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Chinese President Hu Jintao addresses the opening ceremony of the United Nations Climate Change Summit at the UN headquarters in New York Sept. 22, 2009. |
Chinese President Hu Jintao said here on Tuesday the international community should tackle global climate change through common development, calling for international joint work and pledging China's continued efforts on this issue.
"Global climate change has a profound impact on the existence and development of mankind and is a major challenge facing all countries," the president said when addressing the UN climate change summit.
"Climate change is an environment issue, but also, and more importantly, a development issue," Hu said.
"We should and can only advance efforts to address climate change in the course of development and meet the challenge through common development," he said.
FOUR PRINCIPLES
The Chinese president outlined four principles needed for a successful concerted effort to deal with climate change worldwide.
Hu said that fulfilling respective responsibilities, achieving mutual benefit and a win-win outcome, promoting common development and ensuring financing and technology were of utmost importance in making these efforts work.
