China News Service, Antalya, November 10 (Reporters Chen Su and Wang Gaofei) "China will inject more certainty and positive energy into global climate governance." On November 10, local time, at the China Corner Side Meeting of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31) held in Antalya, Turkey, on November 10, China's Minister of Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu made the above statement.
The theme of this side event was "Ecological Civilization and the Practice of Beautiful China". Huang Runqiu delivered a speech at the side event. He said that in recent years, China has vigorously promoted theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation in ecological civilization, created ecological miracles and green development miracles that have attracted worldwide attention, and has embarked on a civilized development path of production development, affluent life, and good ecology, and has taken major steps in building a beautiful China.
He used a series of figures to demonstrate China's achievements in promoting green transformation, pollution prevention and control, and ecological protection: a total of 1.17 billion kilowatts of coal-fired power units and 1 billion tons of crude steel production capacity have been completed for ultra-low emission transformation; the production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for 11 consecutive years; the average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has dropped by 20% cumulatively over the past five years, and the number of days of heavy pollution has been reduced by 25%; 90% of terrestrial ecosystem types and 74% of nationally protected wild animal and plant populations have been effectively protected.
Huang Runqiu said that China’s announcement and implementation of its 2035 Nationally Determined Contributions has effectively boosted the international community’s confidence in global climate governance, continued to play a constructive role, and promoted positive results at all United Nations climate change conferences.
"This year is the beginning of a new decade for the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Global climate governance is at an important juncture from commitment to implementation. It is even more necessary for the international community to strengthen action implementation and unity and cooperation to jointly respond to global climate challenges." Huang Runqiu said that no matter how the international situation changes, China will We must always be activists and doers in addressing climate change, firmly safeguard multilateralism, adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, focus on practical actions, comprehensively and effectively implement the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, and inject more certainty and positive energy into global climate governance. "China is willing to work with all parties to deepen cooperation on climate governance, jointly promote COP31 to achieve practical results, work together to build a more fair, reasonable, cooperative and win-win global climate governance system, and jointly build a clean, beautiful and sustainable world."
