CRI听力:China's Climate Envoy: Developed Nations Should Honor Their Commitments in Combat against Cli

Discussions in Copenhagen are going heated as the core issue of developed nations failing to fulfill their due responsibilities remains unresolved. Our reporter Wang Ling brings more.

China has been steadfast in calling on developed nations to honor their commitments on carbon emissions reduction and financial support to developing nations in coping with climate change. In regards to some developed countries trying to back off from their due responsibilities, Yu Qingtai, China's special representative in the UN climate talks, suggests those countries "to do some soul-searching". (www.hxen.net)

"We have already had the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and Kyoto Protocol and in these legal documents, developed countries have made a series of commitments for emission reduction and technological transfer. However, if we compare the actions they've taken with their commitment, we find large gap between the two."

Yu Qingtai notes that developing countries have asked for at least 300 billion U.S. dollars in financial support to help them deal with the impacts of climate change. Developed nations' financial commitments have fallen far short of that goal, and no money has actually been provided.

And on emission cuts, rich nations have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2000, but none of them has fulfilled that commitment.

"Some developed countries have raised the issue of transparency of China's climate policy. It, as a matter of fact, intends to confuse the substantial concept that developed countries and developing countries have common but differentiated responsibilities while addressing climate change. It is an important principle set up in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is also confirmed in the later Bali Roadmap."

Yu Qingtai urges developed nations to square up to their responsibilities, demonstrate enough political will, and abide by the principle and requirements of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol as an effort to push for substantial progress in negotiations in Copenhagen.