CCTV: The BRICS High-level Meeting on Climate Change was held via video link a few days ago. Could you give us more details?

Wang Wenbin: The BRICS High-level Meeting on Climate Change was held via video link a few days ago. The meeting was hosted by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China and attended by officials of the environmental departments of BRICS countries. BRICS countries had in-depth exchanges and reached broad consensus on accelerating low-carbon and climate resilient transition, advancing the multilateral process on climate change and strengthening solidarity and cooperation in addressing climate change.

BRICS countries, as an important force in addressing climate change, have contributed their share to global climate response. At the 75th session of the UNGA, President Xi Jinping solemnly pledged that China will strive to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. China formulates and implements a “1+N” policy framework for carbon peak and carbon neutrality and has over-fulfilled the climate action goals of 2020. Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa have also made their climate pledges respectively, formulated climate policy and announced corresponding measures.

BRICS countries have collaborated with each other in responding to climate challenges. We have conducted policy information sharing, and engaged in dialogue and exchanges on specific policies, measures and actions adopted to implement respective climate goals. We will continue to carry out information exchanges and cooperation at the national, local, industrial and enterprise levels, in multiple fields including clean energy, low-carbon technology, sustainable and resilient infrastructure construction, carbon market and climate change adaptation, and jointly promote policy research on low-carbon green growth, technology cooperation and joint pilot projects. With science and technology innovation being the driver, we will promote the transition and upgrading of energy, resources, industrial structure and consumption structure, jointly exploring pathways for low-carbon and sustainable development.

BRICS countries have made their voice heard for improving the global climate governance system. This BRICS High-level Meeting on Climate Change reviewed and adopted a Joint Statement, which reiterates the commitments to the goals, principles and institutional framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement; opposes the politicization of climate change issues and all forms of unilateralism and protectionism; calls for all Parties to focus on implementation actions by faithfully translating their climate goals and visions into measures and actions; underlines that developed countries should take the lead in scaling up mitigation actions and ambition and provision of climate financing, and respect the right to development and policy space of developing countries as well as countries in transition; calls for developed countries to scale up the support for developing countries to adapt to climate change, enhance their resilience to climate change and come forward with a detailed and explicit roadmap on how the commitment made at COP26 to at least double climate finance for adaptation to developing countries from 2019 levels by 2025 will be realized, as soon as possible.

BRICS countries, which together represent around 42 percent of the world population and one fifth of the global GDP, have become a model for cooperation between emerging markets and developing countries. We are fully confident that BRICS will remain a stabilizer for the regional and international landscape and a booster for solidarity and cooperation of emerging markets and developing countries. China stands ready to work with its fellow members to assume BRICS’ responsibility for, and offer its solution and contribution to global climate cooperation.

（Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China）