At the head of the two most polluting countries in the world with more than 40% of CO2 emissions, Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing are secured together new commitments to fight against global warming.
World's largest emitter, China has taken aim peak emissions of greenhouse gases, responsible for rising temperatures, "around 2030" with the intention "to try to get there early" according to the White House.
Washington has pledged his side, a reduction of 26-28% of its emissions by 2025 compared to 2005. However, the future leader of the Republican majority in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, close to the industry Coal, immediately rejected the agreement.
Commitments that yet match the urgency of reaching a global agreement at the climate change conference to be held late 2015 in Paris. It must get a sufficiently ambitious agreement to limit global warming to 2 ° C.
With AFP
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