Chengdu
published the Guidelines on Carbon Neutral for businesses and individuals during
the 2018 Low-Carbon Forum on Dec. 27th. Carbon Neutral aims to compensate the carbon
emission by planting trees, adopting energy-saving or the purchase of carbon
credits. Carbon Neutral has become a mainstream emission reduction method for
international events.
The carbon
emissions during the Forum was calculated by summing up the transportation
emission, power consumption and the emission made by individuals. “The time of
achieving carbon neutral should be within a year if via purchasing carbon
credits; if choosing trees planting for carbon neutral then the time of achieving
neutral should be with 20 years”, said the Forum Hosts.
During the Forum, five Chengdu businesses received
low-carbon certifications as well. Since 2016, there are 15 businesses received
in total of 24 low-carbon certificates in Chengdu.