S. Africa calls for efforts to cope with climate change
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E-mail Xinhua, May 6, 2012
The South African government on Saturday called on the international community to beef up efforts to deal with climate change.
The 2011 UN Climate Change Conference created a strong momentum to meet the challenge and this momentum should continue, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana- Mashabane said in a statement.
"It is essential that the momentum is maintained, and I see a strong willingness amongst governments to provide the necessary strong, high-level political leadership," she said.
The UN climate change conference, held in Durban in December, passed a package of decisions on such subjects as the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, the Green Climate Fund and a new process to arrange emission-cutting pledges after 2020.
"The Durban conference resulted in one of the most encompassing and furthest reaching outcomes in the history of the climate change negotiations," Nkoana-Mashabane said.
"All governments share the sense that equity needs to be a central component of the future climate change regime," she said.
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