近年来,新冠肺炎疫情和极端天气风险的上升使应对气候变化和可持续发展在发达和发展中经济体都受到前所未有的关注。许多国家已经根据《巴黎协定》要求作出了碳中和承诺,并出台了一系列支持碳达峰与碳中和的政策和工具箱。从已提交给UNFCCC的各国自主贡献文件与国际碳中和的最新进展看,大多数国家都将能源、电力、工业、交通和建筑等重点部门的减排、增加碳汇、创新技术、提高投资等作为迈向碳中和的战略重点。随着世界各国和企业加快“脱碳”进程,全球实现碳中和的前景令人期待。但对发展中国家来讲,挑战却不容忽视,比如如何实现能源结构的重大转型,如何缓解工业化和城市化推进带来的减排压力,如何破解技术和资金难题,如何提升经济的抗风险能力和韧性等。各国政府在碳中和进程中应发挥引领作用,在国内层面将更多绿色因素纳入经济刺激方案和长期发展战略,激发地方政府和非政府行为体的减排潜力,在国际层面加强绿色低碳产品和技术的国际对话交流与合作。
The rise of COVID-19 and extreme weather risks in recent years has brought unprecedented policy attention to addressing climate change and sustainable development in both developed and developing economies. Many countries have already made commitments for carbon neutrality by mid-century,as required by the Paris Agreement,and have put in place a range of policies and tools to support carbon peak and carbon neutrality. According to the Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs)submitted to the UNFCCC,most countries have taken emission reduction in key sectors such as energy,power,industry,transport and construction,carbon sinks,innovation and investment as strategic priorities in moving towards carbon neutrality. As more and more countries and enterprises speeding up the decarburization process,the prospect of a “carbon neutral” world is promising. But for developing countries,the challenge of carbon neutrality cannot be ignored,for example,how to realize the significant transformation of the energy structure,how to alleviate the pressure of the industrialization and urbanization brings on emission reduction,how to crack technical and financial problem,how to enhance the resilience of the economy. Governments therefore play an important leading role in this process,and need to integrate more green factors into economic stimulus packages and long-term development strategies at the domestic level,stimulate the emission reduction potential of local government and non-governmental actors,and meantime strengthen international dialogue and cooperation on green and low-carbon products and technologies.