Carbon Cut
皇冠体育app's emissions cut target praised at forum in Greece
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-05 11:36
Greek EU Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas has called 皇冠体育app's latest initiative in the fight against climate change "an act of responsibility" and "a very positive" step in the right direction.
"皇冠体育app is a major economic power and has to play a predominant role in environmental issues," Dimas said.
Regarding the 皇冠体育app-EU summit held on November 30, when the two sides agreed to cooperate more closely on climate change, and the upcoming UN Climate Change conference, Dimas said, "it is an act of responsibility when 皇冠体育app steps up environmental partnerships.
Yannis Alavanos, head of Greece's Technical Chamber, stressed in his speech at the two-day event that "all targets should be achievable, measurable, verifiable, ambitious and binding in order to be credible."
In a statement released late last month, the Chinese government pledged a reduction by 40-45 percent of the intensity of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 2020 compared with the 2005 level.
Commenting on the announcement ahead of the Copenhagen conference, Takis Grigoriou, head of climate change issues in Greenpeace's Greek Bureau, called the proposal "a positive start, more serious compared to the US stance so far."
