U.S. Negotiator, Congressmen Address China's Role in Curbing Greenhouse Gases

摘要

U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern June 3 challenged China to move beyond its usual argument that it cannot take on significant actions to curb greenhouse gas emissions even though it has surpassed the United States as the world's top emitter.rn"China faces a choice: It can stick to its time-honored talking points" that point to its limited responsibilities as a developing nation under past global climate agreements including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol, or it can choose a new path, said Stern, the U.S. State Department's special envoy on climate change. Only developed countries agreed to take on binding emissions curbs under the protocol, although the United States never ratified the agreement.