California Advances Global Climate Leadership Through Expanded Partnership with China | California Governor

Governor Newsom and China’s Minister of Ecology and Atmosphere signal Memorandum of Understanding on local weather change and the setting in digital assembly

MOU consists of new deal with collaboration and methods to realize carbon neutrality, promote nature-based options, and advance climate-resilient infrastructure 

SACRAMENTO –  Furthering California’s long-standing collaboration with China on local weather change, Governor Gavin Newsom at the moment renewed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance ongoing cooperation on initiatives to guard the setting, scale back carbon emissions and air air pollution, and promote clear vitality improvement.

The Governor and China’s Minister of Ecology and Atmosphere Huang Runqiu signed the MOU in a digital assembly joined by Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis, who serves because the Governor’s Consultant for Worldwide Affairs and Commerce Growth, and senior local weather officers from California and China.

“California is a worldwide chief in combating the local weather disaster whereas rising our economic system, however we are able to’t sort out this existential problem alone,” stated Governor Newsom. “At the moment’s MOU deepens California’s sturdy local weather and clear vitality ties with China, bolstering our efforts to develop clear transportation, obtain carbon neutrality, and speed up nature-based local weather options. We’ll proceed to foster significant collaboration with companions across the globe as we work to construct a more healthy, fossil gasoline free future.”

The MOU outlines continued exchanges between California and China – the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases – on the implementation of emissions buying and selling methods, increasing markets for clear transportation, together with zero-emission autos, and lowering air air pollution and short-lived local weather pollution. It additionally features a new deal with methods to realize carbon neutrality, nature-based options to fight local weather change and shield biodiversity, and selling climate-resilient infrastructure funding and inexperienced finance. The MOU renews a previous model signed by Governor Brown in 2018.

Governor Newsom indicators local weather MOU in digital assembly with China’s Minister of Ecology and Atmosphere Huang Runqiu

“Our local weather disaster calls for collective motion, and California is dedicated to working with companions across the globe to hasten our transition to a carbon-free future,” stated Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis. “As two of the world’s largest economies, at the moment’s signing between California and China reaffirms our dedication to work collectively to resolve this world problem.”

The California-China Local weather Institute on the College of California, Berkeley will function California’s main liaison for data sharing and communication below the MOU. Led by former Governor Jerry Brown, the Institute was launched in 2019 to foster cooperation and joint coverage analysis on local weather points by California and China. Governor Newsom final 12 months signed laws to codify the Institute in statute.

A replica of the Memorandum of Understanding signed at the moment might be discovered right here.

California’s forward-thinking local weather insurance policies have seen the state exceed its 2020 local weather goal 4 years forward of schedule, created a booming ZEV market that leads the nation in each class, and spurred partnerships throughout the U.S. and world wide. Underneath Governor Newsom’s management, California is taking daring motion to scale back demand for oil by ending the sale of recent gasoline automobiles by 2035; transferring to stop dangerous oil manufacturing in our communities and taking steps to part out oil drilling and fracking fully; and rising entry to zero-emission mobility in low-income communities. The Governor’s historic $37.6 billion local weather bundle will additional advance California’s progress towards an oil-free future and bolster the state’s clear vitality economic system. Forward of COP26, the Governor and different Under2 Coalition companions introduced its transition to develop into a web zero coalition, elevating ambition for member states and areas. California additionally joined the Past Oil & Fuel Alliance, which brings collectively nationwide and subnational governments dedicated to advancing a simply transition away from oil and gasoline manufacturing.

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