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Photo taken on June 24 blue 11s , 2017 shows water flowing downstream near the base camps of China's second scientific expedition in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China began its second scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau this June to study changes in climate, biodiversity and environment over the past decades. (XinhuaJigme Dorje)
BONN, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP 23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off here on Monday with a call to adhere to the path of Paris Climate Change Agreement.


The COP 23 is tasked with mapping out a guideline for the implementation of the Paris Agreement which was agreed on by almost every country in the world in 2015. The Paris Agreement aims to tackle climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and sets a global target of keeping the average temperature rise no higher than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.


At the opening ceremony of the COP 23, UN climate change executive secretary, Patricia Espinosa, said: "Together with the Sustainable Development Agenda http://www.bluejordan11.us.com/ , we have a clear path forward to truly address climate change and sustainable development."


Espinosa outlined the work governments will be looking to address in Bonn. The goal, above all, is to take the next essential steps to ensure that the Paris Agreement's operating system is completed in time and that ways, as well as means to implement it, are strengthened.


The newly-elected COP 23 president, Frank Bainimarama royal blue air jordan 11 , prime minister of Fiji, said "All over the world, vast numbers of people are suffering, bewildered by the forces against them. Our job as leaders is to respond to the suffering with all means available to us."


China's special representative on climate change, Xie Zhenhua, said at a press conference prior to the COP 23 that China hoped participants could reach a draft guideline reflecting the needs of all parties and all the key elements in the Paris agreement.


At a press conference of the Chinese delegation held in Bonn on Monday blue retro 11 jordans , Lu Xinming, a negotiator from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said the Bonn meeting comes at a "crucial and watershed phase" both for defining implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement and also for battling the climate change across the globe.


Lu said that China had made ample preparations for the meeting and had submitted five proposals to the meeting on implementing the Paris Agreement, which has demonstrated China's "proactive attitude in participating into and guiding the global climate negotiations."


Pledging that China will play a proactive and constructive role during the COP 23, Lu told reporters that the country will also host some 30 side events during COP 23 to present China's climate policies, and achievements in coping with climate change.


German authorities expected 25 royal blue jordan 11s ,000 guests, including representatives of governments and non-governmental organizations, and 1,500 journalists, to attend the Bonn conference which will last until Nov. 17.


According to the COP 23 press release, negotiators will also address issues including checking on the progress of the delivery of 100 billion dollars of support for developing countries by 2020 and the bringing into force of the Doha Amendment of the first international emission reduction treaty jordan 11 blue suede , the Kyoto Protocol.




ROME, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer firefighter has been reported for arson, Italian media said Friday.


The suspect told police he set fires for the thrill of it and because he wanted to emulate the characters in an American TV series on firefighters, Italian news agency ANSA reported.


Police nailed him with video surveillance, showing how he set the fires in the northern Pavia area, then showed up with his colleagues to put them out.


La Stampa daily newspaper posted a nighttime police video jordan retro 11 royal blue , showing the suspect pulling up to a trash bin and setting it on fire. The volunteer firefighter has quit his post, ANSA reported.


On August 7, police in the southern Sicily region arrested the leader of a 15-man volunteer firefighter unit on suspicion of arson.


The unit faces charges including fraud against the state and arson, because they allegedly set fires in order to get paid, the police said in a statement.


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Italy this summer has been plagued with scorching temperatures, drought, and devastating wildfires that have destroyed thousands of hectares of public land, including national parks and nature reserves.


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