The Plan for Strengthening the Construction of the Dual Carbon Standards and Metrology System was Released
2024-9-12
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and other relevant departments have jointly issued the "Action Plan for Further Strengthening the Construction of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Standards and Metrology System (2024-2025)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). The Plan outlines the principles and objectives for advancing the "dual carbon" (carbon peaking and neutrality) standards and metrology work by 2025, and strategically deploys 16 key tasks for targeted implementation. There are eight key tasks under the "dual carbon" standards: accelerating the development of enterprise carbon emission accounting standards, strengthening the construction of product carbon footprint and carbon labeling standards, increasing the supply of project carbon emission reduction standards, promoting technological breakthroughs in carbon emission reduction and carbon removal technology standards, raising energy consumption standards in industrial sectors, expediting the updating and upgrading of product energy efficiency standards, strengthening the development of standards for the circular utilization of key products and equipment, and expanding the supply of green product evaluation standards. The eight key tasks for "dual carbon" metrology include: strengthening the capacity building of carbon metrology infrastructure, enhancing the research and application of carbon-related metrological instruments, reinforcing the support and guarantee of metrology for carbon emission accounting, conducting research on common and key carbon metrology technologies, strengthening the research on metrological technologies in key areas, promoting the construction of carbon metrology centers, improving technical specifications related to "dual carbon" metrology, and strengthening the supervision and management of energy metrology. The NDRC has stated that it will strengthen coordination with departments such as the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to jointly build a robust "dual carbon" standards and metrology system, providing solid support for accelerating the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development and achieving carbon peaking and neutrality as scheduled.