Climate Change - Is the US the Second Largest Amitter?

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The us. Is the second large emeter, and historically speaking, if he count all the omissions that have been into the atmosphere, the us. Is actually still the largest amitter. Also has a very complicated politics around climate changed. There are two parties, and two parties are completely opposed on their views about how to resolve the problem of climate change.

With the devastating effects of the climate emergency becoming more urgent by the day, the COP26 summit in Glasgow now represents a pivotal moment in global cooperation on the issue. Can anything meaningful be achieved without collaboration from the big players such as China, the US and the EU? Economist Linda Yueh is joined by journalist and environment specialist Isabel Hilton of China Dialogue plus Bloomberg News climate and energy reporter Akshat Rathi to answer this and get a primer on the big debates ahead.

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