Just after the end of the two sessions, the central finance and Economics Commission once again stated its position on carbon peaking and carbon neutralization at the ninth meeting, and pointed out the implementation path. It shows the irreplaceable importance of carbon peaking and carbon neutralization in the current social and economic development. Xi Jinping, director of the central finance and Economic Commission, chaired the ninth meeting of the central finance committee to study the basic ideas and main measures to achieve carbon summit and carbon neutralization.
Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the meeting. He stressed that achieving carbon summit and carbon neutralization is a widespread and profound economic and social systematic transformation. We should put carbon peak and carbon neutral into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction, and take the momentum of grasping iron, and achieve the goal of carbon peak before 2030 and carbon neutralization before 2060 as scheduled.
Carbon peaking and carbon neutralization is an extensive and profound economic and social systematic change. What can be a higher position than this, but double carbon is not the highest. It should be included in the overall layout of ecological civilization construction. Ecological civilization is a consistent and higher position. If there is no ecological civilization, simple double carbon is not enough to support people’s good life.
What’s the next step of carbon peaking and carbon neutralization? Both inside and outside the industry are very concerned, and the central finance and Economic Commission meeting also revealed some clues. The national development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of ecological environment and the Ministry of natural resources reported on the general ideas and main measures to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutralization. These three departments are responsible for the dual carbon ideas and measures. The national development and Reform Commission is involved in many fields, and a lot of work cannot be done without this department.
The Ministry of ecological environment is responsible for ecological civilization, blue sky defense and pollution control, and the responsibility for dealing with climate change is also in this department. The central ecological supervision group criticized the Energy Bureau, and has also been in the past. The Ministry of natural resources is responsible for land and space planning, resource development, etc. Each of these three departments has a focus on the construction of ecological civilization. The meeting stressed that China’s efforts to achieve carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutralization by 2060 are important strategic decisions made by the Party Central Committee after careful consideration, and are related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and the construction of a community of shared human destiny. It’s not a moment of thought. It is the embodiment of China’s responsibility for the earth. Specifically, the integration and continuation of the consistent discussion. We should unswervingly implement the new development concept, adhere to the system concept, and handle the relations between development and emission reduction, the overall and local, short-term and medium-term. The key is to take the green transformation of economic and social development as the leading factor and the energy green and low carbon development as the key. We will accelerate the formation of industrial structure, production mode, lifestyle and spatial pattern of resource conservation and environmental protection, and firmly follow the high-quality development road of ecological priority and green and low carbon.
It is necessary to adhere to the national overall planning, strengthen the top-level design, give full play to the advantages of the system, consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, and implement policies according to the actual situation of various regions. We should put energy and resources conservation in the first place, implement a comprehensive conservation strategy, and advocate a simple, moderate, green and low-carbon lifestyle. It is necessary to adhere to both the government and the market, strengthen technological and institutional innovation, deepen the reform of energy and related fields, and form an effective incentive and restraint mechanism. It is necessary to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation and effectively coordinate domestic and international energy resources.
(reform goes on, and the market mechanism remains unchanged.)
We should strengthen risk identification and control, and properly handle the relationship between pollution and carbon reduction and energy security, industrial chain supply chain security, food security, and people’s normal life. The meeting pointed out that the “fourteenth five year plan” is the key period and window period for carbon peak, and the following work should be done well. Let’s break it down a little bit. The wechat community of “energy intelligence, carbon neutral opportunities” is open to apply. The applicant should inform the details in private letter and attach his business card. After verification, he / she will be invited if appropriate
1. It is necessary to build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, control the total amount of fossil energy, strive to improve utilization efficiency, implement renewable energy substitution action, deepen the reform of power system, and build a new power system with new energy as the main body.
Energy system reform led by the national development and Reform Commission, renewable energy substitution, control of the total amount of fossil energy.)
2. To implement the action of reducing pollution and carbon in key industries, green manufacturing should be promoted in industry, energy-saving standards should be improved in construction, and green low-carbon transportation mode should be formed in transportation.
(the Ministry of ecological environment’s pollution and carbon reduction, green manufacturing, energy saving standards, green low-carbon transportation mode, and the current automobile double points are also involved.)
3. We should promote major breakthroughs in green and low-carbon technologies, speed up the deployment of research on low-carbon cutting-edge technologies, accelerate the popularization and application of pollution and carbon reduction technologies, and establish and improve the evaluation and trading system of green and low-carbon technologies and the service platform for scientific and technological innovation.
(low carbon frontier technology also involves departments outside the three ministries. But the national development and Reform Commission can coordinate.)
4. We should improve the green and low-carbon policy and market system, improve the energy “double control” system, improve the fiscal, price, financial, land, government procurement and other policies conducive to the development of green and low-carbon, accelerate the promotion of carbon emission trading, and actively develop green finance.
(market system, carbon trading and green finance involve many sectors. Policies conducive to green and low-carbon development should be designed in more sectors.)
5. We should advocate green and low-carbon life, oppose luxury and waste, encourage green travel, and create a new fashion of green and low-carbon life.
6. It is necessary to enhance the capacity of ecological carbon sequestration, strengthen the land space planning and use control, effectively play the carbon sequestration role of forest, grassland, wetland, ocean, soil and frozen soil, and enhance the carbon sequestration increment of ecosystem.
(land and space planning, ecological carbon sequestration capacity, and the name of the Ministry of natural resources are well matched. The goal is to increase the carbon sequestration of the ecosystem.)
7. It is necessary to strengthen international cooperation on climate change, promote the formulation of international rules and standards, and build a green silk road.
(the green silk road, international rule making, international cooperation, and more are the results of multi sectoral writing.)
The meeting stressed that achieving carbon peak and carbon neutralization is a tough battle and also a big test of our party’s ability to govern the country. We should strengthen the centralized and unified leadership of the Party Central Committee and improve the supervision and assessment mechanism. Party committees and governments at all levels should shoulder their responsibilities and have goals, measures and inspections. Leading cadres should strengthen the study of carbon emission related knowledge and enhance the ability of green and low-carbon development.
(double carbon will test the ability of governance and will enter the supervision and assessment mechanism. Governments at all levels should not neglect it. Leading cadres should learn about carbon emission quickly, and make up for this lesson quickly.)
Post time: Mar-19-2021