UN announces 1.7 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year pledged to cut emissions

Xinhua Beijing, December 17, according to Reuters 17th reported that the United Nations recently released its own carbon emissions, said the annual emissions of nearly 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.　　However, the United Nations is also committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.　　"The U.N. organization emits 1.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, of which about 1 million tonnes are for peacekeeping operations," said Martin Nesirky, a United Nations spokesman, Neixierji 15th.　　According to data released in 2006 by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), its annual per capita carbon dioxide emissions are about 8.3 tonnes, down from 19.7 tonnes in the United States, and the United States has more than twice times the annual carbon footprint of the United Nations. Neixierji said the United Nations will begin to "move towards the common goal of reducing emissions" and that its nearly 50 UN agencies and administrative components under the global jurisdiction will also implement emission reduction strategies. "Meanwhile, weather ministers and negotiators from 193 countries gathered in the Danish capital Copenhagen for nearly 2 weeks of weather negotiations to reach a new U.N. convention on climate Change," he said.