[20151002]IF10296_中美新气候变化联合声明.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov October 2, 2015New Climate Change Joint Announcement by China and the United StatesOn September 25, 2015, President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change. The announcement offered a shared vision for negotiating an “ambitious” new agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the meeting of the parties in Paris in December 2015. The announcement also outlined the nations respective actions to limit their domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and identified existing and new bilateral and multilateral cooperation efforts. Of particular note, China announced that it would make available 20 billion renminbi (US$3.1 billion) for a China South-South Climate Cooperation Fund to support developing countries to address climate change, while President Obama affirmed his pledge that the United States would provide $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) under the UNFCCC. The Chinese government preferred to announce and work with low-income countries through a South-South Cooperation Fund rather than the GCF. China has been the highest emitter of GHGs wo