China News Service, Chengdu, April 25th (Reporter Yue Yitong) On the 25th, in the trading hall of the Sichuan United Environment Exchange located in the high-tech zone of Chengdu, the trading information of the National Certified Voluntary Emission Reduction (CCER) on the day was displayed on a large screen. Scroll in real time.

As the youngest carbon trader in the exchange, 24-year-old Feng Luxi is focused and earnestly handles carbon emission trading accounts for companies.

  "I am a carbon trader, and my daily work is mainly the opening of carbon emission trading accounts. With the proposal of the '3060' goal and vision, the carbon market has derived carbon traders, carbon verifiers, carbon traders, etc. Manager and other positions." Talking about his work, Feng Luxi, who looked very capable in a black suit, smiled.

"My friends think my work is very 'foreign'."

  In July 2021, the national carbon quota trading market officially launched online trading, using market mechanisms to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In layman's terms, carbon trading is to treat carbon dioxide emission rights as commodities on exchanges, with each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent as the unit of measurement.

  Sichuan United Environment Exchange is one of the nine environmental exchanges in China.

He Jinfeng, chairman of the exchange, said that with the end of the first compliance period in the carbon market, companies are more aware of the value of carbon emission rights, and thus pay more attention to the market, and the future carbon trading market will be more active and mature.

  Behind the prosperity of carbon trading, it highlights the determination of urban green and low-carbon development.

As the first place in the park city, Chengdu is fully exploring new ways to improve carbon sink capacity.

In this process, many "Generation Z" like Feng Luxi have emerged, vigorously contributing to the low-carbon development of cities.

  What is it like to live in Chengdu, a mega city with a population of over 20 million?

Shi Binwei, a "post-95" from Shandong, worked in a green recycling technology company. As a practitioner in the environmental protection industry, he smiled and used "green everywhere" to describe his daily life.

"Whether I ride a bicycle or take a bus to work, I can see a lot of green. The environment is better, and I am more motivated to work. My parents also plan to settle in Chengdu next year."

  Shi Binwei expressed the aspirations of Chengdu citizens.

In fact, with the continuous formation of the urban spatial form of the “Qingshan Greenway and Blue Network” in Chengdu, the ecological carbon sink capacity has gradually improved. While providing a comfortable living environment for citizens, it also contributed to the realization of the “dual carbon” goal.

  By the end of last year, the forest coverage rate of Chengdu had reached 40.2%, and the carbon sequestration of the ecosystem exceeded 2 million tons; the construction of major ecological projects such as Longquanshan Urban Forest Park, Jincheng Park, and Jinjiang Park had accelerated, and the green coverage rate of the built-up area had reached 45%, and the per capita The park has a green area of ​​14.1 square meters; a total of 4,408 kilometers of Tianfu greenways have been built, with more than 2,100 community greenways, and 204 forest-pan ecological management, protection and restoration have been implemented.

"Push the window to see green" is becoming another beautiful business card of "Easy Chengdu".

  The improvement of urban carbon sink capacity is not a one-day effort, nor is it a one-man effort.

In Chengdu, through the encouragement and popularization of green lifestyles, national low carbon is becoming a new trend in the fashion capital.

Clicking on the "Carbon Benefit Tianfu" applet, Li Suimiao, a 25-year-old young man from Chengdu, proudly showed reporters his 4-digit points.

"I redeemed a lot of rewards in the green mall, and now I'm accumulating points again." She laughed.

  Choose public transportation, drive new energy vehicles, go to certified restaurants and supermarkets for consumption... In Chengdu, these green and low-carbon behaviors can all earn low-carbon points.

It is understood that the "Carbon Benefit Tianfu" green public welfare platform is the first successful case of "public carbon emission reduction credits, project carbon emission reduction development and operation" dual-path carbon inclusiveness successful case in China. With the participation of more and more citizens, dripping water The power can also spring.

  "It's not so much my contribution to Chengdu's green development, it's more that Chengdu's green and low-carbon practices have changed the habits of my family and my life." Today, "Carbon Benefit Tianfu" points are "competed" by Li Suimiao and friends every day. Projects, public transportation, cycling and running around the community greenway have become her daily routine.

"As a young resident of Park City, I want to say that this kind of life is really good!" Li Suimiao laughed.

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