EU tilts to China in fight against global warming

Bloomberg

Europe and China are stepping up their coordination in the battle against global warming, a top EU official said, as the US mulls re-engaging in a landmark Paris agreement to cut greenhouse gases.
The 28-nation European Union will press ahead with efforts to protect the environment by shifting to a low-carbon economy and reducing dependency on fossil fuels, said Frans Timmermans, first vice president of the European Commission, in an interview in Brussels. The EU accounts for about 12 percent of global emissions and China for around 20 percent.
“The Chinese are faced with such a challenge that you can see the sense of urgency prevailing there more and more, and the willingness to cooperate with us is getting stronger and stronger,” Timmermans said. “People are suffocating in the cities in parts of China. They know they need to do something urgently about this. And in some areas they’re moving at incredible speed.”
To meet its carbon-reduction targets, set at 20 percent by 2020 and 40 percent by 2030, the EU has moved to sustainable energy sources and established the world’s biggest carbon market.
President Trump, who has called climate change a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese,
last month began the formal process of exiting from
the agreement.