It's time to shift from the well-known statement that climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing humankind to a new affirmation. The most important single factor to ensure that this shift becomes a reality is China’s buy-in into this new vision. The European Union is aware of China’s importance, Europe being the superpower most strongly backing a UN response to global issues. It is now China´s turn to decide to what extent the country is ready to be a positive force in this common endeavour or, the other way round, to build its international profile on a bilateral basis. [...]
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