Name: Can the US and China take on climate change together?
Uploaded: 2023-09-13T14:58:39Z
Duration: 13 min 14 s
Description: Climate change doesn't care about ideological divides, says policy analyst and China expert Changhua Wu. Here's what she says the US can learn from the progress China has made on the clean energy revolution -- and why collaboration instead of competition is the key to avoiding climate catastrophe.

Changhua Wu: Can the US and China take on climate change together?

Can the US and China take on climate change together?

Climate change doesn't care about ideological divides, says policy analyst and China expert Changhua Wu. Here's what she says the US can learn from the progress China has made on the clean energy revolution -- and why collaboration instead of competition is the key to avoiding climate catastrophe.

The world’s two largest economies are locked in competition, slowing the urgent shift to clean energy. China now provides 77 percent of global batteries and is expanding solar at a rate set to outpace global averages. Both countries, working together, can tackle climate change faster and more fairly than by going it alone. Shared innovation, not distrust, is the only way to keep a sustainable future within reach.

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