Government and Policy

China 'constructive' in climate change talks

By Lan Lan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-10-06 21:51

Tianjin - China wants to play a "constructive" role with concrete efforts instead of a "leading" role in the process of advancing climate change negotiations，said Xie Zhenhua, deputy chief of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in Tianjin Wednesday.

If the Tianjin meeting, the final meeting before the Cancun meeting, can upgrade the chair text of the working group on Kyoto Protocol to a member-driven draft text, and simplify the existing member-driven draft text of the working group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, it means the success of the meeting, Xie said.

"If the two texts could reach there, it will lay a very positive ground for the Cancun meeting," he said. Xie said achievement of the Cancun would be "limited" as many divergence remains, however he urged members to action fast in areas with the least contentious such as forestry and finance. Xie said he expects a binding climate treaty in South Africa in 2011.