Climate change mitigation climate change are more damaging in poor nations, where infrastructures are weak and few social services exist. The Commitment to Development Index is one attempt to analyze rich country policies taken to reduce their disproportionate use of the global commons. Countries do well if their greenhouse gas emissions are falling, if their gas taxes are high, if they do not subsidize the fishing industry, if they have a low fossil fuel rate per capita, and if they control imports of illegally cut tropical timber. The main current international agreement on combating climate change is the Kyoto Protocol. On the 11th
Climate change in China now seen as an economic problem as well as an environmental one, and China sees climate change policy as a way to gain international leadership. The government has been a vocal supporter of the Paris Agreement from its 2015 beginnings; in fact, its unwavering loyalty was a major factor in its diplomatic success. Currently, President Xi Jinping has urged countries to continue to support the agreement, even in the wake of the United States' withdrawal in 2017. Nevertheless, China still supports the "common but differentiated responsibilities" principle, which holds that since China is still developing, its abilities and capacities to