[Explanation] On February 25, the 2nd China Digital Carbon Neutral Summit Forum with the theme of "Digital Leading Green Development" was held in Chengdu.
This forum will be conducted in an online and offline way, and the "Metaverse" format will be used online to reproduce the offline scenes of the forum 1:1, creating an immersive experience for online audiences.
[Explanation] During the release of the results, Du Shaozhong, vice chairman of the China Environmental Protection Federation, released the "Digital Account Book for Carbon Emission Reduction" on behalf of the forum.
Du Shaozhong said that the "carbon ledger" drives everyone to participate in carbon emission reduction behaviors in a digital way, and provides a typical case for the coordinated transformation and development of digital greening.
[Concurrent] Du Shaozhong, Vice Chairman of China Environmental Protection Federation
The immediate function of this "carbon ledger" is to encourage the public to participate in carbon emission reduction, which is to give rewards through various incentive mechanisms introduced by the government and enterprises.
In the long run, when the carbon market matures, personal carbon emission reductions will become "carbon assets", and at that time it can also enter the carbon market for trading.
The role of "carbon book" is not only for individuals, because personal consumption preferences will affect the production of enterprises.
Changes in the production behavior of enterprises will in turn send a message to the government. The government must consider these factors when making decisions on how to promote social emission reduction.
Therefore, strictly speaking, this "digital carbon ledger" is useful for governments, enterprises, and individuals.
[Explanation] At the main forum, academicians and experts from scientific research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the Chinese Academy of Sciences delivered keynote speeches on the cutting-edge trends and innovative practices of digital empowerment of the "double carbon" goal, exploring the path for digitalization to promote the realization of the "double carbon" goal.
Among them, Zhu Tong, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and dean of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering of Peking University, gave a speech entitled "Digital Empowerment Improves the Environment and Protects Health".
Zhu Tong pointed out that air pollution and climate change are important challenges facing human beings, and digital twins—the fusion of observation data and models provide a powerful tool for predicting future environmental and climate changes.
[Concurrent] Zhu Tong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dean of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University
Chinese scientists have recently done a lot of research on the formation mechanism of air pollution in China, so we now have a lot of updates on the air pollution simulation modules, which can help us better and more accurately predict the formation of air pollution degree and so on.
In fact, what we are doing now is that we use some air quality models developed by Chinese scientists in this kind of earth simulation laboratory.
It is not just a model itself, it may be combined with other changes in the larger earth system, so this is in progress.
[Explanation] Ren Fuji, academician of the European Academy of Sciences, honorary vice chairman of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, and chair professor of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, said in an interview that the realization of the "dual carbon" goal must be based on the concept of advanced intelligence and technological innovation, and promote the integration of digital technology and tradition. The integration of industries promotes industrial digitalization and green transformation.
[Concurrent] Ren Fuji, academician of the European Academy of Sciences, honorary vice chairman of the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence, and chair professor of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Digitization and greening go hand in hand.
The main advantage of digitalization is that it can be fully simulated with artificial intelligence and advanced intelligence before construction, and we can choose the best solution.
For example, if there is a large project, the amount of carbon emissions can be seen in the metaverse scene, and (how) it affects other ecological environments. There is a large set of systems to calculate it. Digitalization is directly related to greening.
It (digitalization) provides engineering means and a theoretical basis.
Chen Xuanbin reports from Chengdu
Responsible editor: [He Sanli]