Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon exchanged views on the issue of climate change in a
telephone conversation Sunday.
Climate change is now a common challenge to the whole mankind
which should be actively responded to with close cooperation of the
International community, with concerted efforts by all, under the
framework of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and
the Kyoto Protocol, and in line with the principle of "common but
differentiated responsibilities," Wen said.
While taking the lead in sharply reducing emissions, developed
countries need to assist developing countries in building their
capacity to respond to climate changes, Wen said, urging developing
countries to actively adopt effective approaches to make due
contributions to responding to climate changes within their
capacity.
The Chinese government has always attached great importance to
the issue of climate change, and has adopted a series of
energy-conserving and emission-reducing approaches in accordance
with China's strategies for sustainable development, achieving
remarkable success, according to Wen.
The premier pledged that China would attend the U.N. conference
on climate change in Bali, Indonesia, with a positive, responsible
and constructive attitude and would contribute to enabling the
conference to achieve its desired targets.
Speaking on the same occasion, Ban spoke highly of China's
active efforts on responding to climate changes, and expressed the
hope that the Bali conference could make progress through concerted
efforts by all the parties concerned.
Wen and Ban also exchanged views on Sudan's Darfur issue.
(Xinhua News Agency December 3, 2007)
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