With the topic of climate change obvious in its absence from this weekend's G20 agenda, President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have taken matters into their own hands during a summit of World Leaders in China and reached an historic bilateral agreement to limit carbon emissions.
It marks the first time that China, which has commonly been seen as a major hindrance to a global consensus on emissions reduction, has made a cross-country commitment to cap carbon emissions. For the US, the agreement will mean a 26-28% reduction below 2005 levels by 2025, the first time the president has set a…
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