California’s governor is taking the lead in setting voluntary agreements that fight global warming and climate change.
Jerry Brown, California’s Governor disclosed on Thursday that he would discuss the issue of merging carbon trading markets in California when he travels to Asia later this week.
Brown’s strategic disclosure of his plans in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of withdrawal from the international Paris climate agreement indicates Brown’s vigorous opposition to the withdrawal.
He has been working with provinces and states around the world to set voluntary agreements to address global warming.
The governor will head to China for meetings on climate change.
Incidentally, California has the largest U.S. carbon trading system and has frequently has hosted officials from China.
With U.S. President Donald Trump deciding on lead the U.S. out of the 2015 Paris Agreement, China is taking the lead and has announced seven pilot regional trading schemes.
Beijing will roll out a nationwide market by the end of 2017.
Already California’s carbon trading system, known as “cap and trade”, is linked to Canada’s Quebec market.
“I think that is a heavy lift to include Chinese provinces but we are definitely taking that possibility very seriously,” said Brown.
He went on to add, “We want to make sure it has full integrity and know exactly what’s going on. And we can’t say that today. Maybe we don’t put it right in the same cap and trade regime, maybe some parallel regime. I am going to discuss that with the highest officials in China this week.”
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