1. What are "peak CO2 emission" and "carbon neutrality"?

"Carbon neutrality" means that countries and regions regulate the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions through industrial structure adjustment and energy system optimization, and finally realize the balance between production and sales of carbon dioxide in human society and natural environment. Generally speaking, by adhering to the strategy of energy conservation and emission reduction, developing a green and low-carbon economy, enhancing forest carbon sinks and offsetting all carbon dioxide produced by human society, a "zero-carbon society" will be built.

The goal of "carbon neutrality" cannot be achieved overnight, and "carbon dioxide emission peak" is the key node to achieve the long-term goal of "carbon neutrality". For China, as the world's second largest economy and the largest developing country, China's economy and all walks of life have just developed, and a large amount of resources and energy consumption will also bring about a further increase in carbon dioxide emissions.

However, with the gradual improvement of China's socialist modernization and the wide application of innovative technologies such as green and low carbon, the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions will eventually usher in a turning point of decline, which is our goal of "peak carbon dioxide emissions".

Second, why should we emphasize "peak carbon dioxide emissions" and "carbon neutrality"?

This first needs to return to the issue of "climate change" with the characteristics of the times. At present, climate change has caused unprecedented impact on a global scale. Extreme weather has brought a lot of inconvenience to our daily production and life. Changes in weather patterns have threatened food production, and the risk of catastrophic floods caused by rising sea levels is also increasing. Coastal cities and countries are facing a huge survival crisis, and the global ecological balance is constantly being destroyed.