China and the EU issued the Joint Declaration on Climate Change which established the bilateral Partnership on Climate Change at the EU-China Summit in Beijing on 5 September 2005. As confirmed by the Leaders at the 9 September 2006 EU-China Summit in Helsinki, China and the EU are committed to this Partnership.
In order to implement and achieve the objectives of the joint declaration on climate change, China and the EU agreed the following Rolling Work Plan at the second meeting of the bilateral consultation mechanism on 19 October 2006. The Rolling Work Plan will be regularly updated by mutual agreement in order to ensure that it accurately reflects the needs of China and the EU and is adapted to any new development. The rolling work plan is written in Chinese and English.
Objectives of the Partnership:
The Partnership is to provide a mechanism for the EU and China to take a strategic view of shared climate change objectives, and to take an overview of, give direction to and develop bilateral cooperation activities that contribute to these objectives.
