seem like an unlikely pairing, Brown has been building a partnership with China for years. And China, which emits the most carbon of any nation, has been investing aggressively in renewable energy products such as battery storage technology and reducing its reliance on coal.
California, meanwhile, has adopted some of the nation’s most aggressive climate goals, including an effort to use 100% clean energy for electricity by 2045.
The partnership comes amid Republican President Donald Trump’s hostile relationship with China and his withdrawal of the United States from global commitments to combat rising temperatures. Trump only briefly stopped by the climate summit before going to an event on religious freedom.
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