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Joydeep Gupta 09.11.2016 中文版本     0 If  Donald Trump continues to deny climate change once he takes office, the US will jeopardise the fragile international effort to green the global economy President-elect Donald Trump believed climate change is a "hoax" invented by the Chinese (Image by Gage Skidmore​​) The election of Donald Trump may prove a disaster for the climate and especially for climate change negotiations if he sticks to the  threats made during his campaign . But it may provide the developing world – especially China – with an opportunity to take on the role of leader in the fight against climate change. If Trump’s campaign trail promises come true then on his first day in office, the new President may rescind Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, withdraw the US from the Paris Climate Agreement, “end the war on coal” and cut funding for renewables. As news of Trump’s victory reached Marrakech – the city hosting the November 7-18 UN clim...

Deborah Seligsohn 11.11.2016 中文版本     0 China-US climate cooperation blossomed under Obama, but under Trump it'll likely be China doing the pushing, writes  Deborah Seligsohn President Barack Obama and President Xi Jinping meet in California in 2013. The US and China have worked hard to build trust and cooperate on climate action. ( IIP ) As we face the prospect of a very different US administration, with seemingly antithetical priorities on climate change, it is worth reflecting on what we have gained over the last eight years and what we risk losing. Indeed, during the Obama administration the United States and China have evolved from competitors and opponents in climate negotiations to vital partners that together helped form the consensus for the breakthrough Paris Accord a year ago in December.  Two critical meetings between Presidents Obama and Xi  in November of 2014 and September of 2015, resulted first in...