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.
The world's media are getting ready for the United Nations Climate Change Conference that opens next Monday, in Cancun, Mexico.
'Please consider taking the stairs if you're going to one of the first five floors," says a sign by the elevators in an office building of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in Beijing.
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.
Climate change is an important challenge that we all have to address with a sense of urgency. As a global challenge, it can only be tackled through the concerted efforts of all nations, according to their common but differentiated responsibilities.
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.
Negotiations for a global deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have progressed slowly. Vinod Thomas, senior vice-president of the World Bank, tells China Daily reporter Li Jing what countries can do in this regard.
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.
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