The world will be “cooking with gas” on climate change if the United States and China can reach agreement on how their national actions mesh with a global framework, according to former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd.
Identifying the next five years as a time of “profound transition” for US-China relations, Mr Rudd said it needed political leadership from these two major powers to make the global rules system work. “China has massive national self-interest in ensuring that climate change is effectively dealt with,” Rudd told the Foreign Correspondents Association in Sydney on October 5. “Otherwise, China’s moment in the sun – that is, the next decade or two of China’s economic and political position in the world – could be undermined.”……………………………………….Full Article: Source