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

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. Kathleen Gallagher: Reflections from a week at COP26 They called for stepped-up efforts to close the "significan...