Conspire for a harmonious coexistence between man and nature

In response to climate change, China is an active advocate and a staunch activist. China will continue to walk shoulder to shoulder with other countries in the world with ambition and action, work hand in hand, and make unremitting efforts to promote the sustainable development of mankind and build a community of human and natural life

"Responding to climate change is the common cause of all mankind, in the face of unprecedented difficulties in global climate governance, the international community should have unprecedented ambition and action, have the courage to take responsibility, work together with one heart, actively respond to climate change, and jointly seek a harmonious coexistence between man and nature." On October 27, the Information Office of the State Council issued a white paper entitled "China's Policies and Actions to Address Climate Change", which comprehensively introduced China's policy concepts, practical experience and important contributions to addressing climate change and promoting global climate governance, and contributed Chinese wisdom and strength to the global response to climate change and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Responding to climate change is related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and the future and destiny of mankind. China attaches great importance to addressing climate change, regards climate change as an important starting point for promoting the construction of ecological civilization and achieving high-quality development, and forms a new concept of addressing climate change based on the inherent requirements of China's sustainable development and the responsibility of promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and contributes to global climate governance with Chinese wisdom. From attending the Paris Conference on Climate Change to personally depositing China's legal instruments for ratification of the Paris Agreement, from announcing at the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly that China will increase its nationally determined contribution to announcing a series of new targets at the Climate Ambition Summit, from attending the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly to attending the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity leaders' summit and delivering keynote speeches, President Xi Jinping has explained China's global climate governance propositions at important meetings and events on many occasions, It has guided the direction of global climate governance and aroused strong resonance in the international community.

In response to climate change, China is an active advocate and a staunch activist. China implements the national strategy of actively responding to climate change, continuously improves its response to climate change, firmly follows the path of green and low-carbon development, increases the control of greenhouse gas emissions, gives full play to the role of market mechanisms, enhances its ability to adapt to climate change, and continuously improves the level of support for climate change. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, China has implemented the new development concept, unswervingly followed the path of green, low-carbon and sustainable development, placed climate change in a more prominent position in national governance, made the greatest efforts to improve the response to climate change, promoted the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and built a modernization in which man and nature coexist in harmony.

In 2020, China's carbon emission intensity decreased by 18.8% compared with 2015, and the proportion of non-fossil energy in total energy consumption increased to 15.9%, creating a legend of "desert into oasis" such as Saihan Dam and Kubuqi. The sky is bluer, the mountains are greener, the water is clearer, and a magnificent picture of beautiful China is slowly unfolding. The country with the largest growth of forest resources and the largest area of afforestation in the world, one of the countries with the fastest reduction in energy consumption intensity in the world, and the production and sales scale of new energy vehicles ranked first in the world for 6 consecutive years... Behind this series of "largest" and "first" is the new results that China has continuously achieved in promoting the green and low-carbon transformation and development of the economy and society. As the world's largest developing country, these achievements are in themselves china's important contributions to the global response to climate change.

In response to climate change, mankind is a community of common destiny with both prosperity and loss. China attaches great importance to international cooperation on climate change, actively participates in global climate governance, and has always been an important participant, contributor and leader in the construction of global ecological civilization. From promoting and accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement to making a solemn commitment to achieve the "double carbon" goal, from announcing strong support for the green and low-carbon development of energy in developing countries, to starting to build a carbon peak, carbon neutral "1 +N" policy system, China's belief in actively responding to climate change has been consistent and its actions are unswerving. As former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commented: "One of the most important contributions China has made to the cause of the United Nations is to demonstrate its strong determination to tackle climate change." ”

Leaving a clean and beautiful world to future generations requires the joint efforts of the international community. No matter how the international situation changes, China will continue to walk shoulder to shoulder with other countries in the world with ambition and action, work hand in hand, actively address climate change, and make unremitting efforts to promote the sustainable development of mankind and build a community of human and natural life.

Source: People's Daily