The first global climate inventory of Paris Agreement opens a new chapter in the global climate process.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Shuang Luo Chenxi Bei Ping
Zhao Yingmin, head of the China delegation attending the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) and vice minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency on the 13th that the first global inventory of the Paris Agreement sent a strong and positive signal to the international community, which was an important milestone and opened a new chapter in the global climate process.
After two weeks of intensive negotiations, the Conference of the Parties reached the "UAE Consensus" on the first global inventory, mitigation, adaptation, capital, loss and damage of the Paris Agreement.
赵英民指出，本届大会在全球气候进程中是一次非常重要的会议，大会就《巴黎协定》生效以来进行第一次全球盘点，是一个总结过去、指引未来的非常重要的会议。
“中国对这次会议高度重视，习近平主席特别代表、中共中央政治局常委、国务院副总理丁薛祥出席会议期间举行的世界气候行动峰会、‘77国集团和中国’气候变化领导人峰会，宣介中国主张，推动多边主义，加速绿色低碳转型，强调务实行动，为大会的成功注入了强大的政治推动力。”他说。
“中方认为，大会基本达到预期。”赵英民说。首次全球气候盘点开启了全球气候进程的新篇章，总结了成绩和缺口，进一步巩固了全球不可逆转的绿色低碳转型趋势，为未来指明了方向，向国际社会发出了强有力的积极信号，具有重要里程碑意义。
本次大会在开幕首日就通过了“损失与损害”基金决议。大会还完成了首次全球盘点，通过了全球适应目标框架和公正转型路径工作方案等一系列重要成果。赵英民表示，这展现了当前国际社会共同应对气候变化的努力，也反映了各方愿坚持多边主义，积极展现更多灵活性、建设性的趋势。大会取得的这些成果符合中方倡导的生态文明理念。
Zhao Yingmin also pointed out that in the current global climate governance process, many concerns of developing countries have not been fully paid attention to and resolved. Developed countries have an unshirkable historical responsibility for climate change and must play a leading role, taking the lead in drastically reducing emissions and achieving net zero emissions as soon as possible on the current basis, and accelerating the speed and intensity in key actions such as energy transformation. As soon as possible, the scale and intensity of financial, technical and capacity-building support for developing countries will be realized and effectively enhanced, so as to ensure a fair global transformation, provide the necessary space and support for developing countries to achieve sustainable development, and respond more actively to their concerns.
Zhao Yingmin emphasized that China believes that the response to climate change must be both ambitious and pragmatic. The key lies in pragmatic actions, in fulfilling the commitments made, and in the practical implementation means that match the ambition. The principles of fairness, common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities established by the Convention and its Paris Agreement, as well as institutional arrangements such as national independent contributions, are the cornerstones of the global climate governance process. (Participating in reporters: Wang Dongzhen, Yu Fuqing, Yan Wang)
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