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SME Times News Bureau | 13 Dec, 2018
China has demanded the inclusion of sustainable and low-carbon bamboo in
the ongoing climate talks as it can provide valuable opportunities for
the green development of developing countries along the Belt and Road.
The
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Office for
South-South Cooperation and China's Special Climate Envoy on Wednesday
jointly pushed the need to include bamboo in the climate change
discussions.
The issue was raised at the UN Climate Change
Conference (COP24) here and threw the spotlight on the need to include
natural resources in the ongoing climate change negotiations.
Bamboo,
a grass plant, can be an important way to "green" infrastructure drives
as it can store up to 1,000 tonnes of carbon per hectare.
Studies
say bamboo plants and products can store more carbon than certain
species of tree and provide a year-round, climate-resilient form of
income for millions of people around the world.
Xie Zhenhua,
China's Special Representative on Climate Change, said the grass plant
"can provide valuable opportunities for the green development of
developing countries along the Belt and Road".
He also raised the
possibility that bamboo could become part of China's new Emissions
Trading Scheme, the largest in the world, as a way for polluting
companies to offset emissions.
With a bamboo sector valued at over $30 billion, China is the leader in bamboo innovations.
UN Office for South-South Cooperation Director Jorge Chediek said he was "inspired" by China's uses of bamboo.
UNFCCC
Director of Policy and Programme Martin Frick said: "For me, bamboo is
one of the things where the Sustainable Development Goals agenda and the
climate agenda really can go hand in hand."
He said Swedish
homeware company IKEA was also investing heavily in bamboo and urged
other companies to "think bamboo" as a means to green their
manufacturing and construction processes.
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