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How The U.S. Fell Behind China In The Fight Against Climate Change
Ever since President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, China has played an increasingly large role in the international fight against climate change. The country is now the world’s largest manufacturer of solar panels, lithium ion batteries, and electric vehicles. But while China has stepped up in these regards, it is still the global leader in carbon emissions, and burns more coal than the rest of the world combined. As President-elect Joe Biden looks to reassert American leadership in green energy and climate initiatives, it remains to be seen whether the U.S. and China can work collaboratively to address the climate crisis.
CORRECTION (November 16, 2020): Barbara Finamore and Alvin Lin both work at the “Natural Resources Defense Council” not the “National Resources Defense Council”
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How The U.S. Fell Behind China In The Fight Against Climate Change
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@gold_real_money
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Everything :
China > United Snakes
@aarone9000
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
If there are; its only because there are no rebublicans standing in the way in China!
@bobingalls4643
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
I think some of you confuse dirty pollution with odorless, colorless gas called CO2. Those are not the same thing.
@joaomano6294
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
China has 9 parties. Not only the PCC. It is fake
@GarciaQ60
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Who cares?
@TheCoolsparks
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
China and US should ramp up efforts to prevent worldwide catastrophy
@neiljia2332
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
If someday an alien civilization would visit the earth, they would look down our combustion engines as rudimentary: molecules in the oil and coal are long chain carbon based but humankind uses it for the most rudimentary chemical reactions, aka burn it and make CO2 and H2O, what a waste of resources.
@outlawraceparts8686
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
China is building and putting on-line a coal fired power plant every week for the next 20 years. Nice try with your propaganda CNBC. What a joke!!!!
@vthilton
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Save Our Planet – Now
@bleb87
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Wait.. but china produces 3x more c02 emissions. How tf the us is behind lol.
@EA-js1me
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Thanks to Trump’s “cleaaaan coaaaal!”
@davem4169
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
You have got to be kidding let us not forget how many coal powerplants are running how many are being built right now and future plans this is exactly what msnbc has been told to promote by the cccp
@hsheuw
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
That 2013 moment is very much similar to how Singaporean noticed how awfully filthy Singapore river is in early to mid 1970s. What follows next is obviously a massive, concerted and coordinated effort by the then late PM Lee Kuan Yew. Good luck doing that on the US / other democracies. They can go screw themselves since its so called “democratic” government is nothing but euphemism for inept / indifferent / incapable ruler.😂
@ANTI_KREMLIN
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
China says US to blame for breakdown in climate cooperation! Don't blame USA for CHINA' S WITHDRAW FROM CLIMATE CHANGE! Even if NANCY PELOSI didn't visited TAIWAN, chances for BEIJING to integrate TAIWAN in their territory are low! Look WHERE RUSSIA ENDED because their NATIONALISTIC THINKING! ISOLATED, CAR MANUFACTUREING LOW, RUSSIAN RUNNINF AWAY FROM THEIR OWN NATIONALISTIC PRESIDENT because the PARTIAL MILITARY MOBILIZATION and in retreat on all ukrainian fronts!
@changer_of_ways_999
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
By selling lies and buying off professors and politicians.
@williammaschke2058
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
We won’t make it to 2060
@othmarbrunner9639
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Naive comment China has a population of 1.4 billion versus 340 million of the USA
In addition you do not mention the fact that China is building hundreds of coal fired power stations in Africa
Don’t make news if it is false and fake
@othmarbrunner9639
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
What a naive comment 1.4 billion people pollute much more and the skies over China can proof it
In addition china is building dozens of coal fired plants in Africa how about that for pollution why do ignorant people such as you spread false information oh maybe you get sponsored by china
@freddyyudianto2027
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
CO2 emission only is not coming from burning coal but from the gas we exhale .
@freddyyudianto2027
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
China spent more money on renewable energy but US spent more on weapon, is that right ?
@DaviMKim
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Such disinførmation…
@TIGERZY2K
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Planet Earth requires installation of over 1 billion carbon capturing plants and planting of 1 trillion trees in order to meet Paris Climate Agreements.
@johnraymondsulpico7139
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Carbon neutrality on 2060? the Climate deadline is on 2030!
@martin777xyz
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Politics. China can dictate solutions, whereas 1 or 2 unwise politicians can scupper democratic legislation
Tianen Chen
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Only a loser listens to CNBC. I was in China 1990-2016, Guangdong region more specifically. Only after moving to New Orleans in 2016, and Washington State since 2018, did I realize how polluted Guangdong’s air quality was. I had constant respiratory illness in Guangdong for the first 25 years of my life due to the poor air quality. I had food poisoning every now and then in China reflected in my abdominal ache. My health received revolutionary improvement in Louisiana (the most unhealthy state in America), and another revolutionary improvement in Washington State.
Whoever made this video is either intentionally deceiving or have not lived a single day of life as a commoner in China. And to see oceans of Chinese bots commenting well being praised by their irresponsible American counterparts, is truly comedic. Just do a search on the change of carbon emission of China vs America. America’s has been decreasing tremendously, while China’s has been skyrocketing. And remember, all statistics about China is overoptimistic.
I guess only a Biden voter would thumb up this video.
@bysubhashchandra2045
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
How much China is serious about Climate change and preperation towards, this video definitely showing Chinese preperation but qution about another world and how Chinese diplomacy will pursuit to other powers? Can China lead in environmental security sector?
@cosmoray9750
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
What is India's clean industry doing.
Has it caught up to US and China ?
Has anyone look into it ?
@qjtvaddict
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
China has a superior government to the USA
@qjtvaddict
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
China is less corrupt and has a functioning government
@SerangelROM
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
How? Because china lies, thats how.
@amo_res9266
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
cars are not the future, public transport, walking, and cycling is.
@MinutemanMedic
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Source: Chinese owned propaganda channel.
@itspersonal2416
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
When the 4:41 talks about the Chinese party leading the country to corruption and inefficiency JUST MAKES ME BIG CHUCKLE, When China build the world's longest high-speed rail road so far in the world, The US build how much? Non, Because the 2 parties just keep fighting each other, And get NOTHING down!🤣🤣🤣
@chrisalex001
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
This is much better journalism than some of your other videos, very clear and informative, as well as detailed and precise.
@michaelh4227
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
The reason why the US is falling behind is they're always trying to come up with excuses not to do anything.
1990s: Climate change isn't real so let's not do anything.
2000s: Climate change is real but we don't know if it's manmade. Let's not do anything.
2010s: Okay, Climate change is real and it's manmade, but I don't like renewables/ what about China/ some rich people fly in private jets, so let's not do anything.
When you have a subset of the population that is completely duped by the oil lobbyists into wanting to do absolutely nothing at all, then of course you're gonna end up falling behind. It would be awesome if we invested in things like nuclear and renewables but that would require doing something. If China ever becomes a dominant superpower, it's probably be because China invested in newer technologies, while the US dealing with partisan gridlock and continue to insist on (you guessed it) not doing anything at all.
@wolfevickery6081
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Story is only half the story. China's infastructure is newer…and they will never stop burning coal because you just can't recharge millions of cars without some sort of power source. Neither the US or CHina can power homes and recharge millions of cars….not yet anyway. THe US realizes that and we have to wait for the tech to get better. We also can't rely on China…who makes everything, to support our infastructure and theirs. We need to be able to support our own. Look what is happening now after Covid with all of the supply issues. China would be in a position of cut off our supply of solar and battery needs. Thanks CNBC…but its not all Trumps faulth thats an easy out isn't it. This has been an issue for decades. Now…what will we do with millions of toxic batteries when they are useless? Not all the batter components are recyclable. "Not only do these batteries require large amounts of raw materials, including lithium, nickel and cobalt – mining for which has climate, environmental and human rights impacts – they also threaten to leave a mountain of electronic waste as they reach the end of their lives." The Guardian
@jasonyoung3070
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
it just blows my mind how greed wins when we have 1 planet !!! yet we sure as hell dont act like it whats all the money in the world or even power if there isnt a planet to live on!!!!!!!
@janosik150
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
In USA Fertile land is destroyed to build houses…
@loopified000
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
THIS??? …is what you’re putting out to the public??? Why don’t you people in the media start telling the truth?
@jennifersmith4864
January 4, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Yeah & COVID didn't come from China.