Want China Times, Xinhua 2014-11-13
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday praised pledges made by China and the United States to limit greenhouse gases and called on the rest of the world to follow suit on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit.
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| Ban Ki-Moon speaks at a press conference, Nov. 12. (Photo/Xinhua) |
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on Wednesday praised pledges made by China and the United States to limit greenhouse gases and called on the rest of the world to follow suit on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit.
In a
statement, the UN chief encouraged all other countries to make similar promises
but noted announcements have to be released before March 2015.
"The
decision on their (the United States and China) position to increase their
level of commitment to reducing CO2 emissions is an important contribution to
the new climate change agreement to be agreed to in Paris next year," Ban told
reporters.
"I
urge all countries, especially all major economies to follow the US and China
and announce ambitious post 2020 targets as soon as possible but no later than
the first quarter of 2015."
Hours
earlier, Washington and Beijing pledged to take action to limit greenhouse
gases, aiming to inject fresh momentum into the global fight against climate
change ahead of make-or-break climate talks in Paris next year.
Chinese
president Xi Jinping agreed to cap China's emissions in the future. US President
Barack Obama also said his country would move much faster in cutting its levels
of pollution.
China has
set a target for its emissions to peak by 2030, or earlier if possible. Xi also
pledged to increase the share of energy that China will derive from sources
other than fossil fuels to about 20% by 2030.
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US President Barack Obama (L) and China's President Xi Jinping arrive for a
press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 12, 2014
(AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
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