Li Gao, director of the Climate Department of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment: The national carbon market is running smoothly and orderly

"Environmental Economy" magazine reporter Bu Xuelin Chen Wan

On July 15, the first anniversary of the operation of the carbon market and the signing activities were held in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Li Gao, the director of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, stated in his speech that over the past year, the national carbon emission right trading market (hereinafter referred to as the national carbon market) is running smoothly and orderly. Essence

As of July 14, 2022, the cumulative trading volume of carbon emission quotas was 194 million tons, with a cumulative turnover of 8.492 billion yuan.

Li Gao proposed that in general, the national carbon market construction has achieved positive results. Through the first market mechanism, carbon reduction responsibility is implemented to enterprises for the first time, increasing the low -carbon of carbon carbon) The development awareness of development has been initially emerged, and the carbon price function has been made, and the carbon price function has been used to achieve the expected goal of building a basic institutional framework, consolidating the management foundation, and opening up the process of each link.

Li Gao said that during the operation management process, some work problems and shortcomings were also found, including inadequate institutional mechanisms, inadequate market effects, and the quality of carbon emission data needed to be improved. The results, but the requirements of the central government, the level of mature markets, still have a large gap between the national carbon market and the role of the national carbon market, which needs to be continuously improved in future work.

Li Gao said that in the next step, the national carbon market will adhere to the basic positioning of the national carbon market as a tool for controlling greenhouse gas emissions policies, firmly seek the general tone of work, adhere to the target orientation and problem -oriented, and on the basis of the good operation of the spot market in the power generation industry, the spot market is operating well. Continue to strengthen the construction of the national carbon market, accelerate the improvement of institutional mechanisms, continue to strengthen data quality management, gradually expand the industry coverage and trading entities, enrich the transaction variety and transaction methods, effectively exert the market mechanism control of greenhouse gas emissions, promote green low -carbon technology innovation innovation The important role of promoting my country's carbon peak carbon neutrality.

In addition, Li Gao said that Hubei led the construction of the national carbon emission registration registration system, overcoming various difficulties, made hard work, and provided strong support for the first performance cycle of the national carbon market. In the next step, Hubei will support the establishment of joint construction institutions for the establishment of the national carbon emission registered registration system, continue to optimize and improve system functions, continuously strengthen the ability to prevent various risks, and play a greater role in the development and improvement of the national carbon market.

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