久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / View

More action needed on climate change

By Harvey Morris | China Daily Europe | Updated: 2016-11-13 07:58

Good intentions are not enough to meet targets rapidly slipping from our grasp

In an era of rising sea levels, melting glaciers and ever more punishing tropical storms - one even battered the normally temperate east Mediterranean this month - it sometimes seems that the world is losing the battle against global warming.

In the decades since the phenomenon was identified and scientists concluded that man-made climate change was to blame, the public could be forgiven for thinking there has been much debate but little action.

In fact much has been done, although perhaps not yet enough to meet a target of limiting temperature rise to within two degrees centigrade by the end of the century.

Recent statistics indicate that countries such as China, India and the United States, which, because of their size, population and industrial bases, have been among the biggest polluters, have also contributed the most towards climate change mitigation.

There is an acknowledgement, however, that it is perhaps time for less talking and more doing.

Xie Zhenhua, China's chief climate change negotiator and vice-minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, said the time has come to make detailed plans for the implementation of measures that have already been agreed upon.

"We need to enhance actions to address climate change before 2020," Xie told a news conference on Nov 1. "We need to make sure that the consensus we have reached and the commitments we have made will be honored."

He was speaking as delegates from more than 60 countries were preparing to gather for a United Nations summit that opened in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Nov 7 which Xie dubbed "a conference of implementation".

The meeting is being held just after the coming into force of the Paris Agreement, which aims in part to boost the development and adoption of low-carbon technologies.

However, as is often the case in global affairs, good intentions are subject to the vagaries of economics and politics. Like most of the world, delegates arriving in Marrakesh were talking as much about the outcome of US presidential election as about their own agenda.

In a rare intervention before Americans voted and the result was known, Xie is worried about Donald Trump's threat to back out of the Paris Agreement.

"I believe a wise political leader should take policy stances that conform with global trends," he told a news conference.

Politics have also played a part in a tussle within the European Union over tariffs on solar technology. The climate-change lobby are keen to see cheap solar energy come on stream as quickly as possible to help mitigate global warming. Governments, meanwhile, are under pressure to protect their own industries against competition from foreign producers, specifically China.

Measures imposed on China by the EU in 2012 are regarded by environmentalists and much of the solar industry as a serious barrier to Europe reaching its climate objectives. In mid-October, five activist groups that included Greenpeace and the Climate Action Network called on the EU to remove duties on Chinese solar manufacturers.

In a letter to the European Commission, they said that trade measures against Chinese manufacturers "are making solar power more expensive and slowing down the deployment of solar power in Europe".

Their argument is that anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures have the impact of keeping solar prices high and deterring European customers from adopting the technology.

A similar appeal came from 400 companies in the clean energy sector representing all of the EU's 28 member states. In mid-October, they called for all trade measures against Chinese solar energy products to be removed immediately.

Sebastian Berry, director of the trade association SolarPower Europe, said: "The trade measures have brought only decline to the European solar sector."

European companies involved in the chemicals and engineering sectors, as well as developers, installers and power sellers, believe the tariff measures have been ruinous, leading to the loss of thousands of jobs in the European solar value chain.

In short, the companies argued that in an attempt to safeguard jobs in the manufacturing sector, European bureaucrats had produced the opposite effect of throwing many more people out of work.

The road to climate change, it seems, is paved with good intentions.

The writer is a senior editorial consultant for China Daily UK.

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久久视频精品线视频在线网站 | 日韩精品另类天天更新影院 | 日本三级在线观看中文字 | 亚洲精品高清久久 | a网站免费| 欧美猛交xxxx免费看 | 久久久精品视频免费观看 | 亚洲aⅴ在线| 欧美精品一区二区在线观看播放 | 一级爱做片免费观看久久 | 国产精品18久久久久久小说 | 免费国产成人手机在线观看 | 99精品久久久久久久免费看蜜月 | 99爱在线观看精品视频 | 国产成人综合手机在线播放 | 中文字幕亚洲另类天堂 | 亚洲一区免费在线观看 | 日本韩国欧美一区 | 欧美成人专区 | 啪视 | 国产麻豆一级在线观看 | 国产日本亚洲欧美 | 国产成 人 综合 亚洲绿色 | 国产菲菲视频在线观看 | 视频一区在线观看 | 性欧洲精品videos' | 456亚洲视频 | 香蕉97碰碰视频免费 | 在线满18网站观看视频 | 久久久一本精品99久久精品66 | 国产一区二区三区免费看 | 亚洲网视频 | 99久久国产综合精品国 | 精品国产高清久久久久久小说 | 国产成人精品日本亚洲语音2 | 精品久久久久久国产 | 成人久久18免费网站入口 | 女人叉开腿让男人捅 | 国产精品性视频免费播放 | 欧美人成在线观看网站高清 | 国内91视频|