【XWBOO Top News】 The possibilities for ocean carbon sinks, grassland carbon sinks, forest carbon sinks, arable land carbon sinks, and the term "carbon sink" are becoming richer as the "dual carbon" target approaches. At present, carbon sink is not only a new term to promote environmental green development, but also an important verb with practical feasibility.
The Ocean Carbon Sequestration Accounting Method will be implemented from January 1, 2023; the Guidelines for Urban Green Carbon Sequestration Design in Tianjin (Trial) will be published; Petrochina and the Guangxi Forest Industry Group also signed a framework agreement on forest carbon convergence in August... It can be seen that the image of carbon sinks is moving from 2D to more 3D space.
Did you hear that the industry now subscribes to carbon sinks to replace ecological damage repair cases!
In recent day, a court in Fujian province tried and sentence a case in court. The Defendant voluntarily subscribed for 96 tons of carbon sequestration from forestry (< 2 times the amount of carbon sequestration loss caused by his illegal action) at Fujian Straits Resources and Environment Trading Center to replace the loss caused by his environmental damage;
Qiannan Prefecture of Qinghai Province also held a public hearing on a case of deforestation. In this case, the defendant voluntarily subscribed 20986 yuan worth of carbon sinks to replace the ecological restoration work. The case also became the first local case to explicitly support the "carbon sink" value loss compensation, to subscribe the "carbon sink" way of replacing the repair of damaged ecological environment and resources;
In late October, Sichuan Province also handed down its first case of "carbon sequestration" in a river basin, which showed that the defendant had subscribed for 21 tons of carbon sequestration for alternative rehabilitation. The case held that the loss of ecological and environmental services from the time of the crime to the completion of ecological restoration was not compensated, so the defendant was judged to have to purchase carbon sinks to compensate for the loss of watershed carbon sink functions during the period.
At present, our country has already achieved some results in the first trial of purchasing carbon sink to replace ecological environment damage repair work, and its value in environmental damage compensation work should not be underestimated. However, based on the actual situation, some people in the industry believe that it is still in the initial stage of exploration to replace ecological environment damage repair by subscribing for carbon sequestration, and it is likely to develop further. In the future, it is necessary to clarify the legal basis and clarify the scope, conditions, order and procedure of application so as to promote the healthy development of carbon sequestration compensation system.
On the one hand, the purpose of promoting the remediation of ecological environment damage by subscribing for carbon sinks is to cope with the problems such as inability to repair, low level of remediation and weak resilience. On the one hand, it is a more convenient and efficient means to achieve the purpose of alternative repair. In the long run, in order to better promote the restoration of damaged ecological environment, will the new model of substituting carbon sink for compensation for ecological environment damage be the "optimal solution" for environmental protection?
Original title: subscribe to carbon sequestration as an alternative to ecological restoration, do you support it?
