US 'preening like a pig'
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October 10, 2010, Sunday
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CHINA hit back yesterday at claims it was shirking in the fight against climate change, likening criticisms from the Obama administration's top climate envoy to a pig preening itself in a mirror.
Su Wei, a senior Chinese climate change negotiator, rejected comments from United States climate envoy Todd Stern as a week of United Nations talks on climate change drew to a close in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin.
Stern, in remarks at a US university, had said China could not insist rich nations take on fixed targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions while China and other emerging nations adopted only voluntary domestic goals.
Su countered that Stern's claims were a diversion from the US failure to make big cuts in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
"In fact, it amounts to doing nothing themselves and then shirking responsibility. They want to place the blame on China and other developing countries," Su told reporters.
There was progress in Tianjin about a future climate fund to help poorer nations adapt to global warming and to green their economies. But anger over rich nations' carbon pledges soured proceedings.
Su likened the US criticism to Zhubajie, a pig featured in a traditional Chinese novel, which in a traditional saying preens itself in a mirror.
"It has no measures or actions to show for itself, and instead it criticizes China, which is actively taking measures and actions," Su said of the US.
China poured US$34.6 billion into clean energy in 2009, nearly double the US investment.
Su Wei, a senior Chinese climate change negotiator, rejected comments from United States climate envoy Todd Stern as a week of United Nations talks on climate change drew to a close in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin.
Stern, in remarks at a US university, had said China could not insist rich nations take on fixed targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions while China and other emerging nations adopted only voluntary domestic goals.
Su countered that Stern's claims were a diversion from the US failure to make big cuts in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
"In fact, it amounts to doing nothing themselves and then shirking responsibility. They want to place the blame on China and other developing countries," Su told reporters.
There was progress in Tianjin about a future climate fund to help poorer nations adapt to global warming and to green their economies. But anger over rich nations' carbon pledges soured proceedings.
Su likened the US criticism to Zhubajie, a pig featured in a traditional Chinese novel, which in a traditional saying preens itself in a mirror.
"It has no measures or actions to show for itself, and instead it criticizes China, which is actively taking measures and actions," Su said of the US.
China poured US$34.6 billion into clean energy in 2009, nearly double the US investment.
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