Lou Guohua, director of the Forestry Department of Zhejiang Province, said that the establishment of the East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange and a unified, standardized and open trading platform for forest resources assets will help reduce information asymmetry and information manipulation, conduct forest rights trading in a wider range, and better play the basic role of the market in allocating resources.
As a supporting reform measure of forest right system, forest right exchange can use market mechanism to solve the mortgage guarantee problem of forest farmers, improve the enthusiasm of banks to provide loans to forestry enterprises and forest farmers, and promote forest farmers' income.
At the unveiling ceremony, East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange also signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Zhejiang A&F University, agreeing to strengthen the research on carbon sequestration forestry evaluation system and establish a carbon sequestration measurement and monitoring system and standard that is in line with international standards and national conditions as soon as possible. With the approval of the State Forestry Administration, the pilot project of national forestry carbon sink trading jointly carried out by East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange and China Green Carbon Sink Foundation was officially launched in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province on 2011+0/. Ge, deputy director of State Forestry Administration and vice governor of Zhejiang Provincial Committee Standing Committee, Lou Guohua, director of financial planning department and personnel department of State Forestry Administration, Tan Guangming, director of Zhejiang Finance Office, Li Nuyun, president of China Green Carbon Sequestration Foundation, and deputy secretary of Yiwu Municipal Committee attended the ceremony, and Chen Long, deputy secretary general of Zhejiang Provincial Government, presided over the ceremony. At the launching ceremony, Zhao Shucong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration, first awarded the bronze medal of "National Forestry Carbon Sequestration Trading Pilot Platform" to East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange. East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange will take the lead as a "pilot platform" and join hands with China Green Carbon Sequestration Foundation to explore a standardized, safe and effective forestry carbon sequestration trading model. 10 enterprises including Alibaba signed the first batch of148,000 tons of forestry carbon sinks.
At the launching ceremony, Ge, deputy governor of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Committee, also awarded the bronze medal of "Zhejiang Forestry Microfinance Co., Ltd.". It is reported that this microfinance company is the first forestry microfinance company in China, mainly serving members of East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange, small forestry enterprises, forestry professional cooperatives, large afforestation households and farmers. Focus on the issuance of forest right mortgage loans and short-term raw material acquisition funds for small forestry enterprises. Enlightenment from forestry carbon sink trading.
The Durban Conference officially opened, and countries all over the world are engaged in an intense and complicated negotiation process around climate change. As the largest developing country with rapid economic development, China's total carbon dioxide emission has surpassed that of the United States to become the first in the world. Therefore, China's measures to deal with climate change, energy conservation and emission reduction have been widely concerned by the international community.
Recently, China has launched a pilot project of forestry carbon sink trading based on East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange, which is mainly used to offset the carbon dioxide emissions of enterprises. Many domestic enterprises participated in and subscribed for the first batch of carbon sink indicators, and the project also attracted the attention of many foreign investors. But the sustainable development of the volunteer market is still unknown.
For this reason, CCTVnews produced a green report, which is a special report. The following is the news content. In China, forestry carbon sink trading is still in its infancy. However, just a few weeks after the launching ceremony, the news came from the first batch of overseas investors.
Garth Edward, a carbon trader from PetroChina's London company, said: At present, most carbon trading takes place in Europe, but we are also very interested in the development of China's carbon market.
East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange is the only forestry carbon sink trading platform in China. Simply put, forestry carbon sink refers to the process, activity and mechanism of reducing deforestation, absorbing or reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide through afforestation, reforestation and forest management, and combining it with policy, management and carbon trade.
At present, there are about 50 China enterprises involved in carbon sequestration transactions, ranging from investment fields to high energy-consuming enterprises. At present, all purchases of carbon sinks are based on the voluntary market. For these first participants, this is an excellent opportunity to respond to the government's call for emission reduction and demonstrate corporate social responsibility.
Shen Guohua, chairman of East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange, said: "At present, carbon sinks can be obtained at a relatively low price, but once they become a compulsory market in the future, the price will be high. Therefore, for future development, enterprises can plan ahead and start layout from now on. "
However, this is not as easy as it sounds. There are still many problems to be confirmed. What kind of woodland can be used as a carbon sink forest? Who decides the greenhouse gas emissions absorbed by carbon sinks? How to gain the recognition of international buyers?
Lou Guohua, director of Zhejiang Forestry Department, said: "This is a major issue. Now our standard is formulated by China Green Carbon Sequestration Foundation with reference to international standards. But we must establish our own rules and regulations. " In addition to enterprises asking about carbon credits, many forest owners are also very concerned. They want to know whether they own a forest land and can trade it as a carbon sink forest. But so far, the second transaction is still planned because their understanding is wrong. In fact, the original intention of forestry carbon sink trading pilot is to increase forest coverage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, pioneers and investors are trying to establish a market-oriented trading platform for forestry carbon sinks, so that forestry carbon sinks can circulate freely. Although people from all walks of life have different views on forestry carbon sinks, in any case, the carbon market has begun to take root in China. On February 4th, 65438, the "China Corner" series of side events of Durban Climate Conference was officially launched in Durban International Conference Center. This is the first time that the government of China hosted a series of "China Corner" side events during the United Nations Climate Change Summit on behalf of a government delegation. Xie Zhenhua, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and head of the China delegation to the Durban Climate Conference, and figueres, executive secretary of the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, presided over the opening ceremony. Su Wei, deputy head of China delegation and chief representative of China climate negotiations, presided over the launching ceremony. Shen Guohua, chairman of the East China Forestry Property Rights Exchange, the pilot platform of national forestry carbon sequestration trading, and Li Nuyun, secretary-general of China Green Carbon Sequestration Foundation, were invited to attend the conference as folk people, and had in-depth exchanges with the delegates on issues such as increasing forest carbon sequestration, establishing domestic carbon trading market and coping with climate change.
In his speech, Deputy Director Xie Zhenhua stressed that it is urgent to deal with global climate change, and the international community should help each other in the same boat, do what it can and act together. The Government of China is willing to undertake the international responsibility of reducing emissions according to its national conditions, development stage and actual capacity, and will unite and cooperate with other countries in an open, positive and constructive manner to promote the Durban Climate Conference to achieve positive results.
Su Wei, China's chief climate change negotiator, said that China does not rule out the possibility of signing a legally binding greenhouse gas emission reduction agreement. But when and in what form it is accepted depends on negotiation. Su Wei emphasized that the China government has taken a series of measures to deal with climate change. In the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, it is clearly proposed to gradually establish a carbon emission trading market, and give full play to the basic role of market mechanism in optimizing resource allocation by standardizing voluntary emission reduction trading and emission trading pilots. Su Wei said that through this "China Corner" activity, the international community will have a deeper understanding of China's policies, measures, actions, achievements and processes in tackling climate change.
It is reported that the "China Corner" series of side events will be held from 65438+February 1 day to 65438+February 9, with about 23 events, mainly showing China's efforts in low-carbon development, adaptive capacity building, climate financing and corporate action. These activities include forums, press conferences, seminars and exhibitions. Officials, scholars, experts, enterprises, etc. Appear here in turn, telling the world what China has done, what it is doing and what it will do in the future.