United States: As Washington tries to convince Beijing to join the wealthy in making payments to countries suffering the effects of global warming, analysts warn that the feud between the feudal superpowers America and China over climate change is common. The land may be less.

As delegates from nearly 200 countries, including nearly 100 heads of state and government, attend the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, there are historic calls for rich countries to repay the poor. These calls coincide with US efforts to "advance" China into a developed economy, and thus are apt to compensate its neighbors in the Global South.

For the first time ever, nations ravaged by severe and persistent natural disasters caused by climate change are urging the West to amend their historical and current uses of their lands and resources.

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Beijing has consistently cited the United Nations position that industrialized nations, which currently produce most of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, should play a larger role in climate financing, despite its claim to be a developing economy.
Washington has consistently opposed the creation of such a "loss and damage" fund, but has recently softened its stance by insisting on paying China.

Considering the fact that US-China climate change cooperation has already been stalled due to the controversial visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, observers are concerned that Washington's most recent statement is one of the few remaining bridges between rivals. can destroy one.

In a widely read recent report, US news outlet Politico claimed that Washington's action would "set China as the new climate bogeyman," undermining China's claim of being a developing country.
Analysts have questioned whether the US intends to drive a wedge between China and the developing world, which collectively opposes industrialized nations on climate issues, classifying its rival as "developed".

Xu Qinduo, a political analyst at the Pangol Institution in China, claims that by including China among the group of wealthy or developed countries that are expected to contribute to the fund, the US is trying to "escap responsibility" for climate change. Is.

Washington believes it has the upper hand over Beijing by focusing on China and complicating the dynamics in the conflict between developed and developing nations, but Beijing is "advanced" to a developed nation and a global battle against climate change. Will strongly oppose the spirit of cooperation. According to Xu the change will be weak.

Xu, who is a professor in Renmin University's School of Journalism and Communication, further said that the global dialogue on Chinese-origin pollution was heterogeneous.
Discussing China's role in climate change, he claimed that per capita emissions are not given enough attention.

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Despite being the leader in overall emissions, China's per capita carbon emissions are less than half that of the US.
"China produces large quantities of goods that are exported, serving as the "factory of the world." Questions such as "Should the manufacturer take full responsibility for such emissions?" should be raised.

What about consumers, especially, in the developed world? ,
China and India should contribute to the compensation fund, Antigua and Barbuda, a small Caribbean island nation, told COP27 earlier this week on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).

It was the first time that two Asian neighbors were listed among major emitters such as the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, who, according to AOSIS, should be held accountable for their share in climate change.

The Prime Minister of the Bahamas, Philip Davis, urged COP27 participants to "get real" as he requested for an immediate financial lifeline. The Bahamas is a Low Caribbean country particularly vulnerable to sea level rise and storm damage.

“We are the children of the victims of that inspired tragedy. In the context of the transatlantic slave trade, in which countless numbers of Africans were bought by European countries and forced to move to the Caribbean against their will, Davis said, "We have a duty to fight for survival because they fought so hard for themselves.

According to Mohamedbagher Foro, a research fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), a Hamburg-based think tank, much of the compensation talk of the US and China is about political tokenism.

“As China stands up for developing countries that demand this type of compensation, the US and the West are brought into the spotlight. Developing countries will react negatively to the move if the West opposes it, according to Fof, a GIGA's World Order Narratives of the Partner Global South Project.

Despite the controversy surrounding Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, Forough claimed that the US-China bridge was "not fully burned" and that both sides understood the importance of working together for both individual and societal survival.

Given a "absence of bitter geopolitical rhetoric," he claimed, there was more hope for efforts between China and Europe.
The EU is less motivated to engage in a geopolitical conflict with China than the US is, so their path toward cooperation is simpler. Going green is a concern for China as well as the EU and a sizable portion of its population.

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According to Alice Bian, policy fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the Belt and Road Initiative, which is led by Beijing, has assisted developing countries in addressing climate change as opposed to "compensation."

Dealing with urgent issues like debt relief, combating climate change, and multilateral cooperation in developing nations are among China's emerging policy priorities. In order to support a low-carbon transition through policy, infrastructure, trade, and financial integration, partnerships are crucial, as highlighted by the belt and road, according to Bian.

According to Lucie Xia Qian, a China policy fellow at the institute, such efforts shouldn't be seen through the lens of "compensation."
"China reaffirmed its dedication to carbon neutrality... "This year's COP is about 'implementation,' it is about those who made pledges at COP26, be they nations, regions, cities, or organizations, telling the world what progress they have made and the pathways forward," said Xia of the ongoing COP27 negotiations.