Text: Liu Shimeng.
In recent years, with the proposal of the "dual carbon" goal, pollution reduction and carbon reduction have become one of the important directions in the field of ecological environment. In July 2023, the National Conference on Ecological and Environmental Protection made strategic arrangements for promoting the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and called for the implementation of multi-field and multi-level collaborative innovation pilots for pollution reduction and carbon reduction. A few days ago, the Communist Party of China issued the "Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Construction of a Beautiful China", which requires coordinated efforts to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and support high-quality development with a high-quality ecological environment.
These important deployments and requirements highlight the importance and urgency of synergistic efforts to reduce pollution and carbon emissions. On January 30, Sun Shouliang, director of the Comprehensive Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, pointed out that at the regular press conference in January, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with relevant departments and localities, carried out a series of work to promote the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and achieved positive progress and phased results.
First of all, the breadth and depth of collaborative governance of pollution reduction and carbon reduction are constantly strengthening and expanding, and the scope is becoming wider and wider. For example, vigorously promote the construction of large-scale wind power and photovoltaic base projects, promote the green development of the manufacturing industry, and increase the proportion of railway and water transportation; accelerate the development of new energy vehicles and develop green buildings; Promote the green transformation of the industry, implement ultra-low emission transformation in the steel, cement, and coking industries, and so on. Through a series of comprehensive measures, in the decade from 2013 to 2022, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions decreased by %, respectively, while carbon emission intensity decreased by 344%。
In addition, from the first to the local level, it has also formed a pattern of departmental cooperation and coordination between the upper and lower levels. In June 2022, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and seven other departments jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Synergy in Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction", and so far 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have issued synergistic work plans for pollution reduction and carbon reduction.
Finally, the atmosphere of collaborative innovation is becoming stronger. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) has supported Zhejiang to build a collaborative innovation zone for pollution reduction and carbon reduction, and actively explored collaborative governance models, and Zhejiang has carried out innovative pilot projects in 6 districted cities, 17 counties and districts, and 38 parks in the province, and has achieved a number of practical results that can be replicated and promoted.
He said that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment recently released the first batch of pilot projects for collaborative innovation in cities and industrial parks, including 21 cities and 43 parks. These pilot projects are widely distributed, diverse, and representative, involving steel, nonferrous metals, petrochemicals and other industries. In the follow-up pilot work, technical guidance, experience summary, and case promotion will be strengthened, and the demonstration and leading role of the pilot will be truly brought into play.
Editor: Xu Yunqian.