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Cancun Can
Hopes grow that the Cancun Summit could deliver a successful result
By HU YUE
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Su Wei, deputy director of the Chinese delegation to the summit, answers questions after the opening session of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun on November 29 (XINHUA)

As global climate negotiators gather in the Mexican resort city of Cancun, they are well-aware of what their decisions could mean for the world's future.

The summit will be successful if Parties compromise and if they make sure that in the process of getting what they want, they allow others to leave with what they need, said Christina Figueres, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Governments can reach a deal that will inspire action and they can create a new fund to support long-term climate change initiatives, she said.

Cancun will not solve everything and the outcome needs to be pragmatic, but Cancun also needs to keep ambition alive, she added.

Su Wei, Deputy Director of the Chinese delegation to the summit, said China has taken a positive attitude toward the negotiations.

"Cancun is an important station in international negotiating, and we will continue to stick to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the 'Bali Roadmap'," he said.

He also said that Beijing expects the conference to "bear real fruit" on the key issues of mitigation, adaptation, financial support and technology transference and thus create a solid foundation for future negotiations, as well as the creation of a legally binding treaty.

The developed world should take the lead in cutting emissions due to their historic responsibility for climate change, Sergio B. Serra, Brazilian Ambassador for Climate Change, told Beijing Review.

Brazil appreciates the constructive role that China has played in the negotiations and the voluntary efforts of the country to cut emissions are commendable, he said.

The main problem of the current negotiating process is the inability of the United States to make a meaningful commitment to cut its country's emissions, according to a report by the non-governmental organization Third World Network. The report said that it is now clear that Congress will not adopt a comprehensive climate bill.

This makes other developed countries reluctant to solidify their commitments and sustain the existing regulation system. Many of them are still dragging their feet in stating how they will cut their emissions in the Kyoto Protocol's second commitment period, said the report.

(Reporting from Cancun, Mexico)



 
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