Spokesperson's Remarks｜China will continue to enhance South-South cooperatio...

China will continue to enhance South-South cooperation and support the climate response effort of fellow developing countries as much as possible, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday.

Mao made the remarks at a regular press conference in response to the media inquiry about China's views on the results of the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), which was recently held in Baku, and the role China will play in implementing the outcomes of the meeting.

Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson/MFA PRC

Mao introduced that on November 24, the COP29 was concluded in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. After two weeks of tough negotiations, parties reached consensus on the new collective quantified goal, the operationalization of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and other issues. The outcomes of the meeting embody the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and demonstrate global effort and aspiration for climate response.

Mao pointed out that the Chinese government attaches great importance to COP29. President Xi Jinping's Special Representative, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council Ding Xuexiang attended and addressed the World Leaders Climate Action Summit held during COP29. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang also attended events hosted by China, including the High-Level meeting on "Early Warnings for a Climate-Resilient Future" and the Launch Conference of the International Zero-Carbon Island Cooperation Initiative. The Chinese delegation shared information on the Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization and China's achievements in climate actions, participated in consultations on various topics in a comprehensive and in-depth manner, contributed constructive plans for negotiations on key issues, and promoted all sides to expand common ground while resolving differences, making important contributions to reaching the outcomes of the meeting.

"The new collective quantified goal reached at COP29 requires developed country Parties to take the lead in providing and mobilizing at least US$300 billion per year by 2035 for developing country Parties for climate action. It is a continuation of the commitment of mobilizing US$100 billion per year made by developed countries in 2009. The COP29 meeting also called on all actors to work together to enable the scaling up of financing to developing country Parties for climate action from all sources to at least US$1.3 trillion per year by 2035." Mao added.

Mao also noted that climate finance is crucial to supporting developing countries' climate response. China calls on developed countries to earnestly fulfill their obligations and responsibilities of providing funding support to developing countries to boost global climate actions. (By Ma Ziqian/China Youth Daily)

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