In recent years, global ecological and environmental issues, including climate change and the frequent occurrence of extreme weather events caused by it, have brought severe challenges to human survival and development. Global climate change is a process of historical accumulation. Since mankind entered the industrial civilization, it has accelerated the grabbing of natural resources and broke the balance of the earth's ecological system. At the same time, the distribution of the huge material wealth created by industrial civilization and the sharing of the cost of ecological damage caused by it are also uneven. There are imbalances among different countries, different regions of the same country, different cities, and different people. There is no doubt that "huge material wealth" should be responsible for the "broken balance of the earth's ecological system."
President Xi Jinping recently proposed at the leaders’ climate summit to jointly build a “community of human and natural life”, contributing Chinese wisdom to global climate governance. Global climate change is a process of historical accumulation. As the owner and enjoyer of the enormous material wealth created by mankind since industrial civilization, Western countries should shoulder historical and major responsibilities in today's global climate governance, and not only have to show greater ambitions. At the same time, it is necessary to provide financial, technological, and capacity building support to developing countries to help developing countries effectively improve their ability to cope with climate change and their resilience. In particular, they must not set up green trade barriers or use carbon and greenhouse gas emissions reductions as an example. Means to suppress developing countries.
China's low-carbon development goals are clear and resolute, and it has made hard work to achieve the goals of global climate governance. In September last year, China pledged at the 75th UN General Assembly to "strive to achieve carbon peaks by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060", and made specific arrangements at the Climate Ambition Summit on December 12. The national "14th Five-Year" development plan adopted by the two sessions this year clearly stated that "energy resource allocation will be more reasonable, utilization efficiency will be greatly improved, and energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will be reduced by 13.5% and 18%, respectively." There is a gap of nearly 4.5 percentage points between energy intensity and carbon emission intensity, which means that China's energy system will be deeply decarbonized during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, that is, to replace non-carbon-based new energy sources such as solar, wind, nuclear, and hydropower. Carbon-based fossil energy sources such as coal, oil, and natural gas. At the recent Sino-French-German video summit and the Sino-US Joint Statement on Climate Crisis, China further decided to accept the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, strengthen the control of non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases such as HFCs, and plan Develop a long-term strategy to achieve carbon neutral/net zero emissions of greenhouse gases. At the climate summit, Xi Jinping clearly stated that "we will carry out extensive and in-depth carbon peaking actions, and support qualified localities, key industries, and key enterprises to take the lead in reaching peaks" and "strict consumption growth during the 14th Five-Year Plan period and the 15th Five-Year Plan period. “Gradually reduce” the strict coal control target.
China’s current urbanization rate has just exceeded 60%, and its per capita GDP has just exceeded 10,000 U.S. dollars. To achieve low-carbon goals or achieve emission reduction strategies in the process of continuing to promote urbanization and further economic development means that it is the largest developing country in the world. As a country, China will complete the world's highest reduction in carbon emission intensity and achieve the transition from carbon peak to carbon neutrality in the shortest time. This will undoubtedly be a tough battle, and China will have to work hard.
With the direction and restriction of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, China has coordinated to promote high-quality development, high-quality life, and high-level protection, providing solutions for solving the dilemma of global climate governance and socio-economic development. Achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality is a broad and profound economic and social systemic change. Green and low-carbon development, in particular, to seize the huge development opportunities brought about by the green and low-carbon transition. Driven by innovation, vigorously promote the transformation and upgrading of the economy, energy, and industrial structure, and extensively form a green and low-carbon production and lifestyle, which is to achieve the goal of achieving carbon peaks. And the basic support of the vision of carbon neutrality, and the achievement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality is a necessary prerequisite to ensure the obvious improvement of the ecological environment and the fundamental and overall improvement. At the same time, a good ecological environment will become the sustainable development of the global economy and society. Support.
On the issue of high-quality development, on the one hand, low-carbon industrial transformation, low-carbon technological innovation, and green financial innovation are needed to drive green and low-carbon transformation and upgrading in various sectors such as energy, industry, construction, transportation, and the environment. The new system of high-level open economy will accelerate the promotion of high-quality economic development.
On the other hand, based on the concept of low-carbon green circular economy and with the help of intelligence, it is expected to accelerate the formation of new production methods. The green and low-carbon service industry represented by carbon emission verification and carbon neutral certification will become an emerging industry with different subjects. Provide a more competitive market and greener employment opportunities.
In terms of high-quality life, carbon peaking and carbon neutrality are not only related to livelihood issues such as industry, education, employment, and social justice. It is necessary to work hard to create a high-quality life, to better satisfy the people’s yearning for a better life, and to advocate green Green and low-carbon lifestyles such as procurement, recycling of old objects, water and electricity, "CD Action" and zero-carbon travel, and promote them to become common behaviors of the public and new social trends.
In terms of high-level protection, carbon peaking and carbon neutrality are the necessary prerequisites to ensure a significant improvement in the ecological environment and a fundamental and overall improvement. The realization of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality will comprehensively improve the modernization level of environmental governance and continue to improve the ecological environment. Quality, improve climate resilience, accelerate the construction of an ecologically suitable living environment, and truly realize the modernization of harmonious coexistence between man and nature.
"If the hearts of the people are united, the mountains will move. Responding to the challenge of climate change requires all countries in the world to think together, learn from each other and learn from each other for mutual benefit and win-win results. China will adhere to the principles of fairness, common but differentiated responsibilities, and respective capabilities, promote the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, and join hands with other countries to create a clean and beautiful world.
