Joint low-carbon declaration sees climate baton pass from Obama to Trudeau
by Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington from Environment | The Guardian on (#16RBC)
US-Canadian initiative brightens chances of success for Paris climate agreement and casts Justin Trudeau as Obama's heir in terms of global climate action
A joint US-Canadian declaration to help spur the transition to a low carbon economy passed the baton of global climate action from Barack Obama to Justin Trudeau on Thursday - and brightened prospects for the Paris agreement.
The initiative, which roams from Arctic protection to plugging methane emissions from oil wells and pipelines to decarbonisation of the US and Canadian economies in the second half of this century, cements a new climate change partnership between neighbours after 15 years of pulling in opposite directions.
