Climate change policy of the George W. Bush administration directed US efforts to urge governors and dozens of members of the House of Representatives to block California's first-in-the-nation limits on greenhouse gases from cars and trucks, according to e-mails obtained by Congress. Climate change policy of the George W. Bush administration This article is about the climate change policy of the United States under the George W. Bush administration. In March 2001, the Bush Administration announced that it would not implement the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty signed in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan that would require nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, claiming that ratifying the treaty would
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