COP26: China and US agree to boost climate co-operation in surprise pledge

China and the US have agreed to boost climate co-operation over the next decade, in a surprise announcement at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

The world's two biggest emitters,who had been trading insults for the first week of the conference, unveiled on Wednesday evening (10 November) a joint declaration that would see Washington and Beijing cooperate closely on the emissions cuts scientists say are needed in the next ten years to stay within 1.5C. The rare joint declaration said both sides will "recall their firm commitment to work together" to achieve the 1.5C temperature goal set out in the Paris Agreement. COP26: Johnson urges world leaders to go further in global warming fight They called for stepped-up efforts to c...