The United States and China’s New Climate Change Commitments: Elements, implications and reactions

This briefing note analyzes a bilateral agreement announced on November 11, 2014, between the United States and China to cooperate on clean energy development and greenhouse gas emissions mitigation.

• On November 11, 2014, the United States and China established a bilateral agreement to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and cooperate on clean energy. The United States set a target to reduce emissions by 26 to 28 per cent from 2005 levels by 2025, while China committed to peaking its emissions by 2030, with an effort to meet that target sooner.
• The agreement signals a transition away from coal-fired energy generation toward renewables and natural gas for both the United States and China, which the document describes as marking the end of the coal era.

APA

Echeverría,, D. E. G. (2014). The United States and China’s New Climate Change Commitments: Elements, implications and reactions. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/united-states-and-chinas-new-climate-change-commitments-elements-implications

Chicago

Echeverría,, Daniella Echeverría,Philip Gass,Daniella. The United States and China’s New Climate Change Commitments: Elements, implications and reactions. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2014. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/united-states-and-chinas-new-climate-change-commitments-elements-implications.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{echeverra2014united, author = {Echeverría,, Daniella Echeverría,Philip Gass,Daniella}, title = {{The United States and China’s New Climate Change Commitments: Elements, implications and reactions}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2014}, month = nov, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/united-states-and-chinas-new-climate-change-commitments-elements-implications}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }