National Low Carbon Day丨Guangzhou launched the construction of a zero-carbon park

On May 15, the 2024 National Low Carbon Day theme event jointly sponsored by the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment and the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Forestry and Gardens was held in Yuexiu Park, Guangzhou. With the theme of "Green, Low-Carbon, Beautiful China", this event organically combines volunteer service and low-carbon experience through fun, interactive and life-oriented methods, so that the general public can "have fun, have a look, and have a number", and further stimulate the enthusiasm of Guangzhou citizens for practicing a low-carbon life. The whole process of the event practiced the concept of simplicity and moderation, green and low-carbon, and used the Guangzhou Carbon Inclusive Voluntary Emission Reduction (GZCER) to offset the carbon emissions generated by the activity, and finally achieved carbon neutrality.

During the event, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment and the Municipal Bureau of Forestry and Gardens jointly launched the construction of a zero-carbon park, creating a visualized carbon inclusive base and polishing the city brand of low-carbon Guangzhou. It is reported that the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment will jointly release the Guangzhou Forestry Carbon Inclusive Methodology with the Guangzhou Forestry and Garden Bureau in the near future, adding Guangzhou's plan and path to the transformation of the "two mountains"; It is planned to work with the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce to start the construction of zero-carbon exhibitions, continue to create more "zero-carbon +" scenarios, and help Guangzhou build a convention and exhibition capital.

More than 400 people, including representatives of relevant departments in Guangzhou, some enterprises, schools, scientific research institutions, media representatives and enthusiastic citizens, attended the ceremony and experienced low-carbon games, low-carbon markets, low-carbon ecological trails and other activities on the spot.

Guangzhou was rated as excellent in the evaluation of the progress of the national low-carbon city pilot work, and developed the country's first urban carbon inclusive platform to guide citizens to consciously participate in low-carbon actions, and promote carbon reduction for everyone and benefit everyone. Released the first carbon inclusive methodology for shared bicycles in Guangzhou, helping GAC Aion to build a zero-carbon factory; The spot trading volume of carbon allowances in the Guangzhou Emissions Trading Center ranks first in the pilot market in China, and the carbon market has become a new business card to showcase Guangzhou's response to climate change and ecological civilization construction. Implemented a low-carbon living demonstration project in the Liede area, attracting more than 40,000 residents to participate; We will continue to promote the construction of zero-carbon pilot demonstration projects, and make every effort to promote carbon neutrality for the 15th National Games and the Paralympic Games. Nansha New Area was approved as the first batch of national climate investment and financing pilots, Nansha Development Zone was selected as the first batch of collaborative innovation pilots for pollution reduction and carbon reduction in industrial parks in China, and the first Pearl Bay International Climate Investment and Financing Conference was successfully held...... The reporter learned that Guangzhou proposed to build a beautiful Guangzhou and create a model of a beautiful Chinese city to create an ecological brand of "Beautiful Landscape and Flower City". The Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment has taken multiple measures to strengthen the ecological construction of Lumei Guangzhou, continuously expanding the "green content", improving the "gold content" and reducing the "carbon content".