Promote carbon footprint certification of products in the Greater Bay Area and promote green and low-carbon development

Recently, the Belt and Road Environmental Technology Exchange and Transfer Center (Shenzhen)(hereinafter referred to as the Belt and Road Center) teamed up with the Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau to promote the carbon footprint of products in the Greater Bay Area at a seminar on the "Belt and Road" financial mechanism and carbon finance capacity building. Certification. Government officials and institutional representatives from the fields of ecological environment and carbon finance from 13 countries jointly building the Belt and Road Initiative participated in the seminar.

At the seminar, Guo Lijun, a first-level researcher at the Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, shared the theme of "Carrying out carbon footprint label verification and certification to promote green and low-carbon development" and elaborated on the development of carbon emissions trading and carbon footprints at home and abroad, focusing on introducing the product carbon footprint label certification system and phased results in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and introducing in detail three general technical standards. 80 specific product carbon footprint evaluation technical standards and the Greater Bay Area carbon footprint labeling certification public service platform.

This seminar is the Belt and Road Center to give full play to its role as a national-level platform to serve the construction of the green "Belt and Road". It cooperates with the Shenzhen Municipal Market Supervision Administration Bureau to promote the "Belt and Road" countries through international training and seminar activities. The useful exploration of carbon footprint certification of products in the Bay Area will help promote the international connection of China's green standards and rules.

On-site students had active exchanges and interactions around the achievements of Shenzhen's green and low-carbon development. Among them, Yu Yaye from Myanmar said that the design of Shenzhen's carbon emissions trading rules has a very good reference significance for the carbon emissions trading system under construction in the country; Marta from Brazil conducted carbon accounting for clothing products during the use stage. A detailed understanding, recognized Shenzhen's demonstration work foundation in carbon data accounting, and affirmed the work of the Greater Bay Area Carbon Footprint Certification in ensuring data accuracy and the development of technical standards for specific product carbon footprint evaluation; Sheit Miadi from Cambodia, Putra from Indonesia and Lamia from Egypt respectively compared the current construction status of their respective countries 'carbon footprint labeling systems and jointly expressed the importance of tailoring carbon emission factor libraries to suit the characteristics of their own national products., and fully affirmed the functional role of the Greater Bay Area Carbon Footprint Labeling Public Service Platform, hoping to launch the international version as soon as possible.

The "Belt and Road" financial mechanism and carbon finance capacity building seminar is a project to implement the Ministry of Ecology and Environment's 2024 capacity building for South-South cooperation on climate change, providing support for developing countries to improve their ability to respond to climate change. It is organized by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment for external cooperation and exchange. Hosted by the center and hosted by the International Alliance for Green Development of the Belt and Road Initiative, held at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou).

The Belt and Road Center was established in 2017 and jointly built by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government. It is the first national-level physical platform in the country to serve the construction of the green "Belt and Road". It aims to rely on Shenzhen's pioneering demonstration advantages to carry out international exchanges and cooperation, providing a series of services such as exchange services, sea services, training services and industrial services, helping green technologies go out to sea and jointly build a green "Belt and Road".