China: Political interests hamper climate talks, COP 15

Release Date: 2009-08-25

With "commercial and political interests" continuing to prevail, little progress has been made so far on a new pact to combat global warming, China's senior climate change official said on Monday.

China’s senior climate change official said on Monday that with “commercial and political interests” continuing to prevail, little progress has been made so far to combat global warming.

Industrialized countries are still attempting to persuade the developing world to accept specific targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, the vice-director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Xie Zhenhua, said, according to a report by Xinhua news agency.
Type: NORMAL
Company: COP 15
Country: Denmark
Url: http://en.cop15.dk/news/view+news?newsid=1952
 
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