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Paris Climate Conference


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At the ongoing United Nations Climate Conference in Paris, Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured world leaders that China has the confidence and resolve to fulfill its climate commitments.President Xi also urged developed countries to cooperate on financing and the transfer of technology to combat climate change.Xi Jinping reiterated China's pledge made in June to cut its carbon emissions per unit of GDP by 60-65 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The pledge also included increasing non-fossil fuel sources in primary energy consumption to about 20 percent and peaking carbon emissions by the same date.So what are the major changes in China's attitude compared with Copenhagen? And what are the possibilities for concrete results coming out of this conference? PIK speaks with Sze Ping Lo, CEO of the World Wildlife Fund China, and Prof. Jiang Kejun, of the Energy Research Institute under the National Reform and Development Commission.
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