China is expected to reduce its carbon intensity by 5 percent this year, on track to achieve its goal of a 17-percent cut from 2011 to 2015.Emission target 'set to be met' Special: 2012 UN Climate Change Conference
China's targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing energy consumption are within reach.
The extension of the Kyoto Protocol and implementation of finance support by rich countries are of central importance for the negotiations.
Delegates from different countries are busy writing their first week's progress reports for their ministers, who will come during the second week. Unfortunately, there isn't much for them to round up.
Negotiators moved barely closer to any agreements to slow the world's warming during their first week of talks about global climate change in Doha.
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Developing countries are planning to propose a mid-term finance target for 2015, to ensure that the climate finance pledge made by developed countries is guaranteed, said sources at the fourth day of the climate change talks in Doha, Qatar.
Poland is set to host the 2013 UN climate summit, according to statements circulated Wednesday at the ongoing climate talks in Doha.
The recent economic slowdown of the world's second-largest economy has raised global concerns, though its growth still keeps a relatively fast pace of about 7.5 percent.
NGOs should fully play their roles in promoting climate negotiations in Doha, China's chief climate change negotiator said.
Some cities in East China have started planning how to cap their greenhouse gas emissions, and their experiences will act as an example for other cities.
Canada announced on Tuesday its latest set of regulations on cars and light trucks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as the UN climate talks entered its second day in Doha, Qatar.
Sea levels are rising 60 percent faster than UN projections, threatening low-lying areas from Miami to the Maldives, a study said on Wednesday.
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