Climate: World Must Hold China Responsible for Damage

Leaders from around the world are gathering in Glasgow this week to discuss the global response to climate change. Amid a year of dramatic natural disasters, from deadly flooding in Germany to historic wildfires in the western United States, leaders are renewing their calls for global cooperation in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and preparing vulnerable communities for climate change. Yet Xi Jinping, the president of the world’s top polluting nation — China — couldn’t be bothered to make the trip to Scotland.

Rather than join his fellow heads of state at the United Nations COP26 conference, President Xi opted to send a brief written statement. In the note, he emphasized the importance of cooperation, highlighted China’s efforts to transition to clean energy, and pointed to the need for “solid action.”

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Quill Robinson is the vice president of government affairs at the American Conservation Coalition.

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Leaders from around the world are gathering in Glasgow this week to discuss the global response to climate change. Amid a year of dramatic natural disasters, from deadly flooding in Germany to historic wildfires in the western United States, leaders are renewing their calls for global cooperation in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and preparing vulnerable communities for climate change. Yet Xi Jinping, the president of the world’s top polluting nation — China — couldn’t be bothered to make the trip to Scotland.

Rather than join his fellow heads of state at the United Nations COP26 conference, President Xi opted to send a brief written statement. In the note, he emphasized the importance of cooperation, highlighted China’s efforts to transition to clean energy, and pointed to the need for “solid action.”