China has cut off climate talks with the U.S. — imperiling future global climate negotiations, but not necessarily blunting the impacts of significant climate actions at home in both countries.
Just how much this will sidetrack momentum -- especially in the United States where there's
Halting climate talks between the U.S. and China imperils progress at a global climate summit in November, and specifically direct cooperation on thorny technical issues related to reducing methane emissions, said Lewis. “What the U.S and China actually have to do to curb emissions is take strong actions domestically — and I don't believe the main impetus for either side right now is pressure from international negotiations,” said Deborah Seligsohn, an expert on China’s politics and energy at Villanova University and a former U.S. diplomat.
In particular, pledges of public investment in developing and commercializing advanced clean technologies will get China's attention, experts say. That's because China hopes to dominate global clean energy markets.
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