The so-called low-carbon economy, under the guidance of the concept of sustainable development, means to reduce the consumption of high-carbon energy such as coal and oil as far as possible, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and achieve a win-win economic and social development and ecological environment protection under the guidance of the concept of sustainable development.
The mark of low carbon economy
Background of developing low carbon economy
With the development and utilization of biomass energy, wind energy, solar energy, water energy, fossil energy and nuclear energy, human society has gradually moved from agricultural civilization of primitive society to modern industrial civilization. However, with the increase of global population and the continuous growth of economic scale, the environmental problems and consequences caused by the use of conventional energy such as fossil energy are constantly recognized by people. In recent years, the hazards of waste gas pollution, photochemical smog, water pollution and acid rain, as well as the global climate change caused by the increase of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, have been recognized as human destruction However, the environment, unhealthy production mode and the use of conventional energy have brought serious consequences.
In this context, a series of new concepts and policies such as "carbon footprint", "low-carbon economy", "low-carbon technology", "low-carbon development", "low-carbon lifestyle", "low-carbon society", "low-carbon city" and "low-carbon world" emerge as the times require. The result of great changes in energy, economy and even values may lead to a new way towards ecological civilization, that is, abandoning the traditional growth mode of the 20th century and before, directly applying the innovative technology and innovation mechanism of the new century, and realizing the sustainable development of society through the low-carbon economic mode and low-carbon lifestyle.
Reasons for developing low carbon economy
The characteristic of low carbon economy is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as the goal, and to build an economic development system based on low energy consumption and low pollution, including low-carbon energy system, low-carbon technology and low-carbon industrial system. Low carbon energy system refers to the development of clean energy, including wind energy, solar energy, nuclear energy, geothermal energy and biomass energy to replace fossil energy such as coal and oil to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Low carbon technologies include clean coal technology (IGCC) and carbon dioxide capture and storage technology (CCS). Low carbon industrial system includes thermal power emission reduction, new energy vehicles, energy-saving buildings, industrial energy conservation and emission reduction, circular economy, resource recovery, environmental protection equipment, energy-saving materials and so on.
The starting point of low-carbon economy is to count carbon sources and carbon footprints. There are three important sources of carbon dioxide. Among them, the most important carbon source is thermal power emissions, accounting for 41% of the total carbon dioxide emissions; the fastest growing is automobile exhaust emissions, accounting for 25%, especially when China's automobile sales begin to surpass that of the United States, this problem is becoming more and more serious; building emissions account for 27%, which increases steadily with the increase of the number of houses. Connotative low-carbon economy: it is an economic model to realize low-carbon development in a series of social activities from production, circulation to consumption and waste recycling.
Specifically, low-carbon economy refers to the improvement of energy production through concept innovation, technology innovation, system innovation, industrial structure innovation, operation innovation, new energy development and utilization under the guidance of sustainable development concept In order to reduce the consumption of high-carbon energy such as coal and petroleum, we should actively explore the research and development and utilization ways of carbon sequestration technology, so as to realize the mitigation of CO? In the atmosphere? The goal of concentration growth is to achieve a win-win situation of economic and social development and ecological environment protection.
Development significance of low carbon economy
To develop low-carbon economy, on the one hand, it is necessary to actively undertake the responsibility of environmental protection and meet the requirements of national energy-saving and consumption reduction targets; on the other hand, it is necessary to adjust the economic structure, improve the efficiency of energy utilization, develop new industries and build ecological civilization. This is a realistic way to abandon the previous development mode of "pollution first, treatment later, low-end first, high-end", extensive and intensive, and it is an inevitable choice to realize the win-win situation of economic development and resource and environmental protection.
Low carbon economy is an economic model based on low energy consumption, low pollution and low emission. It is another major progress of human society after agricultural civilization and industrial civilization. The essence of low-carbon economy is energy efficient utilization, clean energy development and the pursuit of green GDP. The core of low-carbon economy is the innovation of energy technology and emission reduction technology, the innovation of industrial structure and system, and the fundamental change of human survival and development concept. The background of "low carbon economy" is the severe challenge of global warming to human survival and development.
With the continuous growth of global population and economic scale, the environmental problems and their causes caused by energy use are constantly recognized by people, not only the hazards of smog, photochemical smog and acid rain, but also carbon dioxide (co?) in the atmosphere The global climate change caused by the increase of concentration has also been recognized as an indisputable fact. In this context, a series of new concepts and policies such as "carbon footprint", "low-carbon economy", "low-carbon technology", "low-carbon development", "low-carbon lifestyle", "low-carbon society", "low-carbon city" and "low-carbon world" emerge as the times require.
The result of great changes in energy, economy and even values may lead to a new way towards ecological civilization, that is, abandoning the traditional growth mode of the 20th century, directly applying the innovative technology and innovation mechanism of the new century, and realizing the sustainable development of society through the low-carbon economic model and low-carbon lifestyle.
