June 5th is World Environment Day, and this year's Chinese theme is "Man and Nature in Harmony."
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, has emphasized the need to protect the ecological environment on many occasions.
The report of the Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China puts forward the idea of "adhering to the harmonious coexistence of man and nature" and regarded it as one of the basic strategies for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.
This provides a basic follow for scientifically grasping and correctly handling the relationship between man and nature.
People's Daily Online has invited many experts and scholars to focus on green development and understand the beautiful China Xi Jinping is looking forward to.
The construction of ecological civilization has achieved remarkable results and it is imperative to make up for the shortcomings of ecological governance
"Throughout the history of the development of human civilization, the prosperity of ecology leads to the prosperity of civilization, and the decline of ecology leads to the decline of civilization."
"We must protect the ecological environment like our own eyes, treat the ecological environment like life, build the foundation of ecological civilization, and take the road of green development!"
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has attached great importance to the construction of ecological civilization, and has put forward a series of new concepts, new ideas and strategies, and has consistently vigorously promoted the construction of ecological civilization.
In recent years, my country's ecological civilization construction has achieved remarkable results, the quality of the ecological environment has improved significantly, and solid steps have been taken in the construction of a beautiful China.
According to data from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, my country's ecological environment has improved significantly, and the "face value" of the environment across the country has generally improved-the number of cities meeting environmental air standards, the proportion of days with good quality, the proportion of days with heavy pollution, and the concentration of major pollutants Decline; the proportion of sections with good surface water quality (category Ⅰ-Ⅲ) continues to increase; the proportion of sea areas with good water quality continues to increase.
"Ecological governance, the road is long and long, and the line is coming. We must have the spirit of seizing the day, but also the perseverance." Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Beijing World Horticultural Expo in China still echoed in our ears. .
To make up for the shortcomings of ecological governance, we must make great efforts and make a long story.
"We have seen that the effectiveness of conventional environmental protection measures has been released to a large extent. Ecological environmental protection has moved from the past environmental protection field to a deep water area of comprehensively deepening reform and development." Institute of Ecological Civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences In an interview with People’s Daily Online, Zhang Yongsheng said, “The issue of ecological environment is actually a matter of development mode. We must accelerate the transition to green development, and transform environmental protection and economic development from'mutual conflict' to'mutual promotion'."
Wang Zijian, a researcher at the Research Center for Ecological Environment of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that China's environmental protection is moving from pollution source treatment to the stage of environmental quality improvement, and it needs to make necessary adjustments in concepts and strategies.
"At present, the most important thing is to establish a set of biological evaluation standards that can accurately reflect the quality of terrestrial ecosystems and water ecosystems and support the protection, restoration or restoration of the biosphere." Wang Wangjian said.
Speaking of the countermeasures for my country's ecological environment management in the future, Yan Gang, deputy dean of the Environmental Planning Institute of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that it is necessary to lead the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development to strengthen the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction.
"Accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the industrial structure, under the premise of ensuring the effective demand of the country, strictly control new projects in the'two high' industries, vigorously optimize the energy structure, strictly control the total amount of fossil energy consumption, and realize comprehensive governance and systematic governance. , Source governance.” Yan Gang pointed out.
Pollution reduction and carbon reduction, synergy and efficiency, join hands with countries to achieve green opportunity sharing
On April 30, when Xi Jinping presided over the 29th collective study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, he pointed out that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, my country's ecological civilization construction has entered a strategic direction with carbon reduction as the key strategic direction, and promoted synergy in reducing pollution and carbon. , Promote the overall green transformation of economic and social development, and realize the critical period for the improvement of ecological environment quality from quantitative change to qualitative change.
"Achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality is a solemn commitment made by our country to the world, and it is also a broad and profound economic and social change. It is by no means easy to achieve. The strength to mark, step on the stone and leave the mark, clarify the timetable, road map, and construction drawings, and promote economic and social development based on the efficient use of resources and green and low-carbon development." Xi Jinping emphasized.
my country strives to achieve carbon peaks by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. This is a major strategic decision made by the Party Central Committee after careful consideration. It is related to the sustainable development of the Chinese nation and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
This year's government work report listed "Solidly do a good job in carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" as one of the key tasks of the year, and proposed "Developing an action plan for carbon emissions peaking by 2030".
He Jiankun, deputy director of the National Committee of Experts on Climate Change, believes that my country’s goal and vision of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality means that my country is more firmly implementing the new development concept.
"This will also lead the world to achieve a green, low-carbon recovery, and lead the direction of global economic and technological changes. It is of very practical and important significance for protecting the earth's ecology and promoting cooperative actions against climate change." He Jiankun said.
“Carbon neutrality does not only refer to the replacement of fossil energy with renewable energy, but a fundamental change in production and lifestyle.” Zhang Yongsheng pointed out, “All plans for carbon neutrality should be put in place as soon as possible. In addition to binding plans, guidance Sexual planning is also very important, because they can build consensus extensively, form stable market expectations, and guide the direction of resource allocation in the whole society."
Climate change is a global challenge, and no country can stay out of it.
In this regard, Yan Gang said that my country should strengthen international cooperation and exchanges in all aspects including governance system, capital, technology, and mechanism.
"my country should actively participate in international dialogue, exchanges and cooperation, strengthen international communication and cooperation in the fields of green technology research and development, low-carbon industry layout, and climate finance; strengthen South-South cooperation in addressing climate change, actively participate in and lead global climate and environmental governance, and help Developing countries will improve their ability and resilience to respond to climate change.” Yan Gang suggested.
Protecting the beauty of nature with the law as a shield, perfecting the all-round litigation system for environmental protection
"For a beautiful bird, China is learning to give up."
At the World Environmental Justice Conference in Kunming, the graceful figure of the green peacock appeared on the screen of the venue, and the video subtitles attracted attention.
In December 2020, in order to protect the endangered green peacock, the Yunnan court ruled that the hydropower project under construction that may pose a risk to the green peacock habitat was suspended, effectively preventing the occurrence and expansion of ecological environmental damage through judicial means.
On May 26, Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the World Conference on Environmental Justice.
He pointed out that China adheres to the new development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness and sharing, comprehensively strengthens ecological environmental protection work, and actively participates in global cooperation in the construction of ecological civilization.
China continues to deepen the reform and innovation of environmental justice, and has accumulated beneficial experience in judicial protection of the ecological environment.
For a long time, China has focused on strengthening judicial protection of the ecological environment, building a specialized environmental resource adjudication system with Chinese characteristics, perfecting a comprehensive litigation system for ecological environmental protection, and improving the legal application rule system for environmental rights protection, so as to fully protect the people in a healthy, comfortable and beautiful ecological environment. The right to survive and develop in the environment.
Talking about how to play the protective role of environmental justice, Wang Canfa, a professor at China University of Political Science and Law and director of the Public Prosecutor’s Public Litigation Research Base, said that the people’s courts can resolve the environmental pollution and ecological damage caused by environmental pollution and ecological damage through the trial and judgment of environmental civil cases. Environmental disputes, safeguard the environmental rights and interests of units and individuals, and achieve social harmony.
“The people’s courts assist environmental administrative law enforcement agencies to stop and sanction environmental violations through the hearing and judgments of environmental administrative cases; at the same time, the people’s courts, through the hearings and judgments of environmental crime cases, crack down on serious pollution and damage to the ecological environment in accordance with the law. To achieve the purpose of deterring illegality, educating units and individuals to consciously abide by environmental laws and protect the environment." Wang Canfa explained.
In an interview with the media recently, Justice Antonio Benjamin of the High Court of Justice of the Federal Republic of Brazil said that in China, the concept of ecological civilization has gradually become the fundamental language of the legal system and the entire society.
China has been formulating relevant laws and regulations in the field of environmental protection, involving many aspects such as pollution prevention and protection of biodiversity.
At the same time, China's judicial system attaches great importance to the role of judges in environmental protection.
In his view, "China's environmental justice practice will become a global model."
People live up to the green hills, and green hills will definitely live up to others.
Ecological civilization is an inevitable requirement for the harmonious development of man and nature.
In the future, China will take more effective measures to fill up the shortcomings of ecological governance, jointly seek the construction of a global ecological civilization, and work with countries around the world to build a beautiful home on the earth with good ecology.
Author: Song Zijie Huang Yuqi