The United States would join Syria and Nicaragua as the world's only non-participants in the landmark 195-nation accord agreed upon in Paris in 2015. No matter what changes other countries made in their positions, China would follow its green, sustainable development concept, strengthening measures to deal with climate change and would conscientiously follow the Paris agreement, Hua said. "At the same time, we will continue to resolutely be a protector and promoter of the global climate system process, proactively participating in the multilateral climate change process," Hua said. Climate change was widely seen as one of the few bright spots of cooperation between Beijing and the previous Obama administration in Washington. China overtook the United States as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2007.

Source: bd News24 June 01, 2017 11:26 UTC