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Reuters
BEIJING/SHANGHAI
China and the European Union on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to the Paris climate change pact and called other signatories to do the same, saying action against rising global temperatures had become more important than ever.
Following President Donald Trump's decision last year to withdraw the United States from the agreement, China and the European Union have emerged as the biggest champions of the 2015 accord, which aims to keep global temperature increases to"well below"2 degrees Celsius.
In a joint communique on Monday, the two sides stopped short of criticising the United States, but said the deal proved that"multilateralism can succeed in building fair and effective solutions to the most critical global problems of our time."
