What is carbon peaking and carbon neutrality? How far is carbon neutrality from us? Brighten the "carbon family base" of Fujian, and participate in the "carbon reduction" action together...
Recently, the last thematic consultation meeting of the provincial CPPCC this year kicked off in a strong atmosphere of science popularization. At this consultation meeting with the theme of "deepening the construction of ecological civilization in our province and promoting carbon peaking and carbon neutrality", the concept of "low carbon" has always run through it. In addition to popular science publicity, the Provincial CPPCC also purchased 2 tons of Fujian Forestry Carbon Sink from the Fujian Strait Resources and Environment Trading Center to offset all the greenhouse gases generated at the meeting, achieve "zero carbon consultation" for the first time, and make the "double carbon" concept deeply rooted in the hearts of the people with immersive experience.
Create a new trend of "double carbon" in Fujian
Achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality is the "greatest country", which is related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. China announced that its carbon dioxide emissions will peak by 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
The goal of "double carbon" is close at hand, which is a change with the participation of all people, which is related to every link and everyone in production and life.
"It is recommended that large-scale conferences of more than 100 people subscribe to the 'one-dollar carbon sink' project to achieve zero carbon emissions, advocate the concept of green and low carbon to the society with practical actions, and help achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals." Huang Jianping, member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former chairman of the Nanping Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, introduced the "one-dollar carbon sink" project pioneered by Shunchang County of Nanping City in the province at the meeting. It is understood that the "one yuan carbon sink" to shunchang county in the original poor villages, poor households owned by the forest land, forest as the project implementation site for development, through the WeChat Mini Program real name login, everyone can be in accordance with the price of 1 yuan 10 kg carbon sink, voluntarily subscribe to the village collective or forest farmers carbon sink products, offset the carbon emissions generated by daily production and life.
Low-carbon action is quietly emerging in the province. Since the beginning of this year, international and national conferences such as the World Heritage Conference, the Digital Summit, and the Wuyi Asset Management Summit held in our province have fully achieved carbon neutrality through the purchase of forestry carbon sinks and the creation of carbon neutral forests.
"Achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality is not just a matter for governments and businesses, each of us has the responsibility and obligation to participate in it!" Fang Chuihong, member of the All-China Youth Federation and full-time vice president of the Fujian Environmental Protection Volunteer Association, called for the formulation of low-carbon behavior standards for the Fujian public, improve the awareness of low-carbon responsibility and conscious action of the whole people, and take the lead in establishing a quantifiable public green and low-carbon life platform in accordance with the standards, taking the lead in setting up a provincial carbon peak and carbon neutrality contribution award, and creating a new trend of "double carbon" in Fujian.
"We will work with relevant departments to study and formulate carbon neutral management measures for large-scale activities, guide government agencies, enterprises and institutions, and social groups to purchase forestry carbon sinks or create carbon neutral forests to promote carbon neutrality actions." The Provincial Forestry Bureau said that at present, the transaction volume and turnover of forestry carbon sinks in our province rank first in the country, with 643,000 tons and 8.033 million yuan of new transactions this year.
Achieving the "double carbon" goal requires two legs to be synchronized
According to the survey data, in the past 15 years, the province's carbon emissions have increased by about 200 million tons, showing a year-on-year growth trend, carbon emissions are mainly distributed in industrial production and transportation and other fields, and fossil energy combustion such as coal still dominates.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" is a key period for our province to promote high-quality development in an all-round way, and there is a big gap between the total energy consumption expected by the new batch of large projects and the national energy consumption "double control" indicators. How to achieve "same frequency resonance" between economic development and energy conservation and consumption reduction? The committee members and experts unanimously held that it is necessary to walk on two legs, not only to optimize the energy ratio, but also to adjust the industrial structure.
"We must promote the adjustment of coal consumption structure, in addition to promoting energy conservation and consumption reduction in key areas such as industry, construction, transportation, and public institutions, we also need to promote the recycling of resources and technological transformation and upgrading of traditional industries." Huang Yuezhen, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said on behalf of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the China Democratic National Construction Association that it is necessary to vigorously develop the circular economy and gradually realize the "decoupling" of economic growth and resource consumption growth.
Taking the road of green, low-carbon and sustainable development has become a consensus. "To achieve the goal of 'double carbon', energy is the main battlefield, electricity is the main force, and the power grid is the vanguard." Tan Yongxiang, member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board of directors of the State Grid Fujian Electric Power Co., Ltd., suggested that the work of new energy storage should be strengthened to achieve diversified and flexible application of new energy.
"Accelerate the development of green and low-carbon industries" "Focus on key areas such as new materials, new energy, energy conservation and environmental protection, and marine high-tech, and build a strategic emerging industrial cluster of 100 billion and 100 billion", "Fully integrate the concept of green and low-carbon into urban development planning" "Increase policy support for green environmental protection enterprises"... The committee members discussed enthusiastically and made suggestions for the development of emerging low-carbon industrial clusters.
At the meeting, the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment and the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology said that they will adhere to the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction as the general starting point for promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, forcing the adjustment of the industrial, energy, transportation and land use structures.
Moisturizing "green water and green mountains" with financial "living water"
"Fujian Province is an excellent student of China's ecological civilization construction, and it is recommended to accelerate the creation of a carbon peak and carbon neutral demonstration province." Wang Jinnan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, painted a new picture of green, low-carbon and beautiful Fujian in the video link.
In the process of realizing the value of ecological products, the development of green finance is crucial. Guangming County is the only national waste-free city construction pilot county in the province, and Luo Xuhui, deputy governor of Guangming County, called for lowering the threshold of green finance policies, increasing policy support, broadening financing channels, and better achieving sustainable ecological development.
The ocean is a huge carbon reservoir, and Fujian's ocean area exceeds the land area, making it a veritable marine province. Xiao Junguang, deputy general manager of the Straits Equity Exchange Center, suggested that in combination with the actual situation of our province, we should strengthen the research on forestry and marine carbon sink methodology, establish Fujian standards and strive to upgrade to national standards, and at the same time rely on the carbon market of our province to carry out transactions first, and seize the opportunity of carbon sink research, development and trading.
How to moisturize "green water and green mountains" with financial "living water"? Peng Jinbin, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said in his speech on behalf of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the China Association for Promoting Democracy that it is necessary to "lay the foundation", formulate a unified ecological product value accounting index system for the whole province, "build a platform", strive for the national forest and grass carbon sink trading platform and the national marine carbon sink trading sub-center to settle in Fujian, and even more "dare to innovate", integrate the industrial chain of green financial products, explore the establishment of a government green and low-carbon industry guarantee fund or risk compensation fund, encourage financial institutions to open up green financial services, and ensure the implementation of green finance-related policies.
The Provincial Forestry Bureau said that the next step will continue to dig deeper into the financial attributes of forestry carbon sinks, innovate carbon sink financial products and derivative financial instruments, support carbon sink pledge loans, and encourage carbon sink financial product innovation.
Reporter Zheng Yuxuan Lin Wei
Source: Fujian Daily