China pledges to join new global climate treaty
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China has promised to voluntarily cut emissions per unit of economic output by between 40 and 45 percent on 2005 levels by 2020, although it is exempt from emissions cut targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
The Durban climate talks in 2011 concluded with an agreement to establish a new global pact setting targets for all parties by 2015 in spite of existing divisions over burden sharing.
Su said China will play an active role in the negotiations and continue to keep its carbon emissions under control throughout the process of its economic restructuring and transformation.
He said the recent Super Typhoon Haiyan "should be a wake-up call for the world to take immediate action in slowing down and adapting to climate change."
Haiyan killed an estimated 10,000 people in the central Philippines, while leaving 4.4 million people homeless.
For the period from 2013 to 2020, developed countries are obliged to further cut carbon emissions as well as provide funding and technologies to help developing nations handle challenges caused by climate change, Su said. "Finance holds the key to the success of the Warsaw conference," Su said, urging developed countries to keep promises made in previous climate talks.
Developed countries have agreed to jointly provide US$100 billion per year by 2020 for developing countries to better cope with climate change.
(Xinhua contributed to the story)
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