The "Implementation Plan on Establishing a Carbon Footprint Management System" is scheduled to be released in the near future
On May 29, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference for May. Pei Xiaofei, spokesperson of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said at the meeting that in order to strengthen the management of carbon footprints, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has compiled the "Implementation Plan on Establishing a Carbon Footprint Management System", which is planned to be jointly issued in conjunction with other ministries and commissions in the near future, starting with the carbon footprint of products., improve domestic rules, promote international connectivity, and establish a unified and standardized carbon footprint management system.
Carbon footprint usually refers to the sum of greenhouse gas emissions and removals expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent for specific objects. Specific objects include products, individuals, households, institutions or enterprises. The more carbon-containing resources such as oil and coal are consumed, the greater the carbon dioxide emissions are. The larger the carbon footprint, and conversely, the smaller the carbon footprint. Product carbon footprint is the most widely used concept in carbon footprint. It refers to the entire life cycle of a product, including the total carbon emissions generated from the production, transportation, distribution, use to disposal of raw materials. It is a measure of production enterprises and products. An important indicator of green and low-carbon levels. For example, the production process of plastic bags requires a large amount of petroleum resources, and the use of plastic bags will increase the carbon footprint; solar water heaters use solar energy for heating and do not require the use of traditional energy sources and can reduce carbon emissions. The use of solar water heaters can reduce the carbon footprint.
Pei Xiaofei introduced that effective management of carbon footprints can promote the realization of the "double carbon" goal. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has the following four main considerations and arrangements for this:
The first is to establish and improve a carbon footprint management system. Starting from basic work such as standards, factors, and institutional rules, we will promote the release of general principles for product carbon footprint accounting and key product carbon footprint accounting rules and standards, and establish and improve the product carbon footprint factor database and identification certification, hierarchical management, information disclosure and other systems.
The second is to build a work pattern with multi-party participation. Strengthen policy coordination, increase financial support, enrich and expand application scenarios for promoting product carbon footprints, encourage local pilots and policy innovations, promote enterprises in key industries to pilot, and form a joint effort to promote product carbon footprints and a work pattern of joint construction, sharing, and sharing.
The third is to promote international mutual trust in product carbon footprint rules. Track and judge the development trend of international carbon-related trade policies and product carbon footprint related rules, promote the international docking of product carbon footprint rules, exchange and mutual recognition of product carbon footprint rules with countries co-building the "Belt and Road", actively participate in the formulation of international standards and rules, and strengthen carbon footprint International exchanges and cooperation on work.
The fourth is to improve the level of product carbon footprint capacity building. Strengthen product carbon footprint accounting capabilities, standardize professional services, cultivate professional talent teams and institutions, and strengthen data quality, data security management, and intellectual property protection.
At the same time, Pei Xiaofei introduced that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment will speed up the research and release of carbon footprint accounting methods and carbon footprint factors for key products such as electricity, coal, and fuel oil to provide a solid foundation for the carbon footprint accounting of downstream products throughout the life cycle,"all-round" and "all-round" chain "and" whole process "promote the refinement, implementation and implementation of carbon footprint work.
