GUIYANG, China, July 9 (Xinhua) — Experts on Sunday referred to as for worldwide cooperation whereas discussing local weather change, biodiversity and China’s inexperienced improvement on the just-concluded Eco Forum Global Guiyang 2023.
As China’s solely national-level world discussion board themed ecological civilization, the occasion, held on-line and on-site this yr, attracted over 3,200 members to southwest China’s Guizhou Province from authorities, enterprise and tutorial sectors.
Michia Moncho, a full-time nationwide neighborhood member of the Young Communist League of South Africa chargeable for worldwide relations, informed the media that what impressed her essentially the most throughout this journey was the dedication that the individuals within the nation have proven to ecological civilization.
“I saw people taking care of the environment and the environment taking care of them … I’ll take home what I saw here, how China is implementing measures with Chinese characteristics, and we as South Africans can implement them with our characteristics,” she stated.
Solutions in tandem with the Sustainable Development Goals present a worldwide roadmap that protects the planet, reduces poverty and leaves nobody behind, James George, deputy resident consultant of the United Nations Development Programme in China, informed Xinhua.
“We are working closely together with China and all partners globally to develop new innovative development actions. Let us utilize this opportunity to share the best practices and new innovative approaches in China that we can share with the rest of the world for mutual exchange and learning for a better planet for everyone,” he stated.
Tamas Hajba, senior advisor for China and head of the OECD Beijing Office, informed Xinhua that China’s function in tackling local weather change is significant. The nation is a world chief within the utility of renewable energies.
He additionally talked about the significance of worldwide cooperation when addressing environmental points. “It’s very important that we measure biodiversity loss and exchange information and data with each other, and this is the way how we improve our own policies.”
Erik Solheim, former govt director of the United Nations Environment Programme, stated in a keynote speech on the discussion board that China has a number of corporations dominating future inexperienced industries, some even being established in third-tier small cities.
“Global green competition quite often is good,” he famous, recalling his expertise inviting U.S., Japanese and European automobile business representatives to a Chinese auto truthful in Shanghai earlier this yr. “They saw how far all the Chinese electric vehicle companies have come … and that creates good green competition.”
Deputy Managing Director of the Norwegian Institute for Water Research Thorjorn Larssen informed Xinhua that he first visited Guizhou some 30 years in the past.
“It’s very impressive to see how the air quality has improved and how fast measures are taken to improve,” he stated, including “I think China can take an even larger role in global environmental cooperation.”
The scientist additionally talked about the mission he was fairly happy with — the Sino-Norwegian collaboration mission on mercury. “We have done a lot of work to map the extent of mercury pollution in China both at the national level and at the local level,” he stated, noting they collected knowledge and developed strategies to grasp the scenario.
“I hope China can take a leading role in integrating nature and biodiversity on the international agenda,” stated the skilled.