The United States and China are going to have to offer greater reductions in their CO2 emissions than they have hitherto done, according to the Swedish Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren, who leads the European Union's negotiating team. "That is absolutely vital if we are to reach our goals of keeping temperature rise below two degrees. The European Union is ready to increase its reductions from 20 percent to 30 percent, but that means that others will have to put something on the table," Carlgren says on the first day of the UN's COP15 Climate Summit. "The end game will be about what the United States and China deliver. It would be somewhat astounding if President Obama comes to Copenhagen and only offers what he has already said," Carlgren says at a news conference.
"That is absolutely vital if we are to reach our goals of keeping temperature rise below two degrees. The European Union is ready to increase its reductions from 20 percent to 30 percent, but that means that others will have to put something on the table," Carlgren says on the first day of the UN's COP15 Climate Summit.
"The end game will be about what the United States and China deliver. It would be somewhat astounding if President Obama comes to Copenhagen and only offers what he has already said," Carlgren says at a news conference.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China has all along actively pushed forward international negotiations on climate change, and made its own contribution in energy saving and emissions cut, said a senior Chinese official on Sunday.
China would continue to raise energy efficiency, develop nuclear power and renewable energy, plant trees, adopt energy-saving measures in construction and transportation, and develop low-carbon economy, he said. Developed countries, which shoulder historical responsibilities for climate change due to their emissions, have accomplished their industrialization, while China is still in the process of industrialization, noted Xie.
Developed countries, which shoulder historical responsibilities for climate change due to their emissions, have accomplished their industrialization, while China is still in the process of industrialization, noted Xie.
