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China's Conditions
Xie Zhenhua, China's top climate negotiator, set conditions for China to join a binding climate change treaty after 2020 during the Durban climate change talks. These conditions include:
> New carbon-cutting pledges by rich nations in the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol
> Fast launch of the Green Climate Fund under a supervisory regime
> Implementing the consensus on adaptation, technology transfer, transparency, capability building and other points agreed upon in former conferences
> Appraising developed countries' commitment during the first period of the Kyoto Protocol
> Adhering to the principal of "common but differentiated responsibilities," fairness and environmental integrity
Source: Xinhua News Agency
China's Commitments
> Reducing greenhouse gas emissions per unit GDP by 40-45 percent by 2020 as compared with 2005
> Reducing carbon dioxide emissions per unit GDP by 17 percent and energy consumption per unit GDP by 16 percent by 2015 as compared with 2010
> Increasing the proportion of consumption of non-fossil energy to the consumption of primary energy to 11.4 percent by 2015
> Increasing the forest coverage rate to 21.66 percent by 2015
Source: China's Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change | 
