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Bernie Sanders

The US and China must unite to fight the climate crisis, not each other

‘US and China should come to an agreement to mutually cut their military budgets … ’
‘US and China should come to an agreement to mutually cut their military budgets …’ Photograph: Leah Millis/AP

Climate change is a global crisis and cannot be solved by any one country alone. If the United States, China and other industrialized countries do not come together to dramatically decrease greenhouse gas emissions, the world we leave our children and future generations will become increasingly unhealthy and uninhabitable. Tragically, the cooperation required to address this existential threat is being undermined by hawks in both the United States and China who are moving us toward a disastrous cold war.

Now is the time for a radical rethinking of geopolitics to reflect the reality that international cooperation is not only in the best interests of all countries, but is absolutely necessary for the survival of the planet.

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