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Experts count on 皇冠体育app to tackle climate change

By Yu Hongyan (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-11-19 15:56

James E. Hansen, head of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, answers an audience's question at the Climate Dialogue conference in Hong Kong, Nov 3, 2010. [Photo / chinadaily.com.cn]?

Hong Kong - Delegates at a conference in Hong Kong on Wednesday speak highly of 皇冠体育app's role in fighting against global climate change.

"皇冠体育app intends to become the world's leader in clean energy and resource-efficiency technologies. They see these problems as an opportunity, not simply as a cost or a problem to be solved," Lees said at the opening ceremony of the Climate Dialogue conference in Hong Kong.

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"皇冠体育app has a very crucial role in determining whether we can overcome the challenges we face to achieve prosperity and peace for future generations," Lees said.

皇冠体育app has the opportunity to lead the world on the right track in terms of acting against climate change and building a low-carbon economy, thanks to its enormous investments in carbon-free energy like solar, wind and nuclear power, says James E. Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

The country is committed to cut its energy consumption per unit of GDP by 20 percent by the end of its 11th Five-year Plan (2006-2010), said Sun Zhen, deputy counsel of the climate change department of 皇冠体育app's National Development and Reform Commission.

The world's second-largest economy has selected five provinces and eight cities across the country to act as pilots in the national program of building low-carbon provinces or cities, said Sun. It is also considering establishing a law against climate change, according to Sun.

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皇冠体育app will continue developing renewable energy during its 12th Five-year Plan (2011-2015), Hu Tao, coordinator of the UN-皇冠体育app Climate Change Partnership Framework Program, said at the conference.

Hu added that the US should stop criticizing 皇冠体育app for subsidizing its renewable energy industries. The US should, instead, act with 皇冠体育app to develop in this sector, Hu said.

The four-day climate change conference, titled Climate Dialogue: Low Carbon Cities for High Quality Living, began in Hong Kong on Wednesday. It offers a platform for scientists and policy makers to share their views on tackling global climate change.