Double carbon, China strives to achieve the peak of carbon dioxide emission in 2030 and carbon neutrality in 2060. In September, 2020, China clearly set the targets of "peak carbon dioxide emission" in 2030 and "carbon neutrality" in 2060. On may 26th, 20021year, the first plenary meeting of the leading group for carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emission was held in Beijing. On 2021July 16, the national carbon market officially opened.
The so-called "peak carbon dioxide emission" means that the total annual carbon dioxide emission reaches the highest value in a certain period of time, and then gradually decreases after reaching the peak value, that is, the peak carbon dioxide emission is a historical turning point from increasing to decreasing carbon dioxide emission, which marks the decoupling of carbon emissions from economic development. The peak target includes peak year and peak value, and the earlier the "carbon dioxide emission peak" time, the lower the peak emission. When man-made carbon dioxide is offset and the net carbon dioxide emission is zero in a certain period of time, "carbon neutrality" is realized.
The significance of double carbon target
Dual-carbon target plays a leading and systematic role in China's green and low-carbon development, which can bring multiple effects of environmental quality improvement and industrial development. Focusing on reducing carbon emissions is conducive to promoting the green transformation of economic structure, accelerating the formation of green production methods, and boosting high-quality development. Prominent carbon emission reduction is conducive to the coordinated management of traditional pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, and has a significant synergistic effect on environmental quality improvement and greenhouse gas control.
Emphasizing that it is everyone's responsibility to reduce carbon emissions is conducive to promoting the formation of a green and simple lifestyle, reducing the consumption and waste of material products, and achieving energy conservation, pollution reduction and carbon reduction. In the long run, achieving the goal of carbon emission reduction is conducive to alleviating the adverse effects of climate change, reducing the losses caused to the economy and society, and returning human beings and nature to peace and tranquility through joint global efforts.