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1、China'snationalclimatechangeprogramme(fulltext)Climatechangeisamajorglobalissueofcommonconcerntotheinternationalcommunity.Itisanissueinvolvingbothenvironmentanddevelopment,butitisultimatelyanissueofdevelopment.AsnotedbytheUnitedNationsFrameworkConventiononClimateChange(hereinafte
2、rreferredtoasUNFCCC),thelargestshareofhistoricalandcurrentglobalemissionsofgreenhousegaseshasoriginatedfromdevelopedcountries,whilepercapitaemissionsindevelopingcountriesarestillrelativelylowandtheshareofglobalemissionsoriginatingfromdevelopingcountrieswillgrowtomeettheirsocialan
3、ddevelopmentneeds.TheUNFCCCstipulatesclearlythatthePartiestotheConventionshallprotecttheclimatesystemforthebenefitofpresentandfuturegenerationsofhumankind,onthebasisofequityandinaccordancewiththeircommonbutdifferentiatedresponsibilitiesandrespectivecapabilities,andaccordingly,the
4、developedcountryPartiesshalltaketheleadincombatingclimatechangeandtheadverseeffectsthereof.ItfurtherprovidesthatallPartiesshallformulate,implement,publishandregularlyupdatenationalprogramstoaddressclimatechange.Asadevelopingcountryofresponsibility,Chinaattachesgreatimportancetoth
5、eissueofclimatechange.TheNationalCoordinationCommitteeonClimateChangewasestablished,andaseriesofpoliciesandmeasurestoaddressclimatechangehasbeentakenintheoverallcontextofnationalsustainabledevelopmentstrategy,makingpositivecontributionstothemitigationofandadaptationtoclimatechang
6、e.AsitismandatedundertheUNFCCC,theGovernmentofChinaherebyformulatesChina'sNationalClimateChangeProgram(hereinafterreferredtoastheCNCCP),outliningobjectives,basicprinciples,keyareasofactions,aswellaspoliciesandmeasurestoaddressclimatechangefortheperiodupto2010.GuidedbytheScientifi
7、cApproachofDevelopment,ChinawillsincerelycarryoutallthetasksintheCNCCP,strivetobuildaresourceconservativeandenvironmentallyfriendlysociety,enhancenationalcapacitytomitigateandadapttoclimatechange,andmakefurthercontributiontotheprotectionoftheglobalclimatesystem.Article4,Paragraph
8、7oftheUNFCCCprovidesthat"theextenttowhic