As the landmark Paris Agreement enters into force on Nov. 4 and this year's U.N. climate change conference begins on Nov. 7 in Marrakesh, Morocco, Chinese climate change negotiators and experts are setting their sights on the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

The Paris Agreement signed at last year's climate change meeting required countries to limit the rise in average global temperature to 2 degree Celsius while pursuing a target rise of only 1.5 degree Celsius compared to preindustrial levels. Countries need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which is the greatest source of the changing and vulnerable climate.

Xie Zhenhua, China's chief climate change negotiator, said during a press conference on Tuesday that this year's conference will be "a conference of implementation."

Xie said the Marrakesh conference will make detailed plans to implement what was achieved in last year's conference. "It will also urge countries to meet their commitments in tackling climate change before 2020, especially the commitment of developed countries to provide US$100 billion per year to developing countries as well as implementing the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions of each country in action." added Xie, who is also the vice minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission.

Zou Ji, who is an expert in climate change and has attended the U.N. climate change conferences for the past 19 years in a row, broke down this year's mission into six parts: mitigation, adaptation, funding, technology, transparency and capacity building.

"It's just as difficult to implement as to reach the agreements," he said during an interview with China.org.cn on Thursday.

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