1st LD: No mentality of zero-sum game in climate talks: Xi

The Paris climate change conference should reject the narrow-minded mentality of zero-sum game, Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Monday, urging all countries, developed countries in particular, to assume more shared responsibilities for win-win outcomes.

Xi made the remarks when delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the two-week conference, officially called the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

The highly-anticipated meeting, opened by leaders from over 150 countries, aims to yield a new international agreement to reduce greenhouse gases beyond 2020 when the 1997 Kyoto Protocol expires.

Such an accord is seen as crucial for keeping the rise in global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, a goal scientists say should be met to avoid risky changes in the climate. Endi