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On the recent US–China agreement on climate change / Carlo Carraro, Vox, 7/02/2015http://www.voxeu.org/article/us-china-agreement-climate-changeChina and the US have recently agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This column asks what quantifiable impact the new targets will have, whether they are any better than previous approaches, and if so, whether they are enough to avoid dangerous climate change. While insufficient for keeping temperature increase below the 2°C limit, the US and China’s bilateral commitments are a step in the right direction, and form the basis for a stronger international agreement in Paris later this year...