The US environmental watchdog has defended a landmark climate deal with China that Republicans have attacked as one-sided, saying it requires Beijing as well as Washington to make “difficult adjustments”.
The world’s two biggest greenhouse gas polluters signed the agreement to curb emissions last month, but Republicans say it imposes too many obligations on the US and too few on China.
Gina McCarthy, head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, rejected the criticism, saying Beijing’s commitment to ensure Chinese emissions peak by about 2030 demands that the central government takes immediate action to pull reluctant provincial governments into line.
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