Ministry of Ecology and Environment: Strive to start the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market as soon as possible within the year
On June 29, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment held a regular press conference. In response to the question of when CCER will restart, Liu Youbin, spokesperson of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is accelerating the preparations for the launch of the voluntary emission reduction trading market, and strives to launch the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market as soon as possible this year.
CCER stands for Certified Voluntary Emission Reduction, which is a trading product in the national greenhouse gas voluntary emission reduction trading market. The voluntary emission reduction trading market and the carbon emission trading market complement each other and together constitute a complete carbon trading system in my country. Promoting the construction of a voluntary emission reduction trading market is conducive to supporting the development of forestry carbon sequestration, renewable energy, methane emission reduction, energy conservation and efficiency enhancement, and encouraging a wider range of industries and enterprises to participate in greenhouse gas emission reduction actions, and promoting the realization of carbon peaking, Carbon neutrality goal.
"We have noticed that all sectors of society have high expectations for the launch of the voluntary emission reduction trading market. At present, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is accelerating the preparations for the launch of the voluntary emission reduction trading market in accordance with the requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and has made positive progress." Liu Youbin said, first of all, the main institutional arrangements of the voluntary emission reduction trading market have been clarified. Taking serving the "dual carbon" goal as the fundamental starting point, highlighting the "voluntary" attribute, and strengthening market integrity management and information disclosure. At present, the "Greenhouse Gas Voluntary Emission Reduction Trading Management Measures (Trial)" has been drafted in conjunction with relevant departments, as well as supporting management systems such as project development and implementation specifications, validation and verification rules, and will soon be open to the public for comments.
At the same time, openly solicit methodological suggestions for voluntary emission reduction projects from the whole society in the form of "open door decision-making". The selection and evaluation work is currently being carried out, and the voluntary emission reduction market support areas will be gradually expanded in accordance with the principle of "one mature, one released".
In addition, the basic infrastructure required to start the voluntary emission reduction trading market has been basically completed. Organized the construction of a unified national voluntary emission reduction registration system and trading system, and organized the drafting of registration rules and transaction settlement rules. At present, the two systems have completed preliminary acceptance and have the basic conditions for online operation.
He said that building a voluntary emission reduction trading market is a complicated and systematic project. "We will speed up the construction of various systems and infrastructure, and strive to launch the national voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading market as soon as possible this year to maintain market integrity, fairness, and transparency."
Article source: Beijing News
