Last year, the national unit GDP carbon dioxide emissions decreased by about 50 % compared with 2005

Xinhua News Agency, June 15th (Reporter Gao Jing and Zhang Wuyue) Zhao Yingmin, deputy minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said on the 15th that in recent years, my country's work in response to climate change has made positive progress. In 2021, GDP carbon dioxide emissions nationwide decreased by 3.8%year -on -year and 50.3%from 2005.

He made this representation at the "National Low -Carbon Day" at the 2022 National Low Carbon Day that day.

According to Zhao Yingmin, in 2021, the total proportion of coal consumption consumption dropped from 72.4%in 2005 to 56.0%, and the proportion of non -fossil energy consumption reached about 16.6%. 44.8%, of which the wind power and photovoltaic power generation machines exceeded 300 million kilowatts, ranking first in the world.

At the same time, in 2021, the first performance cycle of the national carbon market ended smoothly. The cumulative trading volume of carbon emission quotas was 179 million tons, with a cumulative turnover of 7.661 billion yuan. Low -carbon pilot demonstrations and climate adaptive cities construction pilot work has been continuously advanced, the ability to adapt to climate change has continued to improve, and low -carbon awareness in the whole society has continued to improve. China's active participation and leading the global climate governance has become an important participant, contributor, and leader.

He said that in the next step, we must continue to implement the national strategy of actively responding to climate change, incorporate the work of "double carbon" into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction and overall economic and social development, adhere to carbon reduction, pollution reduction, expanding green, and promotion of growth, adhere to the system Concept, deal with the relationship between development and safety, and continue to promote active progress in related work.

The "National Low -Carbon Day" was established since 2012, the purpose is to promote the cooperation of green low -carbon in the whole society. The theme of the "National Low Carbon Day" this year is "Implementing the" Double Carbon 'and Building a Beautiful Home ".

[Editor in charge: Qiu Lifang]

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