China's lofty emission cuts goal hailed worldwide
China's lofty emission cuts goal hailed worldwide
16:52, November 30, 2009 
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The Chinese government announced on November 26 its greenhouse gas emissions cuts target and proposed appropriate policy moves for its attainment, and the international community has subsequently given positive appraisals of the target and related measures.
The government plans to reduce its "carbon intensity," or the amount of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of Gross domestic product (GDP), by 40 to 45 percent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels, according to a statement issued in Beijing by the State Council, or the central Chinese government.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama gave his appraisal of China's gas emissions cuts goal and spoke highly of the country for having set some rather unusual targets with great significance. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden, the European Union's rotary presidency, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barros in a statement affirmed the measures China has taken in connection with the climate change and considered that its greenhouse emission quantifying target is positive.
"China has set forth an ambitious emissions reduction targets," and Britain's "Independent" newspaper said China attached great importance to its target for carbon dioxide emissions reduction, and other British media also gave positive comments. For instance, the "Financial Times" noted that "China vowed to reduce carbon emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent, compared with the level of 2005, while Premier Wen Jiabao would attend the Climate Change Conference in the Danish capital Copenhagen, saying that "the above decisions highlight the conscientious attitude of the Chinese government in dealing with climate change, and its commitment to cut greenhouse gas "emission intensity" also indicates that the government is issuing a strong policy.
Reuters News Agency has said that the specific greenhouse gas emissions control target China has put forward is popular in an analytical article it broadcasted, as it is involved in the nationwide efforts to address global climate change, and this gives a positive signal in the global response to climate change.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last Friday praised China for setting up a concrete target for greenhouse gas emissions reduction. And its president office officer remarked that China's government announced a major commitment to the energy-saving emission reduction, which urged developed countries to assume a more active responsibility to promote a low-carbon economy in the world toward the energy saving direction.
Moham Guruswamy, director of the International Center for policy alternatives and a former adviser to the Indian financial minister, said that the Chinese government has announced that its gas emission targets, taking into account of many factors, are relatively realistic. Moreover, he noted, the Chinese government actually began many years ago to take energy emissions reduction moves, and the most obvious is its endeavor to gradually shut down a member of small thermal power plants, as an expression shown to facilitate building up the emission reductions confidence. The government has displayed its resolve to cope with climate change and its accountable approach on the issue.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) welcomes China's commitment on Carbon dioxide emission cuts. IEA deems that the Chinese and U.S. announcements on their CO2 emissions cut target constitutes a ‘crucial step' for the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to reach an accord on cubing the emission of greenhouse gases, which are blamed for global warming.
China's actions and readiness to take carbon emission reduction actions will surely produce a positive, far-reaching impact on the response of the international community to climate change, according to Ivo Deboaier, executive secretary of the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC) and, due partially to China's related moves, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference would have a good perspective.
The Copenhagen conference is expected to renew greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, the first stage of which is set to expire in 2012. It is also expected to outline the post-2012 negotiation path.
By People's Daily Online and contributed by Yu Qing, Liu Huaxin, Wang Rujun, Want Lei and Wu Zhihua, PD resident reporters stationed respectively in Japan, Germany, Britain, India and Brazil
The government plans to reduce its "carbon intensity," or the amount of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of Gross domestic product (GDP), by 40 to 45 percent by 2020 compared with 2005 levels, according to a statement issued in Beijing by the State Council, or the central Chinese government.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama gave his appraisal of China's gas emissions cuts goal and spoke highly of the country for having set some rather unusual targets with great significance. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden, the European Union's rotary presidency, and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barros in a statement affirmed the measures China has taken in connection with the climate change and considered that its greenhouse emission quantifying target is positive.
"China has set forth an ambitious emissions reduction targets," and Britain's "Independent" newspaper said China attached great importance to its target for carbon dioxide emissions reduction, and other British media also gave positive comments. For instance, the "Financial Times" noted that "China vowed to reduce carbon emissions per unit of GDP in 2020 by 40 to 45 percent, compared with the level of 2005, while Premier Wen Jiabao would attend the Climate Change Conference in the Danish capital Copenhagen, saying that "the above decisions highlight the conscientious attitude of the Chinese government in dealing with climate change, and its commitment to cut greenhouse gas "emission intensity" also indicates that the government is issuing a strong policy.
Reuters News Agency has said that the specific greenhouse gas emissions control target China has put forward is popular in an analytical article it broadcasted, as it is involved in the nationwide efforts to address global climate change, and this gives a positive signal in the global response to climate change.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last Friday praised China for setting up a concrete target for greenhouse gas emissions reduction. And its president office officer remarked that China's government announced a major commitment to the energy-saving emission reduction, which urged developed countries to assume a more active responsibility to promote a low-carbon economy in the world toward the energy saving direction.
Moham Guruswamy, director of the International Center for policy alternatives and a former adviser to the Indian financial minister, said that the Chinese government has announced that its gas emission targets, taking into account of many factors, are relatively realistic. Moreover, he noted, the Chinese government actually began many years ago to take energy emissions reduction moves, and the most obvious is its endeavor to gradually shut down a member of small thermal power plants, as an expression shown to facilitate building up the emission reductions confidence. The government has displayed its resolve to cope with climate change and its accountable approach on the issue.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) welcomes China's commitment on Carbon dioxide emission cuts. IEA deems that the Chinese and U.S. announcements on their CO2 emissions cut target constitutes a ‘crucial step' for the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to reach an accord on cubing the emission of greenhouse gases, which are blamed for global warming.
China's actions and readiness to take carbon emission reduction actions will surely produce a positive, far-reaching impact on the response of the international community to climate change, according to Ivo Deboaier, executive secretary of the Secretariat of the UN Framework Convention on Climate change (UNFCCC) and, due partially to China's related moves, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference would have a good perspective.
The Copenhagen conference is expected to renew greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets set by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, the first stage of which is set to expire in 2012. It is also expected to outline the post-2012 negotiation path.
By People's Daily Online and contributed by Yu Qing, Liu Huaxin, Wang Rujun, Want Lei and Wu Zhihua, PD resident reporters stationed respectively in Japan, Germany, Britain, India and Brazil
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