Cooperation is urged to combat climate problems

Chinese and French experts have underlined the crucial, urgent and necessary nature of tackling climate and environmental problems. This global challenge requires joint work between China, France and all countries to effectively implement the actions.

In a sub-forum titled ‘Multilateralism for low-carbon sustainable development’, former French Economy Minister Edmond Alphandery said the world needs multilateralism more than ever to tackle the ‘phenomenal challenge’ of global warming.

He called for a global carbon price for all countries, as well as a global sustainable trade organization to facilitate its creation.

Hamouda Chekir, founding member of the Finance for Development Lab, said it is important to consider everything that is happening in developing countries, to provide them with the necessary tools to engage in dialogue and work together.

However, tackling environmental problems also requires addressing other existing challenges, he said, such as poverty and health care. In addition, broader issues such as migration, trade and their position in the value chain also need to be addressed.

Therefore, sustainable development for developing countries requires a comprehensive global response, in which multilateral institutions play a key role, he said.

Zhang Yansheng, former secretary general of the Academic Committee of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, said carbon tariffs should be free from protectionism and geopolitical considerations.

For example, Zhang called for the practice of multilateralism by asking companies in different countries for their opinions. He stressed the importance of taking local conditions into account and promoting low-carbon sustainable development goals.

He said he hopes that through Sino-French cooperation, green initiatives can spread to Africa and become a global enterprise.

Wang Wen, executive dean of the Chongyang Institute of Financial Studies at Renmin University of China, said China’s low-carbon development has undergone transformative changes in the past five years.

Sonia Bressler, president of the publishing house La Route de la Soie, said: “We are starting again with the idea of ​​global governance and ultimately saying that what governs us all is nature.”