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China could detail coal declaration at UN summit

  • Märkte: Emissions
  • 04.09.14

China could unveil an important declaration about its coal usage at the upcoming UN climate summit in New York that could have a significant impact on its ability to limit climate change, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) campaigner has said.

"China will make an announcement at the summit regarding coal use which could have major implications for its ability to avoid dangerous climate change," Greenpeace China's climate and energy senior campaigner Li Shuo said.

Shuo made the comments during a media briefing organised by Climate Action Network (CAN), an international umbrella organisation of over 900 NGOs working to limit climate change.

"We have reason to believe [China] may capitalise on the momentum generated by domestic air pollution and have a strong reference on coal, which is the biggest [cause] of air pollution," Shuo said.

Around 15,000 other climate action events are being planned across the world to coincide with the New York climate summit, including in major cities such as Delhi, Jakarta, Melbourne, Rio De Janeiro, Lagos, Berlin and London.

Meanwhile, speculation remains rife over which heads of state will attend UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon's summit, which aims at building political momentum towards a new global climate deal that is meant to be agreed at next year's UN summit in Paris.

Over 100 heads of state and government have so far confirmed their attendance to the New York summit, according to E3G climate diplomacy programme leader Liz Gallagher.

French president Francois Hollande, his Peruvian counterpart Ollanta Humala, and Ban will form part of the presiding team. US president Barack Obama, Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto and Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt are all expected to attend.

But some other heads of states will be conspicuous in their absence. German chancellor Angela Merkel and Australian prime minister Tony Abott have declined an invitation to attend, while India and China's heads of state could be no-shows.

The US has undertaken to submit its intended nationally determined contribution under the new global climate deal by March next year. China will table its pledge at the same time, or by the latest in the middle of next year, Shuo said.

Another key aim of Ban's summit is to provide a platform for especially developed countries to come with funding pledges for climate mitigation and adaptation in the developing world. This will be key to building political momentum for the 2015 deal and encouraging developing countries to come forward with mitigation pledges of their own.

Early indications are that some contributions would be forthcoming in New York, judging by the tone set by the Petersburg climate dialogue, Gallagher said, referring to the recent conference held in Berlin from 14-15 July.

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