What’s new: Over a dozen provincial-level regions in China have released detailed action plans on achieving peak carbon emissions by 2030, with the southwestern province of Guizhou and North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region among the most recent to make announcements, public information compiled by Caixin showed.
Guizhou will target to make non-fossil fuels account for about 20% of its total energy consumption by 2025 and 25% by 2030, according to its plan issued in November. The province also set a target of lowering its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP — also known as “CO2 emissions intensity” — by more than 65% by 2030 as compared with 2005.
Also in November, Inner Mongolia said it plans to raise the share of non-fossil fuels in its energy consumption to 18% by 2025 and about 25% by 2030 in a bid to peak carbon dioxide emissions by that year.
Other places that have released plans since July include the provinces of Jiangxi, Jilin, Yunnan, Hainan, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jiangsu and Hunan; the municipalities of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin; and the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
In addition, Anhui province in East China has issued such an action plan for its industrial sector. Several other provinces, including Hebei, Gansu and Qinghai, have issued guidelines on how they can achieve “dual carbon” goals.
The background: The local governments’ plan are a response to State Council’s request last October that each region take a scientific approach to developing its roadmap.
Last year, China’s cabinet released an action plan to bring the country’s carbon emissions to a peak by 2030, which mentions targets for non-fossil energy consumption and CO2 emissions intensity.
In September 2020, President Xi Jinping made a commitment that China will achieve peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and become carbon neutral before 2060.
Contact reporter Wang Xintong (xintongwang@caixin.com) and editor Bertrand Teo (bertrandteo@caixin.com)
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