Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday praised the attendees of the UN climate change conference for finally reaching a deal to fight global warming.
The future of the Kyoto Protocol poses a big question mark in the second week of Cancun climate change negotiations, Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told China Daily before meeting with representatives from more than 190 countries on Monday morning.
Securing a guarantee for an extension of the Kyoto Protocol is crucial for the nations to move the current climate negotiations forward, said Sergio B. Serra, Brazil's ambassador for climate change during an interview with China Daily on Wednesday.
Indonesia wants to see a legal binding solution at the ongoing world environment summit held in Cancun, Mexico, replacing the Kyoto Protocol accord that will expire in 2012.
China and the United States face "arduous works ahead" in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, a leading Chinese energy expert said.
Brazil has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 34 percent over the past five years and virtually met its 2020 target, the government said on Tuesday, a month before global climate talks begin in Mexico.
Officials from more than 50 countries are meeting in India to discuss how to fund and share clean technologies to help poor nations cope with climate change and limit greenhouse gas emissions.
UN climate talks in Cancun will be the last chance for nations to agree on thorny issues such as technology transfers and will test the dialogue's credibility, India's environment minister said on Wednesday.
Venezuela expects participating countries to reach an effective agreement to reduce negative impacts of climate change at the upcoming UN climate change conference in Cancun, Mexico, a senior Venezuelan climate official said on Friday.
Climate change was one of the top three concerns globally, on a par with economic stability and terrorism, while 57 percent of people from the Chinese mainland strongly agreed that it was amongst the biggest issues they worry, the highest level in all 15 countries and regions, according to the latest survey released by HSBC Tuesday.
More than 40 designers from China Central Academy Of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Shih Chien University of Taiwan and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design of England on Saturday showcased their zero-carbon fashion works at the Expo.
China's investment in Canada's energy and minerals sectors is to double in the next five years as the world's second-largest economy hunts globally for resources to sustain its rapid economic growth, said Peter Harder, president of the Canada China Business Council.