The promulgation of the interim regulations on the management of carbon emission trading is in the final stage of data quality management

"At present, the introduction of this regulation (the interim regulations on the management of carbon emission trading) is in the final stage, so let's wait and see. Recently, Zhao Ke, director of the Department of Regulations and Standards of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said in response to reporters' questions that the next step will be to actively promote the introduction of interim regulations on the management of carbon emission trading and ecological environment monitoring and management. "This question was also answered last year, when the word 'pending' was used. Today I also use the word 'coming out'. ”

Zhao Ke further pointed out that the new revision mainly involves three aspects: First, strengthen the party's leadership. The regulations clearly stipulate that the management of carbon emissions trading and related activities should adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

The second is to improve the management of data quality. "We have added some new provisions that require key emitters to develop and strictly implement quality control plans for greenhouse gas emission data. Zhao Ke said that from a practical point of view, there are indeed some objective situations where carbon emission data is falsified. In view of these situations, it is necessary to reflect the corresponding institutional measures in the regulations and respond to the situations that arise in practice.

The third is to strengthen legal responsibility. Strict legal liability should be stipulated for the falsification of data quality by key pollutant discharging units and technical service organizations.

Zhao Ke said that the work done by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is mainly to combine the construction of the carbon market, summarize local experience, learn from foreign legislation, and propose draft regulations. This regulation is to build a scientific, standardized and orderly carbon emission trading management system.

At the same time, it is necessary to combine the current new requirements and the new situation and new problems found in the operation of the carbon market, and make another optimization and make new changes to the original draft provisions.

Among them, in terms of strengthening legal liability, the regulations will stipulate strict legal liability for fraud such as tampering with data quality by key pollutant discharging units and technical service institutions.

Zhao Ke introduced that carbon emission trading is a new thing, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has a very cautious attitude when the relevant system is introduced. This system is an institutional innovation that uses market mechanisms to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote green and low-carbon development, with the advantage of achieving management goals at a lower cost, and it is also an important and very core policy tool to achieve the "dual carbon" goal, and it is also a common practice in the world.