Research Team of National Center for Basic Science Led by Chen Xiaohong Publishes Papers on Carbon Neutrality in Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2021-10-07
The core members of the research team of National Center for Basic Science, "Theory and Application of Resource and Environment Management in Digital Economy Era," led by Chen Xiaohong, HUTB Party Secretary and CAE Academician, published a number of papers in Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Academician Chen Xiaohong took the lead in publishing a paper entitled "Analysis on the Path of Digital Technology Promoting the Achievement of Carbon Neutrality in China's Energy Industry.” The paper pointed out that digital technology is the best tool to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in China in the digital economy era. Energy industry is the biggest source of carbon emissions in China, and wide attention has been paid to the question of how to realize carbon peaking and carbon neutrality in energy industry by means of digital technology. Firstly, the paper expounded the important strategic role of digital technology in achieving carbon neutrality. Then, it categorized and analyzed the theoretical research and application progress of digital technology and carbon emission reduction in the existing literature, revealing the problems existing in the application of existing digital technology to carbon neutrality in energy industry. Finally, it put forward the general thought on digital technology to promote the process of carbon neutrality in China, and the main path of using digital technologies such as big data, digital twinning, artificial intelligence and blockchain to help achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in China's energy industry.
The team led by Academician Liu He, honorary dean of the School of Resources and Environment of HUTB and chief scientist of National Center for Basic Science, published a paper entitled “Discussion on China's Energy Development Strategy under the Goal of Carbon Neutrality.” Chinese President Xi Jinping made a commitment to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 at the General Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2020. As the world's largest energy consumer and carbon emitter, China faces higher requirements of achieving the goal of carbon neutrality and sustainable development of China's energy and economy. Although the growth rate of China's energy consumption has slowed down in recent years and carbon emissions have gradually entered a steady period, fossil energy still accounts for as high as 80% of China's energy consumption. With the goal of carbon neutrality and on the basis of learning from the practices of developed countries in adjusting energy consumption structure and carbon emission reduction, the question of how to accelerate China's energy transformation and clarify the strategic path of energy transformation facing the goal of carbon neutrality is worthy of in-depth discussion. Carbon neutrality is the strategic goal of China's economic and social development, an important measure to promote China's energy revolution, and an important starting point to realize the leap of civilization. On the road to carbon neutrality, China needs to make continuous efforts in the fields of electricity, industry, construction and agriculture, reduce carbon emissions, plan the best strategic path, and strive to achieve carbon emission reduction and economic development in parallel. The paper analyzed the trend of energy consumption and carbon emission in China, predicted the total amount and peak value of energy consumption in China in the future based on the enlightenment of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality strategy in developed countries, and finally put forward countermeasures and suggestions to promote the realization of carbon neutrality.
Professor Geng Yong, a HUTB part-time professor and deputy director of National Center for Basic Science, and his team published a paper entitled “The Path and Countermeasures of Promoting Carbon Neutrality with Circular Economy.” In the current increasingly complex international situation, global climate governance faces more challenges. China, the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), has pledged to have carbon emissions peak by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. However, carbon neutrality is a complex systematic project, which is in dire need to be realized by developing circular economy. Based on the "3R" Principle of reduce, reuse and recycle, the paper analyzed the internal relationship between developing circular economy and achieving carbon neutrality, compared the development status at home and abroad, expounded the key role of circular economy in achieving the goal of carbon neutrality, and put forward policy suggestions on propelling China to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality through circular economy.
