Deputy Director of the national development and Reform Commission urged the developed countries to meet emission reduction commitments _ | |-Kyoto Protocol climate change news

Xinhuanet,, June 6 (reporters and)-UN 2014, the recently launched a second round of negotiations at the ministerial meeting on climate change, Xie Zhenhua, Vice Chairman of China's national development and Reform Commission urged the developed countries to honour the Kyoto Protocol (the Protocol) the second commitment period the emission reduction commitments, strengthened action to address climate change.

Xie Zhenhua said that China has formally deposited on June 2 Doha of acceptance of the amendment to the Protocol, want developed countries to complete the ratification process as soon as possible within this year, could not be completed this year, to the Conference of the parties to the Protocol to explain the situation. Is completed and approved, relevant legal arrangements such as developed in accordance with the provisional application, seize the domestic policies and take action to implement quantified emission reduction targets of the second commitment period.

Xie Zhenhua said that the participation of developed countries in the second commitment period of the Protocol affirms at the same time it must be noted, emissions cuts and science requirements in developed countries and its historic responsibility far, currently no on raising the emission reduction targets of developed countries made clear that just making excuses for efforts to improve conditions,. More instead of some developed countries to participate in the second commitment period of the Protocol, do not implement the 2020 commitment years ago, back at the original targets, even for additional emission targets. Vast developing countries including China heightened concern about these issues, does not want to see any country to ratify the second commitment period of the Protocol, as well as increase emissions cuts as bargaining chips, wants developed countries to take concrete action to deliver.

Xie Zhenhua said that the Chinese Government has taken active policies, measures and actions to address climate change, preliminary statistics to 2013, carbon intensity has been declining more than 28.56% in 2005, China will continue to take action to ensure that by 2020 carbon intensity than the goal of 2005 fell from 40% to 45%, to contribute to the global response to climate change.

In March of this year, the United Nations held this year's first round of climate change talks in Bonn, the current round of talks will end on 15th.

21:05 June 06, 2014 The website