Leading green life to help the "double carbon" goal, the new book "Carbon Literacy and Low-carbon Life" was released

On January 11, the book "Carbon Literacy and Low-Carbon Life" published by China Environment Publishing Group held a book launch at the China Environment Exhibition Center. At the meeting, the author of the book, Professor Zhang Qin, President of the Hong Kong UNESCO Association and Dean of the Hong Kong Institute of Education for Sustainable Development, Jia Feng, an expert in the field of environmental science, Shi Gendong, an expert in ecological civilization and education for sustainable development, and Wang Liyan, an expert in the field of accounting and environmental science, shared the situation and main features of the book with readers.

The scene of the book launch of "Carbon Literacy and Low-carbon Life".

Author Zhang Qin pointed out that as a bilingual textbook, Carbon Literacy and Low-Carbon Living aims to explain the causes and impacts of climate change to all sectors of society, and discuss the solutions to the ecological environment in simple terms from multiple perspectives such as international, national, regional and project practices, and encourage and advocate readers to actively start low-carbon actions.

"Carbon Literacy and Low-Carbon Life" also cites many international documents and standards, quotes the full text of official Chinese and English as much as possible, supplemented by simple language, clear pictures and rich examples to introduce the concept, value and practical methods of low-carbon life, showing the personal and social value of low-carbon life, as well as the importance of achieving sustainable development. Jia Feng believes that this book has strong practical significance to guide and promote the practice of low-carbon life and educate the public to achieve the unity of knowledge and action with authoritative content.

Dr. Shi Gendong, Director of the Innovation Studio of Ecological Civilization and Education for Sustainable Development of the Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences, pointed out that "Carbon Literacy and Low-Carbon Life" has three characteristics: contemporary, documentary and applied, and in the context of the current new era, it presents rich knowledge points in a bilingual way in Chinese and English, and brings educational guidance on carbon peaking and climate action to teachers and students in primary and secondary schools, which is very important for promoting the high-quality development of ESD.

Professor Wang Liyan, Director of the Audit Committee of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University and Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences, pointed out that "Carbon Literacy and Low-Carbon Life" is of substantial help to promote the current hot topic of "Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)", especially the reference application of carbon emission calculation methods and project practice cases mentioned in the book, as well as carbon reduction practice methods, which are very worthy of reference for enterprisespracticeAnd promote.

According to the publisher, the book will be sold in Xinhua bookstores and official online bookstores in the near future.

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