China urges developed countries to further fulfill commitment to greenhouse gas emissions cuts

Source: Xinhua | 02-06-2009 08:07

BEIJING, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday urged developed countries to further fulfill their commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions after 2012, saying it is the key to the success for the meeting on the climate change to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark at the end of 2009.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu stressed at a regular press briefing "the substantive difference" between the voluntary emissions cuts of the developing countries and compulsory emissions cuts of already developed countries.

The developed countries and developing countries shoulder different responsibilities and obligations. The results of negotiations in Copenhagen should reflect the consensus reached in the Bali Roadmap so as to fully implement the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, Jiang highlighted.

After the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference on the island Bali in Indonesia in December, 2007, the participating nations adopted the Bali Roadmap as a two-year process toward finalizing a binding agreement in 2009 in Denmark. The agreement in Denmark will replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012.

Jiang said that the negotiations on implementation of the Bali Roadmap was still behind schedule.