U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that both Washington and Beijing must take "critical steps" to tackle global climate change.

Other countries are waiting to see what the United States and China will do ahead of a U.N. meeting in Copenhagen, Obama said.

China is considered the world's biggest annual emitter of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas from human activity.

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