Thread by @70sBachchan

Xi's UN speech w commitment to CO2 peak *before* 2030 is significant fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/zxxx_6…
Its "Green Revolution" framing is also driven by domestic opinion that's angry about joblessness & the megafloods of 2020 where millions suffered in farms & cities

https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/1286789643761881089

China's 40y miracle manages to piss everyone off:

WorldBank: bastards didnt do Washington Consensus
Nationalists: richest dude is Taiwanese & most FDI comes from Japan/US
Left: You privatized half the State?
Greens: Coal & Concrete
Pentagon: We made a Monster
#GeopoliticsOfGHGs

Isn't stabilising dangerous warming in US national interest? Here's former secretary of state James Baker & Shultz making the case for green detente & linkage under conditions of mutually assured destruction. #GeopoliticsOfGHGs clcouncil.org/reports/Foreig…

https://twitter.com/DEricSayers/status/1309323352818044928

Pit of stomach 15 months after posing #GeopoliticsOfGHGs question. Corona & Climate shocked world aghast as US-China in tense standoff in S China seas on Taiwan Q; Indian & 🇨🇳armies in Himalayas; & Xi offers climate neutrality to peel EU off US @adam_tooze

https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/1137004555844161537

28/ Bluntly: You either get a Cold War with China or you get Climate action. You can't get both.

John Kerry has his work cut out. Briefs on greening US-China relations @njtmulder @DebSeligsohn @kellysgallagher #GeopoliticsOfGHGs quincyinst.org/symposium/gree…

https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/1195109223639613440

29/ China's oil company CNOOC on Pentagon blacklist for its offshore exploration in South China Sea & US desire to counter mil-industrial complex. US investors hold ~15% of shares given year to divest. Its global partners inc Exxon/Total #GeopoliticsOfGHGs defense.gov/Newsroom/Relea…

30/ 190 of 197 nations ratified 2015 Paris Agreement. Wall Street & China want to limit warming. Yes, there is powerful opposition,& escapist elites but is Climate politics Existential?
@adam_tooze on squaring the circle & #GeopoliticsOfGHGs of past 30yrs e-flux.com/journal/114/36…

31/ “In an increasingly black-and-white world where liberal democracies face an existential challenge from authoritarians and populists, Merkel still sees gray...In her view, attempts to isolate & contain China can only lead to disaster” #GeopoliticsOfGHGs foreignpolicy.com/2020/12/31/wha…

32/John Kerry wants to make Climate cooperation the priority of US-China policy. Hawks in DC want to make containment the priority. We wrote about MAD dilemma & argument for a modus vivendi here @policytensor policytensor.com/2019/05/23/fea… brookings.edu/blog/order-fro…

https://twitter.com/ELuttwak/status/1349025105104564226

33/ Enthusiasm on #energytwitter for Biden's Climate personnel & ambitious policies is understandably sky high after 4 dismal years. Those who pay attention to foreign policy can see huge obstacles ahead. Excellent piece by @KateAronoff #GeopoliticsOfGHGs newrepublic.com/article/160992…