China urges cooperation, joint effort to combat climate change

ISTANBUL

China on Wednesday urged cooperation and joint effort to combat climate change, as the 30th annual UN climate change conference (COP30) continued in Brazil.

“Ten years on since the signing of the Paris Agreement, global climate governance is entering a crucial stage. China actively participates in global climate governance and firmly supports Brazil, presidency of COP30, in hosting the conference,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a news conference in Beijing.

Guo noted that Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang addressed COP30 in Belem, where he shared “a strong message of keeping to the right direction, translating climate commitments into action and deepening openness and cooperation.”

Noting that climate change bears on humanity’s shared future, all countries, from developing countries to developed countries, are “all passengers aboard the same ship,” Guo said that “cooperation and joint effort is the only right choice.”

“China is a down-to-earth doer in climate response,” he said, adding that Beijing has made carbon peak and carbon neutrality a “national strategy,” founding the “most systematic and complete policy framework for carbon emissions reduction, and built the largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system in the world.”

He added that Beijing is willing to work with all parties “to abide by the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, achieve positive and balanced outcomes in the conference, and make new contributions to global climate governance.”