"Addressing Climate Change: Telling the World Story to the World" Side by Woodrow Chris
 

China has never stopped its pace in responding to climate change. On September 12, at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, USA, five Chinese representatives told the world about China's efforts to address climate change.

At the side of the "China Corner" "Responding to Climate Change: Telling the World Story to the World", Xu Huaqing, director of the National Center for Climate Change and International Cooperation, revolves around "two major policies," "two major actions," and "two An important platform, sharing China's experience in tackling climate change and the concept of low-carbon development.

The "two major policies" are the country's macro-control policies and China's unique "differentiated climate policy." Xu Huaqing said that through the country's macro-control, further rational regulation of economic growth, promote high-quality development, optimize energy structure, and rationally control the total amount of energy consumption, China's renewable energy development has achieved remarkable results; at the same time, China adopts a unique "differentiation" The climate policy sets different goals in different regions, decomposes the overall goal to the local and relevant departments, mobilizes the enthusiasm of all parties, forms the synergy of the whole society, and has achieved good results.

The “two major actions” refer to the establishment of a low-carbon development evaluation index through low-carbon pilot demonstrations; the second refers to the synergy and innovation of greenhouse gas emission control and air pollution control. “Two important platforms” refer to the “South-South Cooperation” platform and the national “Belt and Road” initiative.

According to Wang Yi, deputy dean of the Science and Technology Strategy Consulting Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China's four experiences in dealing with climate change are worth sharing: First, from the past development concept of GDP as the core to the development concept of protection as the priority, all relevant The system and system design also changed. Second, the planning system has an important role, such as spatial planning, and at the same time strengthen the legal basis of the planning system. Third, change the economic growth mode and consumption mode, promote supply-side structural reform, and change the energy structure. The fourth is to take a green and low-carbon development path and stimulate new driving forces.

Zhang Jinhua, secretary general of the China Automotive Engineering Society, shared his observations and thoughts on the development of new energy vehicles. Zhang Jinhua pointed out that at present, China's new energy vehicle market presents four characteristics: pure electric vehicles dominate the market; private energy purchases of new energy vehicles are increasing year by year; automobile miniaturization trends are becoming more and more obvious; Big. "Driven by China's practice, traffic electrification has gradually developed into a global trend." Zhang Jinhua said.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up and the 38th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. Tang Jie, a professor at the School of Economics and Management of Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen) and former deputy mayor of Shenzhen, said that Shenzhen is by far the city with the lowest carbon emission intensity and the slowest growth in China's megacities. Talking about the experience of Shenzhen governance, Tang Jie shared four aspects; one is to set up an ecological control line, half of the land as ecological control; the second is to effectively use the characteristics of the southeast monsoon in Shenzhen to design streets and houses, and reduce the heat island effect; It is vigorously promoting new energy vehicles. At present, it has basically completed the replacement of new energy for public transportation. The fourth is to develop carbon emissions trading and guide the participation of the whole people.

Tang Jie emphasized that in order to achieve the target expectations, the future should also focus on promoting low-carbon life education and related legislative measures. At the same time, how to achieve zero carbonization in buildings is also a concern.

The US Energy Foundation's industrial energy conservation project leader shared the efforts of Chinese industry in addressing climate change. He Ping said that China's industrial energy consumption has accounted for 65%-70% of total energy consumption for many years. However, in recent years, China's industrial energy efficiency has been continuously improved, and the gap with the international best level has gradually narrowed. In the future, we must achieve deeper and lower carbonization. On the one hand, we must carry out structural adjustments and continue to improve energy efficiency. On the other hand, we must reduce demand and promote fuel substitution. Among them, improving energy efficiency is still a very important aspect.

He Ping also affirmed the importance of the “Thousands of Enterprises Energy Conservation Action” and “Wan Enterprise Energy Conservation and Low Carbon Action” launched by the government. Enterprise collaboration is not only conducive to accelerating the realization of energy conservation goals, but also contributes to the extension and dissemination of successful experiences.

What are the characteristics of these “Chinese stories” in response to climate change? In response to a reporter's question, Tang Jie said that as a country with energy as the mainstay, China still faces greater pressure to achieve its global goals. Xu Huaqing believes that to strengthen the government's leading role in promoting low-carbon development, Zhang Jinhua said that policy support is crucial, but ultimately it depends on market guidance. In Wang Yi's view, the purpose of storytelling is to achieve a win-win situation. Through storytelling, the parties can reach a consensus and better cope with climate change.