'Cooperation the only way': US and China surprise COP26 with joint climate action pledge

With COP26 in its final days, the world's top two global polluters – China and the US – surprised the summit with a landmark joint declaration on enhancing climate action in the 2020s.

“The United States and China have no shortage of differences,” US special climate envoy John Kerry said when announcing the agreement on Wednesday evening. “But on climate, cooperation is the only way to get this job done.”