According to British media reports, China refused to discuss climate issues at the joint meeting of the 20th Guard of the Group and the Minister of Climate.The interference of political issues failed to form a bulletin.
The British Financial Times last Friday (July 28) quoted the informed report that China ’s Group (G20) environment and climate minister held in Kimner, India, refusedDiscussion on key issues such as gas emission goals.
People familiar with the matter said that the Chinese participants said at the meeting that the G20 is an economic forum and should not be a place for formulating climate change policies.Beijing also delays the proposal of trade restrictions on climate change, such as tariffs on imported carbon -intensive products.
It is reported that China has also refused to implement an agreement that will reduce the total emissions by nearly half by 2030 and the global emissions will reach peaks by 2025.
In this regard, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press release on Wednesday (August 2), saying that "the relevant reports are completely inconsistent."According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, the joint meeting of the G20 Minister of Environment and Climate has formed a consensus document and a summary of the chairman to achieve active balance results.However, due to the interference of geopolitical issues in some countries, the meeting failed to form a bulletin, and China regretted it.
China Foreign Ministry said that as the main forum of international economic cooperation, G20 has important responsibilities in promoting global sustainable development, overall economic development and environmental protection, and response to climate change.Consensus, fully respect the different stages of development and national conditions of various countries, and promote the unity of the international community to actively cope with climate change.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said that in the consultation of the results of the results of the Ministerial Meeting of the G20 environment and climate, the Chinese side played the role of the Fifteenth President of the Conference of the Contracting Party in the United Nations Biological Diversity Convention.Reach a balanced case and call on the green economic policies to not respond to improper discrimination or restrictions on international trade.China will continue to strengthen policies and pragmatic cooperation with countries to strengthen environmental climate under the framework of G20.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China also urges developed countries to face up to its own ability to deal with climate change, responsibilities, and obligations, further increase emission reduction, fulfill the promises that have been made as soon as possible, and provide climate funds and technical transfer to developing countries as soon as possible, and provide climate funds and technology transfer to developing countries.Stop unilateral measures, decourse disconnects, and trade barriers, etc., and destroy global response to climate change.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China reiterated that China is an action school to promote global climate governance.Since the world's 25%new green area, the annual average energy consumption growth rate has supported an average annual economic growth of 6.2%, becoming one of the countries with the fastest reducing energy consumption intensity in the world; at the same time, China is the other development.The state provides support and help, signed 43 copies of the South -South cooperation documents with 38 developing countries, and trains about 2,000 officials and technicians in the field of climate change in more than 120 developing countries.
