Sec. 212. United States-China climate cooperation
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It is the sense of Congress that— successful mitigation of global greenhouse gas emissions sufficiently to avoid the worst forecasted effects of climate change requires global cooperation and coordination of efforts; as both the world’s largest emitters and largest economies, all other nations look towards the United States and the People's Republic of China for leadership by example to effectively mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, develop and deploy energy generation technologies, and integrate sustainable adaptation solutions to the effects of climate change that are inevitable; the United States and the People's Republic of China should, to the extent practicable, coordinate on making and delivering ambitious pledges to reduce domestic greenhouse gas ambitions, with aspirations towards achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; the United States, and its allies, should work together to hold the Government of China accountable to— meet emissions reductions commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement; work faithfully to uphold the principles, goals, and rules of the Paris Climate Agreement; and avoid and prohibit efforts to undermine or devolve the Paris Climate Agreement’s rule or underlying framework, particularly within areas of accountability transparency, and shared responsibility among all parties; and pursuing opportunities for the United States and the People's Republic of China to cooperate on clean energy research, development, finance, and deployment, with clear mutually agreed upon rules and policies to protect intellectual property and ensure equitable non-punitive provision of support, would provide catalytic progress towards delivering a global clean energy transformation that benefits all.