Like all countries, China’s INDC will reflect its ambition for curbing climate change and how it intends to reduce carbon emissions, taking into account domestic circumstances.
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The Commissioner also noted that “we understand that some countries may need help in their fight against climate change and making the transition to a low-carbon economy and we stand ready to support them in the future”.
With incentive programs expiring, investors need certainty further into the future, according to the committee.
According to the latest report of the Climate Change Committee, United Kingdom needs to work really hard if it wants to meet its climate change requirements.
On heat stress, CCC chairman Lord Krebs added: “By the 2050s the sort of heatwaves we might experience in the next few days will be the norm, a typical summer…”
In this regard, they stressed that an ambitious outcome of the ADP (Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) should not focus exclusively on mitigation, but should also address the other elements in a balanced and comprehensive manner. “The government should work with industry to identify this learning and ensure that it is reflected in the next set of auctions”, the report said.
The loss of green spaces pushes up city temperatures, as well as causing run-off in heavy rain which can lead to flooding and damaging wildlife.
Brazil, China, India and South Africa voiced disappointment Sunday over the failure of rich countries to come up with billions of dollars needed to help them sign on to a landmark climate change deal.
Lord Deben and Lord Krebs who were the Chairmen of the committee said that measures were needed to address the risk of increased flood to homes and to protect farmland from declines in productivity.
And he warned: “All over the world people are now doing this”.
The government insisted that it was committed to meeting its climate change target of an 80% emissions reduction by 2050. “We have already made great strides to that goal, with emissions down 30 per cent since 1990”.
“Developed countries must provide new, additional, predictable, adequate and sustained public support…The agreement must establish a clear link between the actions by developing countries to contribute to effectively addressing the climate change challenge”, a joint statement from the BASIC countries said.
But there is a broader issue of investment confidence and global credibility at stake here.
“Given the decision to cut support for onshore wind technology, this couldn’t be more urgent”.
The European Union (EU) and China are already cooperating very closely in the fight against climate change, and the two sides also share a common vision and the willingness to act now, said EU Commissioner for climate action and energy Miguel Arias Canete in a recent interview with Xinhua.[Special coverage]. We need 100 billion dollars a year to fund climate change activities by 2020.
The Royal Horticultural Society welcomed the call by the committee to tackle the paving over of green spaces. “It is important that this scaling up happens”, she said.
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“Today there are three times as many front gardens paved over compared to ten years ago and over five million gardens have no plants. We need to fill our cities with plants”.
