China's growing green influence

Beijing aims to try and get consensus on advancing Paris climate deal

China is showing its commitment to the Paris Agreement by ratifying the hard-won agreement on climate change. This means that China, which ratified the agreement on Saturday, becomes one of the first G20 members to complete the domestic ratification process after the United Nations announced a one-year ratification deadline in April this year.

Having been involved in Sino-US environmental cooperation since the 1990s, Daniel Dudek, vice-president of the Environmental Defense Fund based in New York, said China's strategy and actions are encouraging.