In the issues of climate change, countries like China and the European Union have to set aside differences to push through the initiative that could help save the planet for the future generations.
In what is considered to be a major breakthrough, the EU and the Asian economic powerhouse signed a joint agreement during the climate change summit held this week in Beijing, further solidifying both parties' support on the initiative.
According to Reuters, the summit, which was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, is also a call for other signatories of the pact to step up their efforts to address the apparent increase of global temperatures.
Present during the event is European Council President Donald Tusk and China's Premier Li Keqiang.
In a joint statement, EU and China commit to taking necessary actions to alleviate the effects of global warming as well as implementing various preventive measures such as utilizing clean energy alternatives in its industrial sectors.
Meanwhile, China and EU opted to withhold their criticisms on the United States and its withdrawal from the pact.
In June, last year, the US government headed by President Donald J. Trump announced its withdrawal of support to the 2015 Paris Agreement or the "Paris Accord on Climate Change."
Despite this recent turn of events, the two major proponents remained tied to the agreement and saw the completion of its terms. This proved that ""multilateralism can succeed in building fair and effective solutions to the most critical global problems of our time," as the news outlet puts it.
Part of their commitment is to transfer $100 billion each year from richer to poorer nations. The purpose of this scheme is to help underprivileged countries cope and adapt to climate change.
This same policy is what prompted the Trump administration to call it quits saying that the provisions are somewhat "unfair" to the US. Even more so, it is seen as a factor that could "undermine" the country's economy.
According to an article, Trump's decision truly had a potential to destabilize the program, given the Western country's prominent role in the agreement. However, the growing cooperation between China and EU proved to be advantageous for the fulfillment of the cause.
It was reported earlier that China is already underway in seeing the end of its deal come to fruition. As revealed, the carbon emission rate of the country decreased from the years 2013 to 2016. This follows after the country's aggressive drive to reduce its CO2 footprint.
