well... that kills the car tourist economy! well... that kills the car tourist economy!6 Jun 2017: AP: California, China sign climate deal after Trump’s Paris exit
By MATTHEW BROWN; AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee contributed to this report from Washington, D.C.
Gov. Jerry Brown told The Associated Press at an international clean energy conference in Beijing that Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris agreement will ultimately prove only a temporary setback.
For now, he said, China, European countries and individual U.S. states will fill the gap left by the federal government’s move to abdicate leadership on the issue...
Brown later held a closed-door meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, during which the two pledged to expand trade between California and China with an emphasis on so-called green technologies that could help address climate change, Brown said...
Trump’s decision (to withdraw from Paris Accord) drew heavy criticism within the U.S. and internationally, including in China, which swiftly recommitted itself to the agreement forged with the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama. Trump argued that the Paris agreement favors emerging economies such as China’s and India’s at the expense of U.S. workers...
Tuesday’s agreement between California and China’s Ministry of Science and Technology effectively sidestepped Trump’s move, bringing about alignment on an issue of rising global importance between the world’s second-largest economy — China — and California...
Brown signed similar collaboration agreements over the past several days with leaders in two Chinese provinces, Jiangsu and Sichuan...
Without mentioning Trump by name, Brown told attendees at a forum on electric vehicles that “there are still people in powerful places who are resisting reality.”
Later, when asked by the AP what could prompt the U.S. to return to the forefront of climate change efforts, Brown replied, “Science, facts, the world, the marketplace.”
https://apnews.com/9c3ede893ff84df2a04f16a78415d93d/California,-China-sign-climate-deal-after-Trump%27s-Paris-exit
24 Sept 2019: Reuters: California ex-governor launches climate partnership with China
By Valerie Volcovici
Former California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday announced the launch of a partnership between China and the University of California at Berkeley to advance research into low-carbon technology to fight climate change...
“The climate threat doesn’t respect borders and it doesn’t pause for politics,” Brown said in an interview. “This will be the open channel between America and China on the number one topic our countries share – not trade but climate change.”
The two-time Democratic California governor announced the California-China Climate Institute alongside China’s top climate change official Xie Zhenhua...
He added that California and China would also “work on models for cap-and-trade”. Both already have in place emissions trading systems aimed at lowering emissions.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-un-china/california-ex-governor-launches-climate-partnership-with-china-idUKKBN1W82A6