Extreme weather will become more frequent in coming years, a top world climate researcher warned on Tuesday during a press conference at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Commitment on the second period of the Kyoto Protocol (KP) is the foundation of a balanced outcome in the climate talks in Cancun, said Brazil's chief climate negotiator Ambassador Luiz A. Figueiredo.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP-16) opened in Cancun, a resort city of Mexico on Monday. The talks, from Nov 29 to Dec 10, are held to continue to search solutions to the climate problem.
Moderate flexibility needed for climate talks
Mexico is preparing to host a key UN climate change conference that starts Monday at its Caribbean resort Cancun, officials said.
The former UN climate chief says he doesn't expect the upcoming summit in Cancun, Mexico, to produce big results and is encouraging delegates to focus on reaching small goals rather trying to secure a major treaty.
China's top climate official on Tuesday urged industrialized countries to play a major role in curbing global greenhouse gas emissions and promised that China will make serious efforts to achieve an early peak of its carbon growth.
China Tuesday underlined its position on climate change for the upcoming Cancun Conference, vowing to "effectively control" greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years.
The Chinese government has allocated a total of 200 billion yuan ($30.12 billion) from its central budget for energy conservation and emission cutting from 2006 to 2010, said an official with China's top economic planning body Monday.
Some 140 mayors from 43 countries and regions across the world signed a pact on Sunday, pledging to help reduce the greenhouse gas emissions.
China will play an active and constructive role at the upcoming Cancun climate conference and work toward a new global deal to reduce carbon emissions next year in South Africa, said Huang Huikang, the country's special climate envoy.
Experts mull green challenge
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.
Delegates at a conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday speak highly of China's role in fighting against global climate change.
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