UPDATE 1-China says no emissions checks without foreign funds

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BEIJING, Nov 27 (Reuters) - A top Chinese climate envoy said on Friday only emissions curbs carried out under its newly announced carbon intensity targets that have international financial support will be open to outside scrutiny.

Yu Qingtai, China's climate change ambassador, added that most of the country's emissions-curbing plans would likely not fall into the category of "measurable, reportable and verifiable".

The phrase, agreed in international talks three years ago, implies third-party checks would be made on any reported reductions.

"Actions would be measurable, reportable and verifiable if (international) support is measurable, reportable and verifiable," Yu told reporters at a briefing.

"If you look at the magnitude of the measures that were announced yesterday, I would assume only a very small proportion would come under this particular provision.

"You cannot apply the same kind of standards for actions that we take on our own, with our own resources, (as you do) for actions that we take with international support."

China announced on Thursday that it would cut 2005 carbon intensity levels -- the amount of CO2 produced per unit of GDP growth -- by 40-45 percent by 2020.

The move boosted hopes for an agreement on a new pact to fight climate change at U.N.-led talks in Copenhagen next month.