Abstract: Global climate governance, as the sustainable development of natural ecology, including terrestrial ecosystems and aquatic ecosystems, and human society are under the shadow of global climate change, has increasingly become the focus and hard nut in global governance. For a mission of such, there has been made no significant gains resulted from the predicaments such as the absence of the main actors, the lack of authority and the fragmenting of governance mechanisms. China’s path in dealing with such a global issue, with the continuing deterioration of the global climate and the deficit of climate governance, lies in the roles that China is, and has always been playing, under the concept a community with a shared future for mankind, the roles as a force to mitigate and adapt to climate change, a defender of the UNFCCC, a mediator of the North-South climate political conflicts, a supporter of developing countries to deal with climate change, and an initiator of BRI green development, altogether approaches to fulfill China’s responsibilities as a major country globally. China’s roles well tell her shouldering the responsibility and acting in building a community with a shared future for mankind, and jointly constructing a community of life for man and nature.

Key words: global climate governance, the role of China, a community of life for man and nature, a community with a shared future for mankind, the Belt and Road Initiative