In order to furtherly support the Chinese national ETS development, and effectively improve the ability of provincial and municipal Ecological Environment Bureaus and key enterprises to address climate change and to be well prepared with the operation of the national carbon emission trading market, EU-China ETS Cooperation Project delivered successfully three climate change training sessions in Hubei Province, Guangxi Province and Jiangsu Province in November 2020.
Experts from National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy of MEE, Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences, Hubei Macroeconomic Research Institute, Sino-Carbon, Renmin University of China, Tsinghua University, China Emissions Exchange, Division of Climate Change, Department of Ecology and Environment of Jiangsu Province, Beihang University, China Green Carbon Foundation and China Huaneng Group Co., LTD were invited to share their insights and experience in terms of the national climate change policy and perspective of the “14th-Five Year Plan” , newly announced national carbon neutral target, carbon emission peaking actions and policies, the synergy of climate change and air pollution control, green financial policy and practice, carbon emission verification, allowance allocation and CCER of pilot carbon market, as well as other programmatic topics.
High-level representatives of three reginal Ecological Environment Bureaus gave opening remarks and emphasized the significance of participation these trainings to prepare and participate well in China’s nationwide ETS. Key experts of ETS attended the training and made project introduction. In total more than 600 participants from reginal Ecological Environment Bureaus and emission enterprises attended these trainings.