Green New Deal between China and America

In terms of governance philosophy, Biden’s energy and climate policies are the most different from Trump. He proposed new goals based on emissions reduction and energy transition.

Biden’s climate change and energy policies are highly unified. They have borrowed a lot from the “Green New Deal” concept proposed by the Democratic Party’s left-wing. This is a good thing compared to Trump’s announcement of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.

But why do we need to achieve the goal of zero net emissions target? I want to talk about it from the biggest event in 2020, coronavirus.

The new crown epidemic has made the international community re-aware that non-traditional security from nature is still the number one threat to the world today. However, due to the global warming caused by the greenhouse effect, the thick ice that originally covered the Arctic is melting at an alarming rate. As the permafrost on the earth melts, some ancient viruses may resurrect from the frozen soil, causing the return of ancient viruses, and even some viruses will evolve “super viruses” to survive. By then, it is difficult to predict what kind of threat they will pose to humankind.

Therefore, in order to prevent the irreversible disaster caused by climate change, all countries must act immediately.

China is also reacting. In the communique of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China just released, China particularly emphasized the importance of green development, and proposed such ambitious goals as forming a green production and lifestyle, promoting a green transformation of the economy and society, and stabilizing and reducing carbon emissions after peaking. . Green development has become one of the core development concepts of China’s “14th Five-Year Plan” and 2035 long-term goals.

The earth belongs to everyone, to every citizen of the world. So I’m looking forward to both China and America could take responsibility and make certain efforts to reduce differences in their energy and climate change policies and expand cooperation.