China outlines plans to tackle climate change
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China is ready to make contributions to global efforts in addressing climate change through South-South cooperation, said China's Special Representative on Climate Change Affairs Xie Zhenhua in Morocco yesterday.
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China is ready to make contributions to global efforts in addressing climate change through South-South cooperation, says China's Special Representative on Climate Change Affairs Xie Zhenhua in Morocco, November 14, 2016. [Photo/Chinanews.com] |
"Both the South-North cooperation and the South-South cooperation between developing countries are essential for international cooperation in countering climate change," said Xie on the sidelines of a United Nations climate conference in Marrakech.
China was coping with climate change with a highly responsible attitude and was willing to share its best practices in this regard, such as capacity-building, with other developing countries in order to contribute to global efforts in dealing with climate change, Xie told the opening session of the forum on South-South cooperation.
Xie pointed out that China had actively pushed forward South-South cooperation.
He underscored that China has donated a considerable amount of materials to developing countries to help them address climate change issues according to their own requirements, such as energy saving lamps and clean cooking stoves.
He said China had signed nearly 30 memorandums of understandings on donating materials to developing countries in addressing climate change and had carried out numerous regional dialogues and exchange with southern countries.
Xie reaffirmed China's plan to set up a 20 billion yuan (US$2.93 billion) fund for South-South cooperation, saying that China would use the fund to establish low-carbon model parks, implement mitigation and adaption projects and train personnel in developing countries.
China had also donated US$6 million to the United Nations to support UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's intiative to advance the South-South cooperation on climate change.
Responding to concerns that US President-elect Donald Trump had vowed to "cancel" the Paris Agreement on climate change, which came into force last week, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said yesterday that the deal was a result of concerted efforts of all parties, including China and the United States.
The forum, co-organized by China, Morocco and the UN, brought together senior UN officials and ministers from more than a dozen countries.
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