CRI听力:UN Climate Summit Opens in Lima

Peruvian security police stand guard at the entrace of the UN COP20 and CMP10 venue in Lima, on November 30, 2014. The UN 20th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change and the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will be held from December 1st to 12th in Lima.[Photo: cfp.cn]

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A two-week long United Nations climate summit has opened in Peru, with experts and analysts from around the world gathering to discuss melting glaciers and the rise in extreme weather.

The Lima negotiations are expected to work out the key elements of a new global climate deal set to be finalized in Paris in a year's time.

Aside from rising sea levels and carbon emissions, the host nation is also hoping to put an emphasis on reducing deforestation.

Peruvian Prime Minister Ana Jara.

"The industrialized countries and the countries like Peru have extensive forests that constitute the lungs of humanity. Today, we are happy to have them here and we hope that this time of almost two weeks will be beneficial for Peru and for the world."

China's delegation to the event is expected to continue pressing industrialized countries to do more to help poorer countries deal with climate change.

And at the same time, the Chinese side is also moving toward playing a larger role in helping the developing world.

Su Wei is China's chief delegate in Peru.

"Although China is a developing country facing many challenges such as economic development, poverty alleviation, improving people's lives and environmental protection, China is fully aware of the problems which many developing nations are facing, so we will give a helping hand to the best of our ability and try our best to provide support on coping with climate change for developing countries."

The conference in Peru comes in the wake of China and the United States, the world's two largest carbon emitters, agreeing last month to a new set of targets to reduce emissions.