Ministry of Ecology and Environment: Promote the implementation of the "Implementation Plan on Establishing a Carbon Footprint Management System"

On November 6, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference in November. Xia Yingxian, Director of the Climate Change Response Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, answered questions from reporters on the work related to the "Implementation Plan on Establishing a Carbon Footprint Management System".

Xia Yingxian introduced that the above-mentioned expansion of the carbon market is a key task proposed in this year's government work report. The construction of a carbon footprint management system is also another task requirement proposed in this year's government work report. In order to implement tasks in this regard, we jointly issued the "Implementation Plan on Establishing a Carbon Footprint Management System" with 14 departments in May this year. This implementation plan compiled the "Task Book" and "Construction Plan" for the construction of my country's carbon footprint management system."Drawing", focusing on clarifying the "two cornerstones" of product carbon footprint accounting standards and carbon footprint factor database, to solve the problems of "how to calculate" and "calculate" product carbon footprint respectively; Explore the construction of "three systems" of carbon labeling certification, product carbon footprint hierarchical management and information disclosure to achieve the goal of "accurate calculation" of carbon footprints, promoting the "downward reduction" of product carbon footprints, and achieving the goal of "supervised" carbon footprint information. In order to promote the implementation of the "Implementation Plan", help foreign trade enterprises effectively respond to international carbon-related trade barriers, and based on solving difficulties in carbon footprint management, we have mainly carried out the following three aspects of work.

First, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment organized the preparation of the national standard "Requirements and Guidelines for Quantifying Carbon Footprint of Greenhouse Gas Products" and has recently been released and implemented. The requirements and guidelines serve as the "parent standard" or "standard" for carbon footprint accounting of my country's products., to guide the preparation of carbon footprint accounting standards for specific products. Organize relevant units to prepare carbon footprint accounting standards for basic energy such as electricity and key foreign trade products such as power batteries and photovoltaics, and release them as soon as possible.

Second, based on relevant work needs, the national average carbon dioxide emission factor for electricity in 2021 was released in April this year. At the same time, we will accelerate the research on product carbon footprint factors starting from common factors in basic energy such as coal, electricity, oil, and gas, and transportation.

The third is to cooperate with market supervision departments to carry out certification pilots for product carbon footprint labeling, and also encourage local governments to try first.

The fourth is to strengthen international exchanges on product carbon footprints, track and judge the development trends of international carbon-related trade policies and product carbon footprint rules, and actively respond.

In the next step, we will work with relevant departments to implement the task requirements of the Implementation Plan, continue to build the "two cornerstones" and "three systems," promote international exchanges and mutual recognition of the rules of my country's carbon footprint accounting standards, and accelerate the establishment of a carbon footprint management system. Promote the development of new productive forces and help build a beautiful China. Thank you.