China and Japan agreed to work both together in order to combat climate change. The countries will sign the follow-up paper of the Kyoto Protocol. China for the first time expressed its political will to work for the environment. China as a so called development country had not to sign the Kyoto Protocol. The country, however, is the second largest emitter of CO2 in the world.

The Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and his Japanese colleague Shinzo Abe having a cup of tea after signing their new climate declaration.
The new declaration was signed in Tokio during a meeting of the Prime Ministers of China and Japan, Wen Jiabao and Shinzo Abe. Foto: Reuters