Transportation should be a pioneer under the goal of double carbon

Transportation is one of the key areas of global emission reduction. The greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector account for 23% of the total global greenhouse gas emissions, and it is the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions after industry and construction.

Recently, the Ministry of Transport, the State Railway Administration, the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the State Post Bureau and other four departments issued the "Implementation Opinions of the State Council on Comprehensively, Accurately and Comprehensively Implementing the New Development Concept and Doing a Good Job in Carbon Neutralization of Peak Carbon Dioxide Emissions" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Opinions"), in order to speed up the green and low-carbon transformation of transportation and clarify the direction for carbon neutrality of peak carbon dioxide emissions.

The implementation opinions pointed out that it is necessary to effectively promote the transformation and upgrading of transportation, improve quality and efficiency, accelerate the formation of a green and low-carbon production and lifestyle, promote new achievements in the construction of transportation ecological civilization, accelerate the construction of a transportation power, and be a "vanguard" in China's modernization drive.

The construction of low-carbon transportation system is imminent.

The transportation field is one of the important fields of carbon emission. Promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the transportation industry is of great significance for promoting the high-quality development of the industry and accelerating the construction of a transportation power. Both the Outline of Building a Powerful Transportation Country and the Outline of National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning put forward that "China will basically become a powerful transportation country by 2035", and green transportation is regarded as the main development goal and important construction content.

It is reported that at present, carbon emissions in the transportation sector account for about 10.4% of China's total carbon emissions, while road transportation accounts for more than 85% of carbon emissions in the transportation sector, which is the absolute main body of carbon emissions in the transportation sector and the focus of emission reduction.

"At present, China's highway infrastructure construction is still in a period of strategic opportunities. According to the National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Traffic Network Planning Outline, by 2035, the national expressway network and the ordinary national expressway network will reach about 460,000 kilometers, and the construction scale is still considerable. According to relevant research, the carbon dioxide emissions of highway infrastructure construction and maintenance life cycle account for 10% ~ 20% of the total carbon emissions of highway transportation. Although the carbon emissions of highway infrastructure construction and operation are relatively low, the total carbon emissions are huge. " Wang Xinjun, deputy director of the Environmental Center of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, said that under the background of "double carbon", energy saving and carbon reduction in the whole life cycle of highway infrastructure has become a key measure to promote the transformation and upgrading of the industry.

Generally speaking, China's transportation carbon dioxide emission peak carbon neutral work still faces many challenges. "From the perspective of stock, transportation is the basic support and guarantee for people's travel and logistics services, and the total amount of carbon emissions is difficult to control. The proportion of private cars and trips is high, and the proportion of new energy vehicles is small. The comprehensive transportation efficiency of freight is not high, the transportation structure is unreasonable, and the transportation energy consumption is obviously high. From the incremental point of view, with China's economic and social development, the future transportation demand will still be in the growth stage, and there is still much room for growth in new transportation infrastructure and transportation equipment, passenger travel, cargo transportation, and express delivery services, and new energy, new technologies, and new models are urgently needed. " In the view of Xu Chengguang, chief planner of the Ministry of Transport and director of the comprehensive planning department, it is urgent to promote the construction of low-carbon transportation system and reduce the carbon emission intensity of unit transportation turnover.

Coordinate the relationship between development and emission reduction

The implementation opinions mainly put forward the principle of "adhering to science and order", and pointed out that it is necessary to properly handle the relationship between the quality of transportation development and emission reduction, reasonably determine short-term and long-term goals, and formulate measures in stages to effectively deal with the economic and social risks that may accompany the green and low-carbon transformation according to the actual situation in various places to ensure safe carbon reduction.

On June 5438+ 10 last year, the Opinions of the Central Committee of the State Council on Comprehensively, Accurately and Comprehensively Implementing the New Development Concept and Doing a Good Job of Carbon Neutralization in Peak CO2 Emission (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions) clearly put forward "accelerating the construction of low-carbon transportation system", and in the Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Action Plan for Peak CO2 Emission by 2030 (hereinafter referred to as the Plan), "Green and Low-carbon Transportation Action"

Industry, urban and rural buildings and transportation are all key areas of carbon emission. Compared with the "Top Ten Actions of Carbon Dioxide Emission in Industry" and "Top Ten Actions of Carbon Dioxide Emission in Urban and Rural Construction" in the Plan, the "Green and Low Carbon Transportation Action" is not directly named as "Top Ten Actions of Carbon Dioxide Emission", which further embodies the working principle of promoting the "double carbon" work system and making key breakthroughs, and embodies the systematicness and coordination of policies.

"To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions, the transportation industry has tight time, heavy tasks and many challenges. In the coming period, we must highlight key points, lay a solid foundation for work, and make steady and orderly progress. " Wu Rui, director of the Institute of Environmental Resources of the Planning and Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, said.

He suggested that we should grasp the rhythm of the objectives and tasks. "At present, the action plan for peak carbon dioxide emissions from transportation across the country has been launched, but the progress is different. It is necessary to grasp the rhythm of action and form a joint effort under the overall planning of "a national chess game." First, at the national level, strengthen the guidance of the provincial transportation CO2 emission peak action plan and supporting policies and measures to ensure the convergence of objectives and tasks, consistent policy guidance and coordinated steps, and * * * build a top-level design system for national transportation green and low-carbon development; Second, comprehensively consider the actual development of various places, implement policies in different categories, refine and decompose relevant national goals and tasks according to local conditions, establish a task ledger and progress supervision mechanism at the peak of carbon dioxide emissions, and carry out follow-up evaluation and supervision and inspection; The third is to plan as early as possible to make solid preparations for the transportation industry to change from participating in' energy consumption intensity and total energy consumption control' to' dual control of total carbon emission and intensity'. "

On the basis of grasping the characteristics of China's transportation development stage, Xu Chengguang believes that it is necessary to follow the law of transportation development, proceed from reality, focus on the main areas and key links of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, grasp the promotion rhythm of public first, commercial follow-up, and civil response, adjust measures to local conditions, classify policies, highlight key points, and step by step to accelerate the formation of a green and low-carbon transportation mode.

Fourth, accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of transportation.

The Opinions and the Plan define the main objectives and key tasks of peak carbon dioxide emission and carbon neutrality in the transportation field. In the implementation opinions, further focus on key tasks and implement green and low-carbon transportation actions.

In terms of optimizing the transportation structure, the implementation opinions put forward that it is necessary to speed up the construction of a comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, improve the infrastructure networks such as railways, highways, water transport, civil aviation and postal express delivery, and build a national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network with railways as the main body, highways as the foundation, and the comparative advantages of water transport and civil aviation giving full play; Accelerate the development of multimodal transport with railways and waterways as the backbone, vigorously promote the combined transport of iron and water, and continue to promote the transportation of bulk goods and medium and long-distance goods. Promote the construction of urban green freight distribution demonstration projects, and encourage the development of transportation organization modes such as * * * same distribution, centralized distribution and night distribution.

In promoting energy-saving and low-carbon vehicles, the implementation opinions put forward that it is necessary to actively develop new energy and clean energy vehicles and carry out pilot projects of pure electric, hydrogen fuel cells, renewable synthetic fuel vehicles and ships in an orderly manner; Promote the application of new energy vehicles; Strengthen the substitution of transportation electrification and promote the use of shore power when ships dock; Improve the energy efficiency standards of fuel vehicles and ships, and revise the access standards for energy consumption limits of operating vehicles that meet the requirements of carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions.

In actively guiding low-carbon travel, the implementation opinions put forward that it is necessary to comprehensively promote the construction of a national transit metropolis. Give priority to the development of public transport, improve the urban public transport service network, guide all localities to accelerate the development of large-capacity urban public transport systems such as urban rail transit, bus lanes and bus rapid transit systems, and improve the supply capacity of public transport; Actively carry out green travel creation actions, improve the level of green travel equipment, vigorously cultivate green travel culture and improve the green travel service system; Guide the public to give priority to green travel modes such as public transportation, walking and cycling, and improve the overall level of urban green travel.

In terms of enhancing the new kinetic energy of green transformation of transportation, the implementation opinions put forward that the guidance of green and low-carbon development planning should be strengthened, and the carbon-neutral transportation target requirements at the peak of carbon dioxide emission should be fully incorporated into the medium-and long-term development planning of transportation in various regions; Promote the application of low-carbon frontier technologies such as new energy, clean energy and renewable synthetic fuels in the transportation field, and encourage and support scientific research institutions, universities, enterprises and institutions to carry out research and development of low-carbon technologies and equipment; Strengthen the leading role of the government in the regulations, standards and systems of carbon neutrality in peak carbon dioxide emissions, give full play to the role of market mechanisms such as carbon emission rights, paid use of energy rights and contract energy management, and form a new situation in which the government and the market work together.