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In fact, a low-carbon life is not difficult. Many studies call for action. Paying attention to your food, clothing, housing and transportation can halve your carbon footprint.

How should people realize a low-carbon lifestyle and further promote the development of low-carbon economy?

Two reports released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in World Environment Day this year give an unexpected answer-it may be easier to achieve the goal of "eliminating carbon dependence" than imagined: you just need to adopt a climate-friendly lifestyle, which will not cause much change to your lifestyle, let alone make any big sacrifices!

One of these two reports is called "Getting rid of habits: climate neutrality that cannot be ignored", which is a general guide for low-carbon lifestyles. Another book, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector, was written by experts in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Tourism Organization.

On June 10, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) jointly released the China Ecological Footprint Report, indicating that it is urgent to promote low-carbon lifestyle and low-carbon economic development in China. According to the report, since 1960s, the per capita ecological footprint of China has continuously increased by about two times. If China wants to reduce the ecological deficit, it can start from two aspects, that is, starting with simple things and giving priority to solving the problem of slow effect.

These continuous reports echoed the theme of World Environment Day this year-"Changing traditional ideas and promoting low-carbon economy" from different angles. On the one hand, it shows that if people can change the traditional high-emission lifestyle, it will play a positive role in promoting the low-carbon economy; On the other hand, it also highlights that under the background of increasing global warming, all countries in the world are trying to reduce their carbon footprint in order to promote the development of low-carbon economy.

China's per capita ecological footprint: tripled in 50 years.

China Ecological Footprint Report was jointly commissioned by China International Cooperation Committee on Environment and Development and World Wide Fund for Nature (China), and completed by Global Ecological Footprint Network and Institute of Geographical Sciences and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

This report analyzes the ecological deficit in China since the early 1970s, and points out the innovative path for China to achieve the goal of sustainable development, so as to realize its long-term rational utilization of natural resources.

According to the report, China, as a country, consumes15% of the global biological carrying capacity; Despite the increasing biological carrying capacity, the demand of China is still more than twice the sustainable supply capacity of its own ecosystem.

According to the report, the per capita ecological footprint of China is 1.6 hectares worldwide, which means that an ordinary person needs 1.6 hectares of ecologically productive land to meet their lifestyle needs. China's per capita ecological footprint ranks 69th among 147 countries, which is lower than the global average ecological footprint of 2.2 hectares, but it still reflects the important challenges faced by China. In fact, China consumes more than twice as much resources as its ecosystem can provide.

The conclusion of the report shows that if China wants to reduce the ecological deficit, it can start from two aspects, that is, starting with simple things and giving priority to solving the problem of slow effect.

Starting from simple things can produce immediate short-term benefits and promote the development of society towards reducing ecological footprint. In order to completely reduce China's ecological deficit, we need to consider the decisions that may have a long-term impact now.

The report also puts forward "circular" ways to reduce the ecological footprint: reducing urban development (c), personal action (i), reducing the amount of potential waste (r), carbon emission reduction strategy (c), land management (l) and improving energy efficiency (e).

The report also pointed out that compared with other parts of the world, the per capita ecological footprint of the Asia-Pacific region is relatively low. However, the huge population makes the total ecological footprint of this area rank first in the world.

Low-carbon lifestyle: small actions bring big changes

People living in developed countries and some fast-growing cities can "eliminate carbon dependence" immediately-it is not difficult.

Changing Lifestyle: A Guide to Climate Neutrality and the United Nations points out that only a few simple measures can reduce a person's daily greenhouse gas emissions by half. If companies such as power companies, automobile manufacturers and aviation equipment manufacturers also strive to achieve a green economy, then we can reduce more greenhouse gas emissions.

Studies have shown that if each air passenger reduces his luggage to less than 20 kilograms, it is possible to reduce the emission of 2 million tons of carbon dioxide worldwide every year.

Other low-carbon lifestyles that can be adopted at home or while traveling include:

-Encourage airlines to provide free bus or rail mileage instead of free flying mileage, thus promoting passengers to adopt more environmentally friendly means of transport;

Replacing electronic alarm clock with traditional clockwork alarm clock can save 48 grams of carbon dioxide emissions per person per day;

-choose to dry clothes and avoid using drum dryer, which can reduce 2.3 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions every day;

Using jogging in a nearby park instead of 45 minutes of exercise on a treadmill can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 1 kg.

Start your "Low Carbon Day": halve your carbon footprint.

There are many small "no regrets" in Changing Lifestyle: A Guide to Climate and the United Nations, which can help reduce daily greenhouse gas emissions. The users of these methods may come from Australasia, Europe or North America, which are the major regions that have caused global warming in history. By adopting the above method, the per capita emission can be reduced from 38kg to14kg.

These suggestions have little or no impact on people's comfort, and may be partly related to some developing countries, cities, departments and people, because their carbon footprints are rising sharply.

Half of greenhouse gas emissions are caused by human control, such as the way we drive, the way we travel by plane, the energy of houses and the way we warm up.

About half of the remaining 50% beyond personal control comes indirectly from providing energy for our work, more than 65,438+00% comes from the maintenance of infrastructure and government departments, and the remaining 20% comes from the production of commodities.

Changing Lifestyle: Climate Neutrality Guidelines and UN Recommendations on How to Start a "Low Carbon Day". What should you do after you turn off the clockwork and put on the sun-dried clothes, brush your teeth and have breakfast? Please consider the following aspects:

-Choosing a non-electric toothbrush will avoid nearly 48 grams of carbon dioxide emissions;

-Baking bread with toaster instead of oven 15 minutes can reduce carbon dioxide emission by nearly170g;

-Replacing 60-watt bulbs with energy-saving lamps can reduce greenhouse gases by 4 times;

—— Taking trains instead of cars as daily commuting tools can save1.7kg of carbon dioxide emissions in just 8km;

Turn off your computer and flat panel monitor after lunch break and after work, which will reduce the emissions generated by these devices1/3;

-Buying and using water-saving shower heads can not only save 65,438+00 liters of water per minute, but also greatly reduce the carbon dioxide emissions generated by taking a three-minute hot bath to half.

How to Reduce Air Tourism Emissions

Changing Lifestyle: A Guide to Climate Neutrality and the United Nations points out that the carbon emissions caused by transatlantic flights are equivalent to driving a car 1 year.

For people who often fly, whether you are a successful person or an ordinary tourist, flying is the main cause of global warming at present. Compared with railways, short-distance air travel produces about three times of carbon dioxide emissions per passenger, which accounts for about 2% ~ 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions as an industry as a whole.

Long-distance buses may be a good choice for intercity travel, because some new ultra-high-speed railway services will cause considerable carbon emissions. At the same time, technological innovation can help improve the efficiency of transporting people and goods.

The report "How does tourism adapt to and mitigate climate change" puts forward some other methods, so aviation and tourism may contribute to the transition to a low-carbon economy.

In addition to measures such as reducing hand luggage and tax exemption on the plane, experts also put forward other suggestions:

-Encourage tour operators to book direct flights instead of detours or flights that require stopovers;

-Encourage closer cooperation among airlines and increase the passenger load factor to 80%. At present, the average load factor in the EU is 65%.

-Significantly increase the ticket price of business class passengers to truly reflect the extra space they occupy, which can be used to transport more passengers, thus making the aircraft more environmentally friendly;

-Formulate measures to reduce the average age of aircraft in service. In Sweden, the average aircraft age is just over 10 years, while in the United States, the average aircraft age of 1/3 is 25 years. Advanced aircraft can reduce the exhaust emissions per passenger by 30% per kilometer.

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China's government has promised the world to halve carbon dioxide emissions by 2020, but many countries are skeptical. Let's leave aside whether China can do it. How many industrial enterprises in China have to close down to achieve the goal of halving carbon dioxide emissions? Is this a trap set by European and American countries to restrict China's development under highly developed conditions? Or do we have to develop scientifically in the face of the riddled earth? ?

What's wrong with that? Although developed countries seem to be cheaper now, and they can't get along with China in this respect everywhere, now the strong are respected. When China develops, it can also bully others. Besides, low carbon is also a contribution to all mankind, and it has also brought some benefits to China and promoted the development of science and technology. There is nothing else to say.

By 2020, China's carbon emissions per unit of GDP will be reduced by 40%-45% compared with 2005, which will be incorporated into the medium-and long-term planning of national economic and social development as a binding indicator, and corresponding domestic statistics, monitoring and assessment methods will be formulated. According to Morgan Stanley's forecast, the potential energy-saving market in China will reach 800 billion yuan.

For a long time, many areas in China have simply emphasized the growth of GDP. Now, after the emission reduction targets are announced, this situation needs to be effectively controlled in a short time, which also requires the new energy industry to develop and mature faster.

Now the country is making a revitalization plan for the new energy industry. The plan will comprehensively upgrade and develop the new energy industry, including innovation capability and industrial application. China has formed a relatively complete industrial chain of wind power and solar energy, forming an industrial cluster.

For example, photovoltaic cells, from the most advanced silicon materials to raw materials for polysilicon production, to ingot slicing, to battery production, to the establishment of power stations, have a complete industrial cluster. Guided by the government's macro policies and market mechanism, our basic strength has begun to take shape.

However, correspondingly, the existing development model of traditional industries will be severely challenged. In addition to traditional outdoor emissions such as steel, cement, electricity and aluminum, the aviation industry will also be challenged. In view of the fact that the global aviation industry emits about 650 million tons of carbon dioxide every year, the EU stipulates that by 20 12 years ago, all the more than 2,000 airlines entering and leaving the EU market must bear the responsibility of emission reduction. This means that 1 1 domestic airlines with European routes, including Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines, will pay huge costs.

Therefore, we need to establish a new low-carbon industrial chain to solve this problem. At present, the value distribution of China industrial chain is inclined to resource-based enterprises, and the development of low-carbon economy will change this distribution.

The first is to shorten the industrial chain derived from high-carbon industries such as energy, automobile, steel, transportation, chemical industry and building materials, and "low-carbon" the upstream and downstream industries of these industries; Secondly, adjust the structure of high-carbon industry, gradually reduce the proportion of high-carbon industry, especially "heavy chemical industry" in the whole national economy, and promote the extension of industries and products to both ends of the profit curve: to the front, start with ecological design, and form independent intellectual property rights; Extend to the back end, form a brand and sales network, improve the core competitiveness, and finally make the industrial structure of the national economy gradually move towards the standard of low-carbon economy.

At the same time, we should promote the development of global carbon trading market. Historical experience shows that it is impossible to achieve emission reduction targets only through voluntary or compulsory behavior of enterprises and individuals without introducing market mechanism. Starting from the capital level, carbon trading market defines greenhouse gas emission rights by dividing environmental capacity, which extends the new capital of carbon assets. The existence of carbon market creates conditions for the pricing and circulation of carbon assets.

Carbon trading connects financial capital and real economy, and guides the development of real economy through the power of financial capital. Therefore, it is essentially the dynamic mechanism and operating mechanism of developing low-carbon economy, and it is an organic combination of virtual economy and real economy, representing the future development direction of the world economy.

In a word, energy conservation, environmental protection and new energy industry will be the main direction and new profit growth point of industrial development in various countries in the future. We must make great strides towards a low-carbon economy through sustained efforts in all aspects.

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Influence of "Low-carbon Life" on Life

"Low-carbon life" is a new concept at the climate conference at the end of 2009, but it is an old problem of sustainable development in the world, which reflects the concern of human beings about the future due to climate change, and the world is increasingly aware of this problem.

At present, the mainstream view holds that excessive carbon emissions leading to climate change occur in the process of human production and consumption. To reduce carbon emissions, some consumption and production activities should be optimized and restrained accordingly. The author thinks that the main idea of mainstream and knowledgeable "low-carbon life" can be summarized as "eat, live, travel and use moderately, do not waste, and exercise more". If China traditional culture is used to explain the main connotation of this concept, it can be further simplified as "thrift".

The concept of "low-carbon life" focuses on the future of mankind. In recent hundreds of years, the industrialization process marked by a large number of ore energy consumption and a large number of carbon emissions has made developed countries far ahead of developing countries in carbon emissions. Of course, it is this industrialization process that makes developed countries lead other countries in science and technology, and also makes their production and lifestyle accustomed to the "high carbon" model for a long time, forming a global "model", which eventually leads to their own and the world being kidnapped by "high carbon". After the first oil crisis, and then after climate change became a problem, developed countries suddenly realized the concept of high energy consumption mode and "low-carbon life" and gained new understanding. Although some scholars still have different views on the causes of climate change, the concept of "low-carbon life" is at least in line with the prudent principle of "preparing for a rainy day" and the psychology and ideal of pursuing perfection, so it is better to believe what it has than not, and the concept of "low-carbon life" is gradually accepted by all countries in the world.

The world is troubled by climate problems, but it is composed of countries and regions with different geographical environments and different stages of development. We must try to understand this concept and act together. At this stage, we must deal with the following problems under the principle of comprehensiveness, justice and differentiation: the coordination of short-term and long-term interests, the conflict and win-win between national and global interests, the game and adjustment between industrial economy and overall economic interests, the unity of opposites between national will and community interests, and the sharing and mutual assistance of resources between developed and developing countries. Thus, what challenges will it bring to turn the concept of "low-carbon life" into reality?

The most fundamental challenge of "low-carbon life" is that it requires human beings to change the production and consumption concepts formed since industrialization, especially the consumption-oriented consumption culture. The mainstream economic theories prevailing in the world are basically based on the supremacy of consumption, the supremacy of consumers and the priority of competition. It improves social production efficiency, but it also leads to uncontrolled high-carbon emissions in production and consumption. Although the supremacy of consumption seems to be a beautiful goal, from the perspective of "low-carbon life", it is a short-sighted behavior that sacrifices the long-term interests and overall interests of mankind. Therefore, choosing the concept of "low-carbon life" means that we must have enough political courage to re-coordinate and redistribute resources and interests, and we must also have enough ability and prepare corresponding actions to examine our consumption habits.

"Low-carbon life" is an unprecedented problem facing mankind. There is no ready-made experience, theory and choice model. Our only choice is to innovate and innovate our way of life, with the aim of protecting the earth's homeland and benefiting future mankind.

Interviewee: Blue Moon Water Mirror-Level 1 2010-3-2121:04.

Save the earth! Learn to live a low-carbon life!

With the development of the world's industrial economy, the rapid increase of population, the unlimited rise of human desires and the uncontrolled production and lifestyle, the world climate is facing more and more serious problems, the emission of carbon dioxide is increasing, the ozone layer of the earth is suffering from an unprecedented crisis, and global catastrophic climate changes are frequent, which has seriously endangered the living environment and health and safety of human beings. This is all brought by high carbon! So we must learn to live a low-carbon life!

"Low-carbon life" advocates that everyone should control or pay attention to their own carbon emissions from their own living habits, and reduce carbon emissions, especially carbon dioxide emissions, by reducing the energy consumed during life and rest. For ordinary people, "low-carbon life" is an attitude, not an ability. We should actively advocate and practice a "low-carbon life", pay attention to saving electricity, oil and solar terms, and start from scratch and start from the side.

At present, China has publicly promised the world emission reduction targets, and decided to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40%-45% by 2020 compared with 2005. The low-carbon era has arrived as scheduled and is changing our lives.