EU and China Pledge Climate Leadership Role as US Retreats

The European Union and China committed to leading the world in the fight against climate change in a symbolic show of unity as the US steps back under President Donald Trump.

Brussels and Beijing will deliver updated climate plans for 2035 that are in line with the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, ahead of the United Nations’s COP30 summit in Brazil later this year, according to a joint statement on Thursday. They’ll also boost cooperation in areas such as the energy transition and tackling methane emissions.