Chinese president urges helping developing countries to face climate changes

Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the Paris conference on climate change must result in a comprehensive agreement to face the climate changes and find a solution to resolve their problems.

Addressing the conference on Monday, he said the Paris conference must boost the collective work to face the challenges and achieve sustainable development by 2020.

He stressed the importance of transferring technology to developing countries to enable them to deal with gas emissions.

U.S. President Barack Obama and the Chinese president pledged on Monday to work together for a climate change agreement at international talks in Paris to ensure a "low carbon global economy" this century.

At the start of bilateral talks with his Chinese counterpart, Obama said the two countries' decision to make their own emissions-reduction pledges last year had helped drive other nations to follow suit.

More than 150 world leaders arrived at United Nations climate change talks in Paris armed with promises and accompanied by high expectations as they look to hold back the Earth's rising temperatures.

"As the two largest economies in the world and the two largest carbon emitters, we have both determined that it is our responsibility to take action," Obama said, with Xi sitting next to him.

Sources: MENA