Ministry of Ecology and Environment: China-EU dialogue and cooperation to promote global climate governance

On April 28, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference for April. At the press conference, Pei Xiaofei, spokesperson of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, answered questions from reporters on the prospects for China-EU cooperation in the field of climate change.

Pei Xiaofei said that from April 8 to 11, a delegation of climate envoys from the European Union and its member states France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark visited China successfully. During the visit, Special Envoy Liu Zhenmin and Vice Minister Zhao Yingmin held talks with the EU side respectively, and had in-depth friendly exchanges on key issues in the multilateral climate process, their respective climate policies and actions, China-EU climate cooperation and other issues, and agreed to implement the important consensus of Chinese and EU leaders, deepen climate dialogue and cooperation, and jointly promote global climate governance.

Climate change is a common challenge facing all mankind, and China and the EU, as major developing countries and developed economies with important influence, attach great importance to addressing climate change, and the two sides also have a solid foundation in climate cooperation. In recent years, the two sides have issued a joint statement on climate change, co-sponsored the Ministerial Conference on Climate Action, signed and implemented a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation on carbon emissions trading, and carried out fruitful policy dialogues and practical cooperation. In 2020, the leaders of China and the EU decided to establish a high-level dialogue on environment and climate and build a China-EU green partnership, which not only enriches the strategic connotation of China-EU cooperation, but also provides an institutional framework for China and the EU to jointly address the challenges of the times.

China and the EU have broad potential for cooperation in promoting global climate governance and achieving green, low-carbon and high-quality development. China is ready to work with the EU to deepen dialogue and cooperation in international climate negotiations, carbon markets, climate change adaptation, climate investment and financing, and make positive contributions to the global response to climate change.