Cities urged to grow green economies

The message from a climate meeting on Thursday was that local governments in the United States and China need to take action to facilitate low-carbon and green economies.

City leaders and experts from the two countries gathered on Thursday for the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. They shared local-level experiences and explored ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while sustaining economic growth.

Chinese Special Representative on Climate Change Affairs Xie Zhenhua said in his speech at the opening plenary that local governments, enterprises and nonprofit organizations have had remarkable achievements in low-carbon development.