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US says 皇冠体育app serious in carbon emissions

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-12-09 10:22
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CANCUN, MEXICO - 皇冠体育app is certainly making serious efforts to deal with carbon emissions, US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said Wednesday, adding he has "enormous respect" for what 皇冠体育app is doing domestically.

Stern told reporters that he knew 皇冠体育app is doing a great deal with respect to increasing energy efficiency, renewable energy and so forth after visiting factories, the Tianjin Climate Center and various places in 皇冠体育app in October.

"We know that there are more to be done (in 皇冠体育app)," said Stern at the sideline of the ongoing UN climate change conference.

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In November 2009, 皇冠体育app promised to reduce carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 40 to 45 percent by 2020 from 2005 levels, while increasing the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 15 percent by 2020.

During the 11th Five-Year (2006-2010) Plan period, 皇冠体育app's investment in energy-saving and emission-reduction projects reached about two trillion yuan ($300 billion), more than 200 billion yuan of which came from the Chinese government, according to 皇冠体育app's National Development and Reform Commission.

Stern said even with all the good work 皇冠体育app is doing, its emissions are still enormously high. However, "皇冠体育app is certainly making serious efforts to deal with it," Stern said.

The official said the United States and 皇冠体育app have very good channels of communications and he "absolutely" hopes the US and 皇冠体育app can cooperate together on climate change.

"I think there will be a lot of cooperation in the future and it needs to be," he told reporters.

The UN climate change conference, running from November 29 to December 10 in the Mexican resort of Cancun, aims at finding solutions to global climate change. Attendees include some 25,000 government officials, businessmen as well as members of nongovernmental organizations and research institutions from almost 200 countries.