China expects Doha climate conference to produce "balanced" result
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China expects "comprehensive and balanced" results from the upcoming climate change conference in Doha, Qatar, the country's chief negotiator to the UN climate change talks said Wednesday.
Xie Zhenhua, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said, "We hope the conference, like the one in Durban (last year), will reach a comprehensive and balanced result."
"This means it will not only take care of common interests of all human beings but also address different realities and needs of different countries," Xie said at a press conference in Beijing.
China expects to see such a solution that will not only push forward the climate change talks but also cater to basic interests of all countries, Xie said.
The 18th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the eighth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP18/CMP8 Conference) will be held in Doha from Nov. 26 to Dec. 7.
In a report issued Wednesday by NDRC, the Chinese government said the most important outcome of Doha Climate Change Conference should be making definite arrangements for the implementation and enforcement of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.
The conference must also ensure that the second commitment period is implemented in a timely fashion starting Jan. 1, 2013.
"After nearly two decades of negotiations, we need to finalize the common understanding set up by the convention and the protocol, to take actions and to fulfill the promises made by countries," Xie said.
"We need to work out a legally-binding result for the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol that can be tabled for approval," he said.
In addition, China would like to see actual moves regarding the issues of concern to all developing countries, such as mitigation, adaptation, funding, technology transfer and capacity building, he said.
The NDRC report said developed countries, in particular, should fulfill their promises to reduce emissions.
They should also provide support in terms of funding, technology transfer and capacity building, and ensure that the already-established mechanisms and institutions start substantive work, the report said. Endi
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