(A closer look at China) Global climate governance, Xi Jinping shows China’s “focus” and “focus”

　　China News Service, Beijing, April 23 (Liang Xiaohui and Li Jingze) Climate change is a major challenge facing the world.

On April 22, on the 52nd "Earth Day", Chinese President Xi Jinping was invited to attend the leaders’ climate summit and delivered an important speech, clearly illustrating China’s “focus” and “focus on climate change”. ".

　　At present, climate change has brought severe challenges to mankind, and global environmental governance is facing unprecedented difficulties.

United Nations Secretary-General Guterres bluntly stated in his speech at the summit: "We need a green planet, but the world has a red alert."

　　"The international community should use unprecedented ambitions and actions to discuss strategies to address the challenges of climate change, and to seek a harmonious coexistence between man and nature." Xi Jinping gave China's solution to this problem-"Building human and natural life." community".

　　Facing leaders of various countries, Xi Jinping put forward this concept for the first time, and systematically explained its connotation, including the "six insistences": harmonious coexistence between man and nature, green development, systematic governance, people-oriented, multilateralism, and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities .

　　This concept once again shows that China has always considered the global issue of climate change from a systematic, overall, and overall perspective.

　　"Nature is the cradle of all living things including humans", "Landscapes, forests, fields, lakes, grasses and sands are an indivisible ecosystem" "We must take into account all the elements of natural ecology in accordance with the internal laws of the ecosystem"... Xi Jinping explained.

He emphasized that to protect the ecological environment, one cannot heal the head and feet.

　　Obviously, the issue of climate change is one of the most obvious signs of the "red light" of the earth's health, but to solve the problem, we must find the root cause.

In the eyes of the outside world, "building a community of human and natural life" has found the key to addressing climate change from the cognitive source.

　　Ma Zhaoxu, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, said that this concept reflects President Xi Jinping's vision of mankind's response to climate change, properly handling the relationship between man and nature, and achieving sustainable development for all mankind, and demonstrates the broad pattern of China's participation in global climate and environmental governance.

　　Pan Jiahua, a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that "building a community of human and natural life" reflects people's awe of nature and respect for other lives.

"We are a member of the community of life. If other parts of the whole do not exist, the existence of human beings is meaningless." And serious problems such as climate change are precisely because humans have broken the balance of the earth's ecological system. The manifestation of the deep-seated contradiction between man and nature.

　　Experts also believe that the effective implementation of this concept will enable the world to effectively deal with other issues in the process of solving climate change issues, including the loss of biodiversity and increasing desertification.

　　Focus on the big picture and start with it.

In his speech, Xi Jinping explained a series of practical and effective practices in China and issued an initiative to jointly promote global environmental governance.

　　Internally, China will strive to achieve carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, and is formulating a carbon peak action plan; it will strictly control coal power projects and strictly control the growth of coal consumption during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. It will gradually decrease during the 15th Five-Year Plan period; it will also strengthen the management and control of non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases, and launch the national carbon market online trading.

　　When talking about the dual-carbon goal, Xi Jinping said bluntly: “China’s commitment to achieve the time from carbon peak to carbon neutrality is far shorter than the time taken by developed countries and requires hard work from China.

　　Li Junfeng, former director of the China National Climate Strategy Center, pointed out that the transition from carbon peaking to carbon neutrality in developed countries generally takes 50 to 60 years, while it takes 70 years for individual countries. However, China promises that this process is only 30 years, and only developed countries take time. About half of it.

"This is enough to show our ambition and determination, but also to make the world understand our difficulties and challenges."

　　"The principle of common but differentiated responsibilities is the cornerstone of global climate governance." Xi Jinping also called on developed countries to show greater ambitions and actions, and at the same time effectively help developing countries improve their ability and resilience to respond to climate change. Provide financial, technical, and capacity building support to avoid setting up green trade barriers and help them accelerate the green and low-carbon transition.

　　In this regard, even though China is still a developing country, it bears the responsibility of a major country in addressing climate change and has always been a participant, contributor, and leader in the construction of global ecological civilization.

　　Xi Jinping said in his speech that China proposes to use various forms of South-South practical cooperation to do everything it can to help developing countries improve their ability to respond to climate change.

At the same time, taking cooperation in the field of ecological civilization as the key content of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”, a series of green action initiatives have been initiated, and a series of measures such as green infrastructure, green energy, green transportation, and green finance have been adopted to continue to benefit from participating in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. People of all countries.

　　Pan Jiahua believes that the in-depth association of ecological civilization with the "Belt and Road" is a big step forward.

"The green'Belt and Road' initiative is based on the premise, but there is no specific standard yet, and now a series of specific measures show that the principles and standards are very clear."

　　At present, China's initiative has been well received in countries along the “Belt and Road”.

　　Ong Shijie, Chairman of Malaysia's New Asia Strategic Research Center, said that China has made cooperation in the field of ecological civilization a key content of the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", which is a manifestation of fully considering the interests of developing countries.

In the face of climate change, developing countries need assistance in new energy technologies and other aspects. The “Belt and Road” initiative is an ideal platform for international cooperation.

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