The Chinese government welcomed Monday, November 21 the agreement reached at COP27 in Egypt, but warned that there is "
still a long way
" to go in terms of cooperation on a global scale against global warming.
"
Global climate governance still has a long way to go
," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a press briefing.
In particular, "
the absence of a clear roadmap
" for the financing of climate aid to developing countries by developed countries "
is not conducive to the establishment of mutual trust between the North and the South
,” she added.
Commitments not respected
“
Developed countries are still failing to meet their commitment to provide $100 billion in climate finance to developing countries each year
,” the spokeswoman said.
However, China attaches "
great importance to this summit and fully supports Egypt, which has successfully fulfilled its role as host country
".
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The world's largest polluter, China rejected, during this summit, the idea that it should no longer be considered a developing country, even though it has been the world's second largest economy for several years.
After difficult negotiations that overshot the schedule, COP27 ended on Sunday with a hotly contested text on aid to poor countries affected by climate change, but also on a failure to set new ambitions for the reduction of greenhouse gas.
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