New york: A Chinese envoy on Thursday rebutted the baseless U.S. accusations regarding China's climate policy. At a Security Council meeting on climate and security, U.S. representative Dan Negrea launched a veiled attack on China, accusing China of gaining unfair economic advantages by undercutting its economic competitors and urging UN member states to look to the United States as a model.

According to Namibia Press Agency, Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, responded to the U.S. allegations, stating that China, a country with a population of 1.4 billion and the second-largest gross domestic product in the world, is contributing annually more than 30 percent to the world economic growth, and its per capita emission is not among the highest in the world.

China is recognized by the international community as one of the countries with firm commitment, strong actions, and remarkable results in fulfilling its emission reduction commitment, he added. "It is definitely a doer in the global response to climate change."

Geng further highlighted that another permanent member of the Security Council, whose total historical greenhouse gas emissions rank first globally, has per capita emissions that are consistently the highest in the world. This member has withdrawn twice from the Paris Agreement, thereby severely undermining global climate governance efforts.

"In terms of climate change, who is taking action? Who is shirking responsibilities? Who is promoting cooperation? Who is disrupting cooperation? The international community sees it all clearly," Geng stated. He called on the international community to promote cooperation and solidarity instead of pointing fingers or shirking responsibilities in global climate action.