On March 31, 2014, the Working Group II (WGII) contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, was published.

2013 witnessed the first moves in exploring and operationalizing carbon pricing in China, with the launch ofChina’s first carbon trading pilots. Drawing from the existing experiences around the world, G:HUB set out toestablish a multi-dimensional assessment framework to evaluate the performance of China’s carbon market. Theframework consists of four aspects, including scheme design, scheme implementation, market performance,transparency and stakeholder engagement. Specific indictors are applied in each aspect to analyze and evaluatethe operation of carbon trading. The Report summarizes the publicly available information related to the sevenpilots and China’s voluntary emissions market up to November 2013, analyses the risks and challenges faced bythe Chinese carbon market, and provides insights and recommendations.

We are 51 Chinese non-governmental environmental protection organizations. We have been actively following Chinese banks’ environmental and social responsibility performances and their national “Green Credit” policy implementation. Recently there has been wide media coverage on the China Coal Bank, which is jointly founded by 15 coal enterprises. We have paid close attention to this and want to express our concerns.

如果持续按照这种谈判模式和速度，2015年的巴黎大会是否能够完成终点冲刺（达成新的全球气候协议）不免令人担忧。根据多年的谈判观察和对国际国内形势的判断，我们认为，需要探索新的谈判模式和方案。从华沙到北京，我们会一路思索，并愿意分享和携手寻找结合本国利益和全球共同利益的公平、有效、可行的出路。

煤炭工业要继续发展，要走可持续发展道路，煤炭工业需要变革。煤炭扮演了历史上的重要供给的角色。煤炭发展有200多年，为社会提供了可承受价格的能源服务。但是煤炭现在的开发成本很高，主要是忽视了它对环境和公众生命健康的影响。目前全世界的二氧化碳排放增加太快，现在要消减一半的排放量才能够满足在本世纪末将温升控制在2℃的要求。

中国代表团团长、国家发改委副主任解振华在今天下午会见了国际和国内的NGO代表，阐述了中国在华沙大会上的立场。解振华作了一些短暂的发言后，欢迎NGO代表提出问题，并作出了解答。