Durban, South Africa (China Daily/ANN)- The
European Union's conditions before signing a second commitment period of Kyoto
Protocol is "not fair" for developing countries, but China is open to
negotiation, China's leading climate negotiator, Su Wei, said on Tuesday.
The Kyoto Protocol, effective since 1997, is
the only international treaty that sets binding greenhouse gas reduction
targets for industrialized countries. And its first commitment period expires
next year.
EU has said it will only extend targets under
the protocol provided there will be a timetable for negotiating a single
legally binding instrument joined by China and US.
"The new conditions are already beyond
the mandate agreed in previous talks, namely the Bali Roadmap agreed in
2007," he said.
"I think EU is just shifting the goalpost
from one place to another," Su said. "This is actually not an
efficient way to do things, because we need to accomplish the goals one by
one."
"But since EU is the group of countries
who would seriously consider a second commitment period under the Kyoto
Protocol, developing countries are also open and ready to talk to them about
how to address that issue," said Su.
We hope "to secure a really effective and
legally binding second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol," he said,
calling the international treaty a "cornerstone" for climate talks.
And developing countries may refuse to sell
carbon credits generated under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to those
nations who refuse to join a second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol, he
added.
"The market mechanism was designed under
Kyoto Protocol to help developed countries implement their emission reduction
targets in the first commitment period," he said. "So if there is no
target, why CDM?"
Li Jing in Durban/China Daily | ANN
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