(The 4th CIIE) Can the new global economic and trade pattern take "green" as the background color?
China News Service, Shanghai, November 5 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The climate agenda and green and low-carbon development have become the focus of the international community, and major economies have successively made carbon peak and carbon neutral commitments.
With the continuous acceleration of the development of related technologies and the continuous evolution of trade transformation and industrial upgrading, can green become the background color of the new global economic and trade pattern?
During the 4th CIIE, participants in the political, business and academic circles believed that the impact of the climate agenda on the mode of economic growth, global industrial development, and international governance cooperation has become increasingly apparent. Row.
Yu Miaojie, deputy dean of the National Institute of Development Studies at Peking University, noted that as the world strengthens cooperation in climate and environment, high-polluting industries cannot survive in both developed and developing countries.
This puts forward higher requirements for related industries and enterprises. They must increase the added value of products through green innovation and green development, and reduce energy consumption and pollution intensity.
"In fact, this is also one of the main challenges facing industrial policy in this era-how to use carbon-neutral new technologies to transform to a low-carbon economy while maintaining the long-term competitiveness of enterprises." According to the scientist Elliott Harris, all parties need to make more investment for this, including the development of new technologies to improve energy efficiency in the production process, and the use of clean energy and renewable energy as the direction of energy production transformation.
Regardless of climate change or green development, the three words "sustainable" are related to the future of mankind.
The outbreak of the new crown epidemic reminds people: this type of global problem requires a global solution.
Pamela Kirk-Hamilton, executive director of the International Trade Center, a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, called on all countries participating in global trade to actively advocate the integration of sustainable development into trade that has a real impact on trade, production and consumption. In agreement.
She emphasized that taking the path of environmental protection can improve competitiveness while also enhancing the ability to cope with climate change and withstand economic shocks.
In the view of Jan Bige, Director-General of the International Development Law Organization, fair, just and effective legal policies are essential to global development and global trade.
In particular, an effective trade and investment framework is needed to facilitate climate-friendly technologies.
With a sound legal and policy framework, more private investment will emerge, promote the development of a green economy, and promote the sustainable development of society and the environment.
In the process of shaping a new global economic and trade pattern with "green" as the background, China's role has attracted attention from enterprises to governments.
As the world's leading provider of power battery systems, Li Ping, vice chairman and co-founder of CATL New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., stated during the CIIE that CATL has made many explorations and arrangements in terms of green development and will do its best in the future. Carrying out technological breakthroughs and research and development to help the supply chain first achieve low-carbon, and finally achieve a zero-carbon production model.
Chinese officials have proposed that they strive to achieve carbon peaks by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
In this regard, Robert Azevedo, Executive Vice President and Chief Group Affairs Officer of PepsiCo and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, said with emotion that China is highly focused on green development and climate change. This vision is remarkable.
"Only when we work together can we protect the earth's biodiversity, build a prosperous community, and at the same time live in harmony with the earth and achieve sustainable development."
"China's development process is robust and promising." BHP Billiton CEO Han Murui believes that China has a pivotal role in the world's climate goals and that China's sustained economic growth will inevitably be accompanied by a lower environmental footprint.
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