[Ecological Environment Week Observation] is a special weekly newspaper product of Titanium Media, which aims to present the most important policies, events, discussions and data in the field of global ecological environment every week in front of readers, and capture the small but important changes around us with the most authentic and cutting-edge information. The world is hot and cold, and the vision lights up the future.
policy
- The five departments jointly issued an action plan for the green development of the shipbuilding industry
On December 28, 2023, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Ministry of Transport jointly issued the Action Plan for the Green Development of the Shipbuilding Industry (2024-2030). The outline proposes that by 2025, the green development system of the shipbuilding industry will be initially constructed. The supply capacity of green ship products has been further improved, the application of marine alternative fuels and new energy technologies has kept pace with the international market, and the international market share of green power ships such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) and methanol has exceeded 50%; the backbone enterprises have achieved remarkable results in reducing pollution and carbon emissions, the level of green manufacturing has been effectively improved, and the comprehensive energy consumption of 10,000 yuan of output value has decreased by 13.5% compared with 2020; the green and low-carbon standard system has been further improved, and the carbon footprint management system and green supply chain management system have been initially established. By 2030, the green development system of the shipbuilding industry will be basically completed. The energy utilization efficiency of key enterprises has reached the international advanced level, forming a number of green demonstration enterprises with international advanced level, and building a green supply chain management system in an all-round way.
- The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has issued policies to promote the development of a green development demonstration zone in the Greater Bay Area
On December 25, 2023, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) issued the Three-Year Action Plan for Building a World-Class Business Environment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The action plan proposes to build a green development demonstration zone in the Greater Bay Area, and promote the Guangzhou Futures Exchange to actively develop green development futures products such as carbon emission rights and electricity. Reduce the production and operation costs of enterprises, and continue to standardize the fees of water, electricity, heating and other industries.
- On the first day of the new year, the "Guangdong Provincial Regulations on Ecological and Environmental Education" came into effect
On January 1, 2024, the Regulations of Guangdong Province on Ecological and Environmental Education came into force. The regulation was deliberated and passed at the fifth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress in September this year, and contains a total of 21 articles, focusing on building a "big education" pattern for the ecological environment. For the ecological and environmental education of government departments and key supervision units, the "Regulations" have made key arrangements and corresponding system design. According to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, after the formal implementation of the "Regulations" will be combined with the requirements of the implementation of the "Regulations", to further strengthen the communication, coordination and linkage with all relevant departments, especially the Provincial People's Congress, the Provincial Education Department, and the judicial department, and constantly improve the teachers, curriculum, platform support, evaluation system, guarantee system and other institutional mechanisms of school ecological and environmental education, and work together to create a new situation of ecological and environmental education for young people in Guangdong.
affair
- The Sichuan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the National Climate Strategy Center
According to China Environment Network, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the National Center for Climate Change Strategy Research and International Cooperation to jointly promote the implementation of the national strategy of actively responding to climate change in Sichuan, and jointly promote the construction of Sichuan Province as a Beautiful China Pilot Zone and a Green Development Pilot Zone. According to the agreement, the two sides will give priority to the selection of areas where both sides are willing, foundational, and in demand in accordance with the principles of highlighting key points, first making things easier and then more difficult, and taking into account both internal and external aspects, focusing on the three major directions of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and adaptation to climate change. We will strive to form a number of influential cooperation outcomes, provide more local support and highlights for the realization of the nationally determined contributions, and promote smoother cooperation mechanisms, richer cooperation content and more diverse cooperation methods.
- The Green Finance Empowerment Industry Urban Renewal and Project Promotion Conference was held in Beijing
According to Beijing Business Daily, on December 26, 2023, the green finance empowerment industry urban renewal and project promotion conference was held in Xicheng District, Beijing. The conference "built a platform, strengthened docking, and smoothed channels" for industrial urban renewal projects and financial institutions in various districts, attracted "financial living water" for green and low-carbon urban renewal projects, and helped more industrial urban renewal projects to be implemented. According to reports, at present, Beijing has initially established a dynamically updated reserve project library for vacating inefficient industrial space, with a total of more than 100 projects in the database. At the meeting, 7 districts including Xicheng and Chaoyang carried out on-site promotion based on their own endowments.
- The "Progress Report on China's Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality (2023)" was released
On December 26, 2023, the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) and the State Power Investment Corporation () jointly held a press conference for the "Progress Report on China's Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality (2023)". The report focuses on the theme of "dual carbon", and invites experts from authoritative institutions, universities and industry experts such as Peking University, Tsinghua University, and the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission to write professional articles to describe the progress of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and make suggestions. The report shows the policy system of China's ecological civilization construction, the good trend of energy transition, and the important achievements made in the fields of wind power, photovoltaic and new energy storage. At the same time, it is also pointed out that the promotion of the "dual carbon" goal in the mainland still faces challenges such as the difficulty of new energy consumption, the imperfection of basic systems such as carbon footprint, the intensification of external containment and suppression, and the constraints of international carbon rules. It is necessary to further accelerate the construction of a new energy system, promote the clean energy transition, and provide strong support and guarantee for high-quality development.
- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, and water from a spent fuel pond at a nuclear power plant overflowed
On the afternoon of January 1, local time, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The earthquake caused large-scale fires and tsunamis, collapsed buildings, power outages, and traffic disruptions in the affected areas, and unfortunate news of casualties began to spread. The safety of nuclear power plants in the relevant regions, especially in Ishikawa, Niigata, and Fukui prefectures, has aroused great concern, and the relevant Japanese agencies and operators, Tokyo Electric Power Company, are continuing to report on the situation. As of now, according to information released by TEPCO, water from the spent fuel pools of some units of the Kashiwazaki Kariba Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture has overflowed due to earthquake shaking, but the water has not flowed outside the building and has not affected the outside world. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the water spilled from the nuclear power plant contains radioactive materials, and the radioactivity level is being measured. According to Fuji Shimbun, the Shiga nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture was extinguished after a transformer fire broke out due to an earthquake on the 1st, and there was no impact on the nuclear power plant building. In addition, one of the plant's external power supply systems failed, but the other external power supply system was normal, and functions such as spent fuel pool cooling continued to operate. However, due to the shaking of the earthquake, water in the spent fuel pool of the nuclear power plant overflowed into the surrounding area, and according to the information released by the Nuclear Regulation Commission of Japan, the monitoring stations measuring the radiation intensity around the nuclear power plant are currently at the same level as normal, and the radioactive material has no external effects. Another nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has not reported any anomalies. At present, the Japan Meteorological Agency has named the 7.6-magnitude earthquake the "Noto Peninsula Earthquake" in 2024, and as of 6 o'clock local time on the 2nd, there have been 129 aftershocks with a seismic intensity of more than 2 degrees. At 10 o'clock local time on the 2nd, the Japan Meteorological Agency lifted all tsunami warnings. According to Japan's "Mainichi Shimbun", as of 10:30 local time on the 2nd, affected by the earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, 16 deaths have been confirmed in various parts of Ishikawa Prefecture.
- A group of 170 scientists signed a letter to the Biden administration opposing high-emission LNG projects
Recently, 170 U.S. climate and environmental scientists, including Rose Abramoff, Robert Howarth, Mark Jacobson, and others, sent a letter to the Biden administration, urging it to veto the construction project of the CP2 LNG export facility in Louisiana, which is under discussion, according to the International Gas Network. According to the letter, scientists believe the project, which is part of a broader LNG expansion in the United States, will slow down progress away from fossil fuels and negatively impact humanity's response to the climate crisis. It is reported that before this, more than 230 climate and public health organizations and institutions have signed a joint letter urging the Biden administration to veto the construction of CP2, but the government has not yet made a clear response. (This article was first published on Titanium Media APP, author|Hu Jiameng, editor|Liu Yangxue)
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