China attached great importance to the climate change issue and the upcoming UN climate change conference (COP 16) in Cancun, for which China believed dual-track negotiations were crucial, a Chinese diplomat said Friday.
China would like to work with other governments and international organizations to assure positive results at the upcoming Cancun climate change conference, Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday.
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.
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
The Chinese government on Friday vowed to "positively explore" new ways for low-carbon development in order to effectively control greenhouse gas emission and contribute to the global sustainable development.
China on Friday said a package of decisions could be clinched at the high-level climate conference in Cancun, Mexico, but called on developed nations to show sincerity to bridge differences with developing countries.
China's top climate change official on Oct 7 called for compromise from all parties to seek the biggest common ground during the UN climate talks while developed and developing countries remained divided on many issues.
Using the Copenhagen Accord to counter multilateral protocols under the United Nations' framework during future climate negotiations is thoroughly unacceptable, according to China's top climate official Xie Zhenhua.
Chinese NGOs and academics urged the United States to immediately beef up its domestic efforts in tackling climate change, and stop using China as its excuse for inaction on the sidelines of the UN climate meeting in Tianjin.
China's top climate negotiator Xie Zhenhua on Wednesday stated that the country's voluntary efforts supported by its own resources and technologies only accept "non-invasive" international consultation and analysis (ICA), which must respect the national sovereignty.
China's first provincial regulation on climate change, which went into effect in the northwestern Qinghai province on Oct 1, is a prelude to more such laws and regulations on the burning issue, government officials said on Tuesday.