Xi Jinping: Looking up at the night sky, the stars twinkle. The earth is the only home for all human beings to survive. We must protect the ecological environment like we protect our own eyes, treat the ecological environment like life, build the foundation of ecological civilization, and walk the road of green development together!
This quote comes from a speech delivered by President Xi Jinping at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exposition on April 28, 2019.
The earth is the common home of all human beings and even all living species on earth. It is the only known planet with life.
The earth's ecological environment is the basis for all life to survive, and protecting the ecological environment is to protect life.
In recent years, with climate change, loss of biodiversity, intensification of desertification, and frequent occurrence of extreme climate events, human survival and development are facing severe challenges.
Actively responding to the challenges brought about by changes in the ecological environment, promoting global environmental governance, and exploring the path of harmonious coexistence between man and nature require the joint efforts of all mankind.
At the 15th COP Leaders Summit of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2021, President Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to build an earth home where man and nature coexist in harmony, the economy and the environment work together, and all countries in the world develop together.
At the general debate of the 75th United Nations General Assembly, President Xi Jinping, on behalf of China, made a solemn commitment to strive to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and strive to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
In the process of responding to climate change, China has comprehensively promoted the "dual carbon" process, thoroughly implemented the new development concept, practiced a green and low-carbon lifestyle, made great efforts to promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and integrated the construction of ecological civilization into the whole process of economic and social development and construction. , which fully reflects that China is not only an advocate of the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind, but also a practitioner.
Building a beautiful earth home is the common dream of all mankind.
In the face of changes and challenges in the ecological environment, no country can stand alone. Human beings are a community with a shared future where one prosper and all suffers.
Only when people of all countries act together, care for the ecological environment as much as their own eyes, implement the concept of green development into their daily actions, and walk side by side, can they create a better future for themselves, for the society, for the country, and for the world.
Special expert for this issue: Mao Xianqiang, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University