The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and The State Council recently issued the Opinions on Accelerating the Comprehensive Green Transformation of Economic and Social Development, which clearly proposes to strengthen international cooperation in green transformation. This demonstrates China's responsibility as a major country in actively promoting global green development. Climate change concerns the survival and development of all mankind. It is not an issue of one country. It requires a high degree of consensus and concerted efforts by the international community to achieve lasting success.

Over the past decade, remarkable progress has been made in the global cause of green development, and more opportunities have opened up for international cooperation on green development. In 2015, 178 Parties from all over the world signed the Paris Agreement, setting a long-term goal of keeping the rise in global average temperature below 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial times and striving to limit the rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. This goal has gained a high degree of consensus in the international community and is regarded as an important turning point in international cooperation on green development.

China's adherence to the path of green and low-carbon development has injected Chinese impetus into the global green transformation and significantly promoted international cooperation on green development. In September 2020, China put forward the goal of "double carbon", and the pace of comprehensive green transformation in economic and social development has been significantly accelerated. China has built the world's largest clean power generation system. According to a report by the International Energy Agency, China will contribute more than half of the 510 gigawatts of newly installed renewable energy capacity in 2023. China's wind power and photovoltaic products have been exported to more than 200 countries and regions around the world, helping developing countries obtain clean, reliable and affordable energy.

At the same time, it should be noted that international cooperation on green development still faces many challenges. The most prominent challenge is that justice and equity in climate governance are still difficult to achieve.

In order to promote sustainable climate governance, we must first clarify who is mainly responsible for climate change, and on this basis, assign and implement the responsibility for global emission reduction. According to a study published in the British journal Nature Sustainable Development, about 90 percent of the world's excess carbon emissions come from developed countries. Based on historical and current factors, and in accordance with the principle of "common but differentiated responsibilities" under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, developed countries should promptly reduce carbon emissions and provide funding to developing countries to cope with climate change. But this is not the case in practice. The global inventory conducted at the 28th session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference shows that some developed countries have failed to fulfill their obligations to take the lead in emission reduction and have not fulfilled their commitments to provide financial and technical support to developing countries. The Adaptation Gap 2023 Report released by the United Nations Environment Program pointed out that developed countries have raised less than one-tenth of the funds needed by developing countries to adapt to climate change. More and more countries are calling on developed countries to face up to their historical responsibilities, fulfill their commitments as soon as possible, and increase financial, technological and capacity building support for developing countries to push for substantive progress in global climate governance.

The newly issued Opinions make it clear that we should participate in leading the global green transition process; And strengthen policy exchanges and practical cooperation. Guided by the vision of a community with a shared future for mankind, China will actively participate in the formulation of international rules on climate change, Marine pollution control, biodiversity protection and plastic pollution control, and promote the building of a global environmental and climate governance system that is fair, equitable and win-win through cooperation. We will step up cooperation on green investment and trade, and promote the building of the Green Silk Road.

The earth we live in together needs the common care of all the forces of the world. Strengthening international cooperation in green transformation urgently needs to become the consensus of the international community. (Author: Yuan Yong Source: Economic Daily News)

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