China is preparing its first
plan to battle climate change, a senior policy adviser said in Beijing
yesterday.
Zou Ji, a climate policy expert at the , told Reuters that the national
program will probably set broad goals for coping with emissions and changing
weather patterns.
It is likely to be released this year after at least two years of
preparation, he said.
The planning effort demonstrates that China shares the deepening global alarm
that greenhouse gases from factories, power plants and vehicles are lifting
average temperatures and will seriously, perhaps calamitously, alter the world's
climate, Zou said
"All this shows that the Chinese government is paying more and more attention
to the issue," he said. "When it's approved and issued, it will be China's first
official, comprehensive document on climate change."
