The State Program of the People's Republic of China on Countering Сlimate Change

 
PIIS013128120015427-0-1
DOI10.31857/S013128120015427-0
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Occupation: Senior Research Officer
Affiliation: Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameProblemy Dalnego Vostoka
EditionIssue 3
Pages72-84
Abstract

After the COVID-19 pandemic, the most difficult and potentially most dangerous environmental problem in the XXI century has become the climate crisis, which is expressed in an increase in the average annual temperature, the frequency and intensity of extreme climatic events: droughts, floods, tornadoes, sudden thaws, frosts, melting glaciers, etc. All these phenomena cause significant damage to nature, man and the economy. Climate change is associated with an increase in the "greenhouse effect" — the total increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as a result of human economic activity, industrial, transport, agricultural emissions, deforestation and land degradation.

Despite the fact that the reasons for the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change remain unclear, and the proposed hypotheses have not been proven by anyone, the world community accuses the PRC of environmental dishonesty. Due to the current historical circumstances, China is indeed the largest producer of greenhouse gases. It accounts for about 30% of all global emissions — twice as much as the US, it pollutes the air more than all European countries combined, and over the past 20 years, CO2 emissions have grown six times faster than the rest of the world. The country's share of global greenhouse gas emissions is significantly higher than its share of global GDP (about 19.35%), which means that it has a "strong carbon footprint" and special efforts are required to reduce it.

The article attempts to analyze a new stage in the construction of the "ecological civilization" of the People's Republic of China — the development of a national climate program to achieve a zero carbon footprint by 2060. The program of the 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) and the main directions of development of the People's Republic of China until 2035 contain a set of measures that should help fulfill the commitments made at the Paris Climate Conference in 2015. in October, the XIX Congress of the Communist Party of China: "From 2020 to 2035, 15 years of hard struggle… will radically improve the environment," promised the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese President Xi Jinping. In order to protect the environment, he demanded "stricter standards for emissions of pollutants", called for "creating a diversified mechanism for compensating for environmental damage based on market principles" — thus, the costs of restoring the environment are shifted from the shoulders of the state to environmentally disadvantaged enterprises. At the opening of the 4th session of the NPC of the 13th convocation on March 5, 2021. he said that " China is ready to launch a new process of global climate and biodiversity management and promote the building of a community of one destiny on Earth." The author of the article showed what practical actions China is taking to become a "responsible world leader".

KeywordsChina; ecology; green finance; climate crisis;14th five-year plan; innovative technologies;Silk Road
Received13.06.2021
Publication date23.06.2021
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