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Xie Zhenhua

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2021-02-23
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  1. “China has also worked with other developing countries within a South-South cooperation framework to build low-carbon demonstration zones and undertake mitigation and adaptation projects, in pursuit of green development. China will host the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity this year. We look forward to discussing with all other parties new strategies for post-2020 global biodiversity governance. We are convinced that when all countries come together for the full and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, for a cooperative, win-win, equitable and balanced climate governance system, and for sustainable development, we will be able to turn our planet Earth into an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful place that enjoys lasting peace, universal security and common prosperity.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  2. “China’s forest stock has been rising for 30 years in a row, up by 4.5 billion cubic metres over the 2005 level and exceeding the 2020 target. China now has the largest number of renewable-energy vehicles in the world and for many years has been a global leader in renewable energy in the number of patents, investment, installed capacity and power generation. China’s wind and photovoltaic installed capacities both account for more than 30 per cent of the world’s total. We are committed to win-win cooperation. China has launched the Belt and Road Initiative International Green Development Coalition in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme to help Belt and Road partner countries to develop renewable energy projects including hydro, wind and photovoltaic power.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  3. “At the Climate Ambition Summit last December, President Xi Jinping outlined a series of new measures concerning China’s nationally determined contributions. Developed countries have mostly scheduled a 50-to-60-year time frame to move from a carbon peak to carbon neutrality. China is prepared to make painstaking efforts and achieve that goal in 30 years. That is a testament to the intensity and ambition of China’s climate action. We are committed to green development. In 2020, China’s carbon intensity was slashed by 48.4 per cent from the level of 2005, China’s base year for nationally determined contributions, and by the end of 2019, non-fossil fuel accounted for 15.3 per cent of its primary energy consumption; indeed, the country met its 2020 targets ahead of schedule.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  4. “The UNFCCC secretariat, the United Nations development system and Resident Coordinators must, based on their respective mandates, actively respond to the needs of the countries concerned in tackling climate change and promoting economic and social development, and provide targeted support accordingly. Any role that the Security Council plays on climate change needs to fall within the Council’s purview. China played a major part in the conclusion of the Paris Agreement and is also making active efforts to implement it. We are committed to fulfilling the responsibilities that we have undertaken. Last September, President Xi Jinping announced that China will aim to have a carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, a commitment widely applauded by the international community.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  5. “The international community should help countries in conflict-affected regions, least developed countries and small island developing States to build their development capacities. Countries are encouraged to make climate response part of their economic and social development plans and to take multipronged measures for parallel and coordinated progress in economic growth, poverty reduction, job creation, health promotion, ecological conservation and climate response. Fourthly, we need to stay committed to multilateralism. We humans are one community with a shared future in face of the climate challenge. International cooperation should be advanced through the United Nations Framework Convention S/2021/198 on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as the main channel and within the framework of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  6. “COVID-19 is a fresh reminder of the fact that humankind must respect nature and follow its laws. As we build back from the pandemic, we should avoid the old path of taking without giving, growing but not protecting and exploiting without restoring. We must vigorously develop new energy, green and environmental industries and pursue innovations that spur green and low-carbon transformations. We should foster ecosystems that respect nature, protect global biodiversity and strengthen the defence of global ecological security. We need to champion a green lifestyle to promote harmony between humans and nature. Thirdly, we need to vigorously pursue sustainable development. Climate change is, in essence, a development issue. Sustainable development holds the master key to solving all problems and eliminating the root causes of conflicts.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  7. “Given the differences between developed and developing countries in terms of historical responsibility, stages of development and response capacity, it is important to abide by the principles of common but differentiated responsibilities, fairness and respective capabilities, and also to respect and support countries in identifying their nationally determined contributions in the light of one’s own conditions, rather than follow a one-size-fits-all approach. Developed countries should fulfil their obligation to lead emissions reductions and honour their commitments by providing greater financial and technical support to help developing countries to build their capacities. Developing countries should also take proactive climate action to the best of their ability. Secondly, we need to actively promote a green recovery.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  8. “China hopes that the global community will strengthen its solidarity and work together to keep the global climate response going in the right direction. To that end, I wish to propose the following. First, we need to resolutely implement the international consensus. Global climate governance remains a lengthy and arduous task. Its centrepiece is the full and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement so as to fulfil the targets set and jointly meet the climate challenge.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source

  9. “China welcomes Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chairing of today’s open debate and thanks Secretary-General António Guterres for his briefing. Climate change has become a real, pressing and serious threat to the survival, development and security of humankind. The Paris Agreement, reached in 2015 — a milestone of global climate governance — has laid the institutional foundation for stronger climate action and global cooperation by the international community beyond 2020. Global climate governance has now entered a crucial stage of the full implementation of the Paris Agreement, yet the continued spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed a serious challenge to the global climate response.”

    2021-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/2021/198 (2021) · source