Interpretation of the future zero carbon city (Photos)

As governments around the world are struggling to cope with the crisis of oil shortage and global warming, a trend of "eco city" is emerging. For example, Abu, a Arabia based United Nations, is about to launch an ambitious plan to build a town - MasdarInitiative (re evolution of the AbuDhabi).

The core of this program is to project from Abu Dhabi East desert area of 11 km, the development of a quanta 6.4 square kilometers of the town MasdarCity (Masdar city), the nearby Abu Dhabi International Airport New Town, is a "zero carbon" city to build the town, but the horse Starr will further "zero waste" and "zero vehicles (vehicles) as the main axis of development. In the city the city to sit in the southwest direction of construction, in order to obtain the best lighting and shade effect, planting a large number of planting and water facilities, and the use of wind tower facilities will cool the city in order to achieve the purpose of cooling.

Throughout the city to prohibit the passage of steam turbines, public transport as a means of transport, through the design of green buildings, reducing the demand for electricity.

Today, London, England, is also working on a no carbon emissions regional development project. France for the eastern Paris Valley, New York in the United States to Abu Dhabi eco city Ithaca eco village, the United Arab Emirates have also launched.

It is clear that the eco city around the world for us to light up a pure zero carbon future of the world.

So what is the "low carbon economy"? Experts pointed out that the so-called "low carbon economy" refers to the emission of greenhouse gases in the development of the least, while obtaining the largest output of society as a whole. The future, human beings can be more use of renewable energy, to the underground storage of carbon dioxide and other ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also does not affect the citizen's social welfare and quality of life, without sacrificing the development of society and economy. Therefore, low carbon economy is considered to be following the industrial revolution, the information revolution, the fifth wave of the revolution to change the world economy, and low oil consumption will become the mainstream of future life model.

Developing low carbon economy is imperative

The charm of the "low carbon economy" is that it can not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create a natural environment suitable for human habitation, but it is also a powerful driving force for global economic recovery. Thus, in 2008, the 4 trillion economic incentive plan proposed by the Chinese government, the focus on environmental infrastructure construction, new energy development and energy efficiency as the focus of the overall area of eighteen percent. It is the winter of despair, the spring of hope; we have nothing, we have everything. In the face of the financial tsunami, if we can seize the opportunity to develop "low-carbon economy", we can change China's development model to promote economic growth, and ultimately to achieve low-carbon prosperity. The development of "low carbon economy", the construction of low-carbon society has become the strategic focus and an important direction of education for all.

In the days before the annual Asia Pacific Low Carbon Economy Forum 2009 China summit, said deputy director of the national development and Reform Commission Jie Zhenhua and many experts and scholars, energy and environmental issues has become a bottleneck restricting the rapid development of Chinese economy, energy saving and low carbon development will be Chinese future development inevitable choice, path of transformation and low carbon strategy increasingly Chinese clear.

"The development of low-carbon economy has become a global consensus, but also fully in line with China's national interests, China should vigorously develop low-carbon economy. Jie Zhenhua said so.

In Jie Zhenhua's view, the development of low-carbon economy is an inevitable choice for China's future development". The main reason is the petrochemical energy in our country is relatively poor, the development of low-carbon economy, improve energy efficiency, the development of the national economy can get rid of excessive dependence on fossil energy, only the development of low carbon economy in order to improve our ability to protect national energy security fundamentally. Secondly, the path of low-carbon development, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a basic component of scientific development and an important link, so the development of low-carbon economy is the inevitable choice of China's strategic transformation. Third, China is in the industrialization, urbanization and internationalization of the key stage, China should realize industrialization should rely on out of a low carbon economy to promote economic development, while continuing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of the new road to industrialization. Finally, a global climate change action once spawned new technologies and new industries, will lead to the rapid development of high technology and low carbon low carbon industry, this is a global response to increasing greenhouse gases caused climate change are common issues and challenges.

Su Wei, director of the national development and Reform Commission climate change believes that actively respond to climate change, vigorously develop low-carbon economy is the world's economic and social development trend. Chinese government attaches great importance to climate change, the resource conservation and environmental protection as a basic national policy, to achieve sustainable development as a national strategy, adopted a series of measures for the development of low-carbon economy, and actively respond to climate change.

China's low carbon economy

However, the question of how China's low carbon economy development? The national development and Reform Commission on climate change secretary Su Wei answered: "Chinese should continue to actively respond to climate change from the adjustment of industrial structure, improving energy efficiency, the development of clean and renewable energy in three areas, the development of low carbon economy. "

It is clear that the development of low-carbon economy requires the innovation of the mechanism level, to better integration of low-carbon economic development policy and the existing policy system, the establishment of a policy mechanism for the development of low-carbon economy