I believe that although Chinese Government takes “justice” and “right to development” as handy jargons to delay China’s responsibility at the international negotiations, it cannot do it for much longer. The pollution problem in China and its “deforming” economic development have made climate change an unavoidable issue and that would be the motivation for the Chinese Government to take energy saving and emission cuts seriously.
The question is – when will it be confident enough to give a clear and transparent commitment, a binding target to be monitored, to prove the world of its capacity and sincerity?
Notes:
The above article is republished with editorial adaptations by ThinktoSustain Editorial Team and has consent from EU-China Civil Society Forum. It was originally published by them in a brochure titled “‘I could feel climate change.’ Climate Change and China: Civil Society Perspectives” that provides insights into the work of Chinese civil society organizations, and implicitly describes how China is changing in these days.
Click here to read the Brochure:
http://www.eu-china.net/web/cms/upload/pdf/materialien/eu-china_2010_climate_change_and_china.pdf
