China on Tuesday urged the EU to step up cooperation on climate change, saying global warming would be at the top of the agenda at next week's China-EU summit.
China
on
Tuesday urged the EU to step up cooperation on climate change, saying global
warming would be at the top of the agenda at next week's China-EU summit.
"Soon after the summit the international community will have the
Copenhagen
conference on climate change," Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun said,
referring to the meeting in
Denmark
to
agree a new U.N. pact on global warming.
"
China
and
(the) EU should strengthen coordination and have closer cooperation on climate
change because it serves the common interest of both sides and will help
advance international efforts to tackle climate change."
Zhang said such cooperation would be discussed at next Monday's summit in the
eastern city of
Nanjing
, when
the two sides would also focus on the international financial crisis and
China-EU relations.
Widely viewed as the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases,
China
has
refused to commit to binding gas reductions at the
Copenhagen
talks, nor has it agreed to set a date for when its gas emissions reach their
peak.
Meanwhile,
China
has
called on developed nations to acknowledge their historic role in global
warming, and urged them to make significant emissions cuts and provide
developing nations with environmentally-friendly technology.
The EU has already vowed to reduce its emissions by 20% from 1990 levels before
2020, raising the target to 30% in the event of an international agreement on
the issue, while
Japan
has
offered 25% cuts.
The
U.S.
, the
world's second-largest emitter, has yet to set limits, but
Washington
is
expected to announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before
the U.N. climate conference.
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