Interpretation of "China Meteorological Administration's Work Plan for Strengthening Climate Change"

Original title: How to set coordinates for achieving carbon peak, carbon neutrality and climate change?

——Interpretation of "China Meteorological Administration's Work Plan for Strengthening Climate Change"

People's Daily Online, Beijing, April 24 (Reporter Yu Lu) Since the beginning of this year, the temperature in many parts of the world has changed like a roller coaster, and record-breaking extremely cold and extremely warm weather has followed one after another.

The reporter learned from the China Meteorological Administration that recently, the "China Meteorological Administration's Work Plan for Strengthening Climate Change" (hereinafter referred to as the "Work Plan") was released.

Meteorological departments provide solid support services for tackling climate change

The "State of the Global Climate in 2020" report issued by the World Meteorological Organization pointed out that the period from 2011 to 2020 is the warmest decade since the world has instrumented records.

Responding to climate change is the common cause of all mankind.

Yao Xuexiang stated that, as the country’s basic scientific and technological support for responding to climate change, the China Meteorological Administration issued the "Work Plan" in the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan", focusing on positioning the current and future climate change work points, and clarifying the "Tenth Five-Year Plan".

It is understood that, for a long time, the China Meteorological Administration has made considerable progress in the research on the attribution of climate change detection and other mechanisms, the development of global and regional climate system models, and the assessment of climate change impacts.

On the other hand, responding to climate change is an important part of the meteorological cause, an important starting point for meteorological services to build an ecological civilization and to ensure the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way.

Therefore, the "Work Plan" focuses on three main objectives for the next three to five years: to provide more abundant scientific data, products and services for the country and local governments to deal with climate change; regional climate change risk assessment capabilities reach the international advanced level over the same period ; The contribution and influence of participating in global climate governance have increased significantly.

Continue to enhance our advantages in climate change scientific research

On the 3,816 meters above sea level in the Wariguan Mountain in Qinghai, China's atmospheric background reference observatory, the Wariguan Mountain Station, stands quietly.

The reporter learned that the China Meteorological Administration has been committed to providing richer scientific data, products and services, and higher-quality decision-making suggestions for responding to climate change, so as to enhance my country's influence and voice in the field of international climate change.

Previously, China's first-generation global atmospheric/land surface reanalysis system and product (CRA) was officially put into operation, breaking the current situation where my country’s climate change research relied on foreign reanalysis products.

Yao Xuexiang pointed out that the "Work Plan" specifically puts forward 9 key tasks on "highlighting key points and improving the ability to serve the country's major strategic strategies", involving strengthening strategic planning and policy research, building a national greenhouse gas observation network, and improving the carrying capacity of climate change monitoring capabilities in vulnerable areas , Continue to strengthen scientific research and the research and development of earth system models, carry out impact assessments for key industries and fields, strengthen the construction of climate change databases, strengthen the scientific utilization and protection of climate resources, and strengthen the scientific and technological support and negotiation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Team capacity building, and support for decision-making by the National Climate Change Expert Committee.

The basic principles running through it are to adhere to the scientific, objective and accurate development positioning of the China Meteorological Administration’s response to climate change; to strengthen the systematic and overall nature of the observation system, to strengthen the autonomy and international comparability of research conclusions; to actively adapt and Promote my country's climate governance from participation to leading and leading development.

Strengthen cross-discipline and cross-field integration to improve the decision-making and consulting capabilities of climate change

To achieve the goal of peaking carbon by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, it is related to local economic development, traditional industry transformation, investment in emerging fields, personal consumption adjustment, and cross-industry and cross-sector cooperation.

　　In the next 3 to 5 years, how to build an efficient climate change work system covering different levels through reforms and structural optimization? Yao Xuexiang pointed out that the "Work Plan" clearly proposes to deepen the reform of the system and mechanism and build an innovative and dynamic new pattern of climate change work.

　　How should the national-regional-provincial layout work in response to climate change? The "Work Plan" proposes to establish a work system with national-level climate change innovation as the leader, regional climate change as a common demonstration, and provincial-level climate change as a characteristic service system.

　　The Greenhouse Gas and Carbon Neutrality Monitoring and Evaluation Center of China Meteorological Administration is currently in operation.
According to the "Work Plan", it will take 3 to 5 years to become my country's greenhouse gas and carbon neutrality monitoring and evaluation related research and application technology development.
The core supporting institutions of the Group will enhance the monitoring and evaluation capabilities of regional and urban carbon sinks.

　　"In the next step, the China Meteorological Administration will strengthen the development of interdisciplinary and cross-field integration while laying a solid foundation.
" Yao Xuexiang said that the "Work Plan" put forward a number of measures, such as studying carbon peaks, carbon neutrality and other countries.
The significance and impact of the strategy on the climate change work of the meteorological department, strengthen research on the impact of climate change on economic development, industrial structure layout, spatial planning, etc.
; carry out disasters in key directions such as food security, water resources, ecological environment, human health, and infrastructure Risk quantification, dynamic assessment, etc.

　　"At the same time, as the Office of the National Climate Change Expert Committee, the China Meteorological Administration will continue to do a good job in decision-making support, focusing on the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the realization of the carbon peak target and the carbon The formulation of the national climate change adaptation strategy, the formulation of the action plan for peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, the research and role play of Sino-US relations and other aspects of decision-making consultation.
" Yao Xuexiang said.