How to promote low -carbon reduction in green payment?

Recently, the international situation is even more tight. As soon as the Indo -Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) came out, the contradictions between the United States and China in the future are afraid that there will be an increase.

In fact, such contradictions are not afraid. It is another instructions for China and need to be vigilant.

In the past few years, more and more eyes are focused on green development issues.

For example, on foreign "Zhihu" Quora, you can always see endless questions--

Why does China not control pollution? Why is China's carbon emissions so high? What contribution to China has made to the earth's environment?

Western media insist that China's past economic development was based on high emissions and high pollution, and paid a huge environmental price.

Although this statement has seen the current problem, it lacks a historical perspective and has less future vision.

Ideal and reality

For Europe and the United States, the development of hundreds of years since the Industrial Revolution has allowed them to have sufficient economic and technological accumulation. Now it is a matter of water to promote carbon peaks and carbon neutrality.

But don't forget that in the early stages of industrialization, the West failed to avoid environmental pollution.

China is still in the rapid advancement of industrialization and urbanization, and energy demand will continue to grow. In the next ten years, the GDP growth of each unit will further bring carbon emissions.

It was during this critical period of historical turning point, in order to maintain the dominance of international order, the West proposed the concept of "carbon neutrality".

What is imagined with ordinary people is that carbon neutrality is not only an environmental protection concept, but also a political and economic concept.

The truth of carbon neutrality is the trade barriers of developed countries. The high probability of carbon neutrality in entering developed countries in the future.

As long as there is production, there will be carbon emissions. China is the world's factory, and it is naturally the world's largest carbon emission country. After years of development in Europe and the United States, it has basically achieved the "carbon peak". After the ashore, developed countries will pressure to develop countries on the grounds that the carbon emissions fails to meet the standard, otherwise it will restrict products entering the market in developed countries.

Carbon neutralization is both a challenge and opportunity for China.

If it is said that the rapid economic growth after entering the WTO has now exceeded $ 10,000 per capita GDP, which is the first miracle created by China to the world;

In just a few years, all the poverty -stricken people in the rural areas were all out of poverty, all 832 poverty -stricken counties were removed, and 128,000 poor villages were all listed. The full victory of poverty alleviation was the second miracle created by China.

Then, in the next 40 years, a 1.4 billionth population country will achieve a thorough energy transformation on the premise of maintaining a steady economic growth, which will become the third miracle of China to the world. Carbon neutrality is both our future development strategy, but also the embodiment of the responsibility of the great power.

But to realize this, it also confirms the sentence: the future is bright, and the road is twists and turns.

First of all, we must admit that China's emission reduction pressure is unique in the world.

According to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the total amount of carbon dioxide emissions in my country in 2018 was about 9.6 billion tons. In recent years, China's carbon emissions have exceeded one quarter of the world.

Such a huge scale of carbon emissions means that without the participation of China, the global climate goals will be difficult to achieve.

Therefore, at the 75th UN General Assembly in September 2020, China announced the goal of striving for carbon peaks by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, becoming a key role in global climate operations.

After the carbon peaks of Western countries, most of them completed carbon neutrality in 50-80 years. China has set the deadline for 30 years, and it is really "ruthless" to itself. Considering that China's huge volume and more than development, the difficulty can be imagined.

On the road of low -carbon transformation in China, there is also a bad news and a good news.

The bad news is that China's carbon emissions are dominated by the second industry, and the emission reduction in this field is not easy.

According to IEA statistics, as far as the global average is concerned, the power and thermal production industry accounts for 42%of carbon dioxide emissions, and the industry and transportation industry contribute to 18.4%and 24.6%, respectively.

In China, the power and thermal production industry contributed 51.4%, and the industry and transportation industry contributed 27.9%and 9.7%, respectively. In other words, China's electricity and industrial industries are higher than the global average, and the pressure reduction pressure is also greater.

We know that there are many measures to reduce carbon emissions in industry, but the most fundamental is the adjustment of energy structure. This is precisely the most difficult thing.

Historically, promoting new energy sources is very long. It often takes decades to rely on one energy to depend on other energy sources.

This is because energy conversion still requires many technical breakthroughs. For example, the steel industry must change from coke on steel to hydrogen steelmaking, fuel cells need to replace fuel, industrial production should increase the recovery and utilization rate, etc. These are not all technologies that can be obtained and can be quickly and large -scale.

Of course, our actions have not stopped for a moment:

According to statistics, in the past 20 years, the number of papers related to "solar cells" published by scientists in my country is the world's first.

At present, we are also the largest solar and wind power power countries. Many technologies lead the world, which has opened a good start for green transformation. For the steel industry that created 15%of the nation's carbon emissions, the Sinosteel Association has recently proposed the goal of 30%of carbon reduction in the steel industry in 2030.

The good news is that in the other important source of carbon emissions -personal life and consumption, China allows the world to see what the power of the masses is. Some netizens recorded such an interesting thing: Watching a drama, the two protagonists were quarreling, but forgot to turn off the water, the water has been flowing. The barrage has been asking from beginning to end. Is the water closed? Intersection Intersection

Many people responded that they often have this subconscious idea.

The conservation of the Chinese is also reflected in the data of the daily life.

For example, from the perspective of power consumption, the average electricity consumption of Chinese families is far lower than that of developed countries. And those countries that have mastered the right to speak and hang "green environmental protection" are always on their mouths, but they have high per capita power consumption.

Another example is to save food. In this regard, China is equally good.

Many people don't know that food waste also accounts for 6%of global carbon emissions, which is a very considerable proportion. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) statistics, China wasted 44 kilograms of grain per capita in 2017, equivalent to one -nineths of Australia.

The most characteristic and potential carbon reduction methods of Chinese people are inseparable from the convenience provided by the Internet.

China has the world's largest group of netizens. According to statistics, as of the end of 2021, the scale of netizens in my country was 1.032 billion, and the Internet penetration rate reached 73.0%. Especially on the mobile terminal, the size of mobile phone netizens reached 1.028 billion, accounting for 99.7%of all netizens.

The popularity of a high Internet has laid a foreshadowing for paperless offices and online transactions.

During the epidemic, the concepts of live broadcasts, online office, and the universe have emerged, and they also benefit from the existence of the infrastructure of the mobile Internet.

In the latest version of the Electronic Government Survey released by the United Nations, China's e -government performance is 45th among 193 member states, defeating 77%of competitors.

In the event of being able to complete online, China must complete online, saving a lot of communication, travel and transaction costs. The carbon emissions that are reduced cannot be simply calculated.

Essean carbon neutralized research team believes that low -carbon green life has become the "new fashion" in our lives, which has laid a good social foundation for my country's carbon neutrality and goals.

A micro revolution

Unconsciously, every ordinary Chinese has made their own contributions to the transformation of low -carbon and completed many iterations of green lifestyles.

If you have been to the hospital in recent years or have done a medical examination, you will find that you need to use the medical insurance cards, medical records, prescription books, etc. of large bags and small bags before. Now you can throw them away, and a mobile phone can solve all problems.

The "Statistics Report of China's Internet Development Status" released by the China Internet Network Information Center shows:

As of December 2021, the number of online medical users reached 298 million, a year -on -year increase of 38.7%, becoming one of the fastest growing applications for users. As of the first half of 2021, there were more than 1,600 Internet hospitals in China, and more than 7,700 hospitals with more than 7,700 provided online services.

Many patients feel the benefits of electronic medical system electronic:

Electronic prescriptions are issued online, medicines are directly expressly express home; remote diagnosis and treatment can also enjoy provincial expert consultations at township hospitals; open electronic social security cards, and can register for payment by moving fingers.

With electronic payment, the paperless medical treatment becomes easier. For hospitals, paperless electronic files can be constructed, eliminating a lot of paper printing consumption, case transportation costs, and preservation and space occupation costs brought by case data preservation.

At the end of the patient, many steps can be completed through the hospital's WeChat mini -programs/public account:

You can check the payment form and the test report on your mobile phone to complete the online payment. While significantly shorten the waiting time of the queue, it can also reduce the use of paper and reduce the number of round -trip hospitals, thereby reducing carbon emissions.

Payment of paperless scenes

Source: Green Financial International Research Institute of Central University of Finance and Economics

Data show that in the past five years, online medical care, living payment, and online shopping, users use WeChat payment to reduce the carbon reduction displacement brought by paper documents for total 188,200 tons. In China, the paperless process of life payment and online shopping is even earlier than online medical treatment.

And if you count the role of travel, the carbon reduction that has been completed through WeChat in the past five years will be 3.3461 million tons. Carbon reduction has shown a trend year since 2017. The carbon reduction capacity achieved in the year alone in 2021 has been close to one million tons.

In addition to directly involving the payment session and eliminating paper bills, electronic payment is also promoting the conversion of production methods and helping "supply -side reform".

The field of transportation is a typical example.

IEA predicts that China's greenhouse gas emissions in the field of transportation will also be "Dafeng" in 2030, which has continued to decline, which will be earlier than the process of most developing countries.

Behind this, a major transformation of China's transportation structure is required.

Speaking of which, do you know where is the global "electric bus city"? Is it Tokyo and Singapore? Berlin, Geneva? Or New York and San Francisco?

It's wrong! The correct answer is Shenzhen, China.

Since the beginning of 2011, the first 200 electric buses have been put into operation, and currently have more than 16,000 pure electric buses in Shenzhen on the streets, achieving comprehensive electrification of buses. Shenzhen has also become the largest number of pure electric buses in the country and even the world!

In Bill Gates's new book "Climate Economy and the Future of Humanity", this technical optimist forecast:

In the next 10 years, the green premium premium of buses across the country will be reduced to 0, that is, the operating cost of electric buses is no different from traditional energy buses, which will greatly promote the pace of energy conversion of bus systems.

The electrification of buses is just the iceberg of China's transportation structure.

China is the world's largest new energy vehicle market, and the purchase volume continues to expand. Data show that in March this year, about 458,273 electric vehicles sold in China, an increase of 118%over the same period last year, and it was the second highest monthly sales in history. In the same month, the number of electric vehicles sold in China accounted for about half of the world.

In addition to the electrification of the vehicle itself, the innovation of travel methods is also very helpful.

In recent years, bicycle sharing, shared cars, ride, carpooling and other travel methods have been generally favored by the public. These "green choices" in these personal lives can not only effectively reduce carbon dioxide emissions of urban traffic, but also alleviate traffic congestion, and bring more emission reduction benefits.

The rapid popularization of the new travel method is also inseparable from the development of the Internet. Electronic payment provides convenient settlement services for the green travel method of shared bicycles. Reduce trading friction.

Data show that from 2017 to 2021, the number of Chinese people used WeChat to pay for the purchase of shared economic services increased by more than 500%, and the number of purchasing clean energy products increased by nearly 3,500%.

What you may not be aware is that the payment link involved in traffic travel also has green attributes because you choose the green travel method.

In these scenarios, electronic payment can make individual users more conveniently consume and use shared products and clean energy, increase society's demand for green products and green services, and promote the development of green industries.

Start with payment

All of the above are visible changes to the naked eye.

To achieve carbon neutrality, a kind of "moisturizing and silent" may also be the most sustainable way. It is to make people feel aware of environmental protection and green consumption unknowingly.

This is because carbon neutrality requires not only economic and industrial changes, but also a profound social change.

This "green revolution" was slowly promoted by strict law and heavy penalties in the West. For example, Germany has one of the strictest environmental protection laws in the world, and from time to time, it has a shot on the multinational giants. Even Tesla, who is producing new energy vehicles in itself, was fined 1200 in 2020 because of the battery recycling. 10,000 euros.

In China, the largest green transformation that ordinary people participate in are electronic payment.

By supporting individual users to choose green travel methods, purchase green products, second -hand recycling use of waste, participating in ecological environmental protection public welfare projects, electronic payment is guiding the public to establish the concept of green development, advocating public participation in green consumption, and cultivating public green lifestyle.

Low -carbon life scene application

Source: Green Financial International Research Institute of Central University of Finance and Economics

As the lowest economic activity in the Internet era, the carbon reduction effect of electronic payment cannot be underestimated.

Let's look at a set of numbers:

Tencent United's "Green Payment Help Carbon Neutrality" report launched by the Green Financial International Research Institute of the Central University of Finance and Economics states that my country's paper bills consume 220,000 tons of paper each year, which is equivalent to 15.44 million 10 -year -old trees.

Among them, the payment voucher of only paper tickets only consumes 12 million trees and 25.2 billion liters of water, generating about 23 million kilograms of garbage.

Calculated at an average 1 -ton paper production of 950 kg of carbon dioxide, which is equivalent to emitting 209,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

Moreover, small paper ticket looks very light and cheap, but it is also an important part of costs for large enterprises. According to reports, the cost of paper tickets in each scene of Shang Chao Bao high every year exceeded 2 million yuan.

Some research reports pointed out that an electronic invoice is 4 times more environmentally friendly than paper invoices.

Data show that from 2017-2021, WeChat payment of electronic invoice pens in various scenarios increased, with an increase of 2567%, and the cumulative carbon reduction displacement was reduced by 8,300 tons in the past five years.

Among them, in 2021, more than 25 million WeChat users used WeChat online check -in to handle electronic boarding passes, which saved more than 25 million paper boarding passes, a total of at least 65 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

In the past five years, the total carbon emissions brought by users with WeChat payment to choose bus subway travel was 1.874 million tons. Compared with high carbon travel, carbon reduction displacement of 4.7857 million tons was achieved.

The embodiment of green payment to promote low -carbon emission reduction

Data source: penguin adjustment

And it is interesting that users may not realize their contributions to low -carbon emission reduction.

A survey of penguins showed that 82.1%of the respondents said that they would use more green payment in the future to support low -carbon reduction. However, only about 30 % of users who involve green payment environmental effects in the purchase of e -books can recognize. This shows that even if the user intends to choose a green and low -carbon lifestyle, it also makes efforts to reduce the low -carbon emission reduction by green payment, but it is difficult for them to understand their contributions.

It is not difficult to see that users' simple cognition and high use of enthusiasm are also a broad space for green payment in conceptual connotation, industry standards, and public science popularization.

Payment is actually the oldest economic activity.

When humans are also in the primitive episodes transaction form, they need to pay. After the emergence of payment, in order to reduce the cost of payment transactions, the currency gradually has the currency; after the currency appears, in order to reduce the cost of cash payment transaction, it has gradually become a modern commercial bank.

In fact, every leap in human social productivity will first be reflected in paying the bottom economic activity.

On the 21st Century Global Stage, which is dominated by climate issues, payments can also assume that they have never had before.

Not long ago, the State Council issued the "Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on further release of consumption potential to promote the continuous recovery of consumption", which particularly emphasized: to promote the consumption format and model, promote new consumption, actively promote the upgrading of physical consumption quality, and vigorously develop green consumption. Essence

In other words, this is not to simply use consumption to drive economic growth, but to use green consumption to drive industrial upgrading and use green consumption to drive green transformation.

With a few words, the biggest crisis and opportunities in this era jumped on paper.

The chapter of the upgrading of contemporary China's industry and green transformation is re -compiled by green payment one by one.

And the magnificent mountains and rivers who write this must be more timeless and full of motivation for sustainable development.

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