Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of ecology and environment, and Xie Zhenhua, special adviser on climate change, were invited to attend the informal round table dialogue on "China, Germany and Europe's path to achieve the new climate goals". The round table dialogue was presided over by Johann frasbart, Secretary of state of the Federal Ministry of environment, natural protection and nuclear safety of Germany, which is currently the rotating president of the European Union. Moreo petrichone, director general of the General Department of climate action of the European Commission, and Lawrence Tubiana, Chief Executive Officer of the European Climate Foundation, attended the round table dialogue. The round table dialogue focused on China and the EU's newly announced medium and long-term goals and visions for addressing climate change, and discussed the realization path, short-term impact and deepening China EU cooperation on climate change.

The Chinese side said that according to the long-term and long-term goals and vision of China's response to climate change announced by President Xi Jinping, China will strive to achieve the peak of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, and strive to achieve carbon neutralization by 2060. With greater determination and greater strength, the Chinese dialects will firmly implement the national strategy to actively respond to climate change, comprehensively strengthen the work of addressing climate change, incorporate climate change response into the national economic and social development plan, put forward vigorous policies and measures that are consistent with medium and long-term goals and vision, and continue to make arduous efforts and earnestly implement them Make a promise. China is willing to work with the European side to translate the relevant consensus of the leaders of the two sides into action, implement the China EU high level dialogue on environment and climate, uphold the spirit of the green partnership, continuously deepen bilateral policy dialogue and practical cooperation, and work together to make greater contributions to addressing the challenges of global climate change.

The European side introduced the background and implementation considerations of its medium and long-term goals for addressing climate change, emphasizing that setting medium and long-term goals is of great significance to guiding the green and low-carbon transformation of economic society, and should formulate short-term supporting measures to lay a solid foundation for the realization of the medium and long-term goals. He hoped to learn from each other, strengthen cooperation in addressing climate change, give full play to the leadership of climate change, and promote bilateral cooperation and multilateral process.

Source: environment daily