Rich Nations Should Abandon "Unsustainable" Lifestyle: Wen

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Beijing: Appealing to the developed world to abandon their unsustainable and lavish lifestyle, Chinese Premier Wen Jibao on Friday said that global financial crisis should not be allowed to undermine climate change efforts.

"The developed countries have a responsibility and an obligation to respond to global climate change by altering their unsustainable way of life," the official Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying.

Addressing a high-level conference on climate change jointly hosted by China and United Nations today he made these remarks and said that his government has always "laid great importance" to climate change.

Representatives of governments, international and non-governmental organisations from nearly 100 countries are taking part in the conference that focuses on technology development and transfer.

Premier Wen also urged developed nations to help developing countries to cope with the global climate change. The meet brainstormed on the international negotiation process on climate change.

The conference will cover a wide array of topics including the current status of technology transfer and best practices, mechanism for overcoming barriers to technology transfer, roles and potential collaboration of public and private sectors, among others.

Chinese government has set a target of reducing energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) by 20 per cent and major pollutant emissions by 10 per cent from the 2005 levels by 2010 to protect environment, save energy and ensure a sustainable development.

Wen said at the conference that China "has confidence to fulfil this goal".



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