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Breaking the Suicide Pact: U.S.--China Cooperation on Climate Change
Publication Date: March 2008
Publisher(s): Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author(s): William Chandler
Funder(s): Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Funder(s): Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Topic: Environment (Weather and climate)
Government (Foreign relations)
Type: Brief
Coverage: China
Abstract:
The United States and China must make accommodations to curb greenhouse gas emissions if both countries are to break thei "suicide pact" of self-destructive, energy-using behavior. Together they produce 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet both countries demand that the other take responsibility for climate change, meanwhile the threat of environmental disaster grows. For the first time, China is considering an emissions target while half of U.S. states have set their own targets--the time for a deal is now.