COP26: China and the United States want to turn more to renewable energies

COP26 today begins its second week of negotiations.We will have to find an agreement by the weekend or the next weekend.In these talks, two actors play a major role: China and the United States.

China and the United States represent two more than 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions

The two countries display ambitions but are today very dependent on fossil fuels and are therefore two big polluters.For the USA, after the Trump presidency, Joe Biden puts a lot on his great investment plan devoted in particular to the energy transition which could be voted in the coming weeks.Francis Perrin, Director of Research at IRIS, the Institute of International and Strategic Relations: “This would be an important step to finance for example the development of electric vehicles, the construction of charging station or even encourage companies to go inthe sense of energy transition.We are talking about energy and climate spending that can represent $ 500 billion but we must first wait for the vote of the American Parliament ".

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The United States has undertaken to reduce its emissions by 50% in 2030.Last week in Glasgow, they signed an agreement to end the financing of fossil fuels abroad.The fact remains that on the national scene, the United States is still today, the world's leading oil producers and the second producers of gas and coal."Joe Biden will invest in developing renewable energies.These energies will therefore rise in power in the coming years.From there to be able to organize the decline of fossil fuels which are ultra dominant in the USA, obviously it will be difficult, long and the project will come up against oppositions ”claims Francis Perrin.

China has embarked on the international scene with carbon neutrality in 2060

China, it remains very dependent on coal which still represents 65% of its electric mix.The Chinese have even revived power plants in recent weeks to meet energy demand even though the country has embarked on the international scene with carbon neutrality in 2060.According to Cédric Philibert, energy specialist, former of the International Energy Agency: “The long-term trend is to go towards a lot of renewable and China is not to be out of this point of view-the ".

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So does China play a double game?Not really according to Cédric Philibert, the country still invests in renewable energies: "In Beijing, 1 buses in 2 is 100 % electric and on solar energy and wind the country is not at all late.It is a very important center for renewable energies.China is not behind the hand and it seeks to get rid of this charcoal dependence ".

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