BRICS countries join hands to promote green and low-carbon development
2024-10-23
In the Benban Photovoltaic Industrial Park in Aswan Province, southern Egypt, rows of photovoltaic panels convert abundant sunlight resources into valuable electricity that local residents cannot do without for production and daily life. This clean energy center, jointly built by China and Egypt, currently has 32 power plants completed and put into operation. According to statistics, the industrial park will help Egypt increase its use of renewable energy and is expected to reduce 2 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually. Our photovoltaic industry park is a vivid epitome of China's joint efforts with other BRICS countries to promote green and low-carbon development. In recent years, the BRICS countries have continuously promoted the green and low-carbon transformation of energy, deepened the exchange, cooperation, and promotion of green technologies, and turned their "green visions" into reality, providing the "BRICS" driving force for global green and low-carbon development. Green energy cooperation continues to deepen in Postmasburg Town, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, with abundant sunshine and open land. The largest renewable energy project in South Africa, the Redstone 100 MW tower molten salt solar thermal power plant, is like a huge sunflower, gathering the light and heat of the sun. In mid September this year, the Redstone project, constructed by a Chinese enterprise, successfully achieved grid connected power generation, marking a critical stage in the project construction. After the project is fully operational, it will contribute approximately 480 gigawatt hours of clean electricity to the South African power grid annually, meeting the electricity needs of over 200000 households. This will alleviate the local electricity shortage while reducing South Africa's dependence on traditional fossil fuels. In the northeastern state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, there is a small town called Jo ã o Camara. In the desert of the suburbs, there is a hidden oasis of renewable energy. This oasis is the Gamella wind power project built by State Grid Brazil Electric Power Co., Ltd. of China. This project can supply approximately 360 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity annually, equivalent to saving 129600 tons of standard coal and reducing 358900 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, creating more than 2000 job opportunities for the local area. In recent years, BRICS countries have actively engaged in green energy cooperation, fully utilizing their unique renewable energy resources such as solar and wind energy, promoting the implementation of clean energy projects, and injecting "green power" into promoting development and benefiting people's livelihoods. China continues to promote energy transformation, effectively reducing the technological cost of clean energy cooperation among BRICS countries. In recent years, China has accelerated the construction of a clean, low-carbon, efficient, and safe energy system, and deeply carried out collaborative governance to reduce pollution and carbon emissions, achieving significant results. At present, China has established the world's largest carbon emissions trading market, covering an annual carbon dioxide emissions of over 5 billion tons. At the same time, we vigorously promote the development of renewable energy, and the installed capacity of hydropower, photovoltaics, and wind power remains the world's largest. The cooperation among BRICS countries in energy transition, green and low-carbon development is becoming increasingly close, and a large number of typical cooperation projects have emerged. At the 2024 BRICS New Industrial Revolution Partnership Forum held in Xiamen, Fujian in September this year, the "BRICS Industrial Cooperation Case Collection" showcased a large number of typical cooperation projects in the field of the new industrial revolution among BRICS countries in recent years, including energy transformation, green and low-carbon initiatives, such as the Ethiopia Solar Public Health Project and the Belo 96 Metro Project in Brazil. During the forum, the "International Cooperation Initiative for New Industrialization" was also released, proposing that BRICS countries will expand practical cooperation in industries such as photovoltaics, wind power equipment, and new energy vehicles, and accelerate the green transformation of industries. For Africa, cooperation with China can not only develop Africa's abundant renewable energy resources, but also allow African countries to learn from China's experience in the vigorous development of clean energy Professor Costantinos Berhutesfa from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia said. Funeka April, Coordinating Director of the BRICS Research Center of the South African Council for Human Sciences Research, believes that strengthening cooperation in the development and utilization of green energy and technological innovation among BRICS countries, accelerating green and low-carbon transformation, is of great significance for promoting their own and global sustainable development. Countries should work together to promote innovation in new energy and other fields, promote green development, and work together to build a clean and beautiful world. Jointly addressing the challenges of climate change. Currently, the global climate change challenge is becoming increasingly severe, and developing countries have become the biggest victims of climate change. The BRICS countries have always been concerned about the common future of humanity and have become an important force in addressing climate change. Promise again. China has made a solemn commitment to strive for peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. Other BRICS countries have also made commitments to address climate change and announced corresponding measures. There is collaboration. The BRICS countries have launched the "BRICS Cooperation" to jointly address the challenges of climate change. In August of this year, the BRICS High Level Dialogue on Climate Change was held in Moscow, Russia. The BRICS countries are forming a joint force, adhering to the goals and principles of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement, and deepening exchanges and cooperation. In July of this year, the 14th BRICS Economic and Trade Ministers' Meeting was held, and all parties reached the "Joint Communique of the 14th BRICS Economic and Trade Ministers' Meeting", which adopted the "BRICS Statement on Environmental and Climate Related Trade Measures", emphasizing opposition to unilateralism and green protectionism. All parties reached consensus on strengthening green technology exchanges, promoting cooperation on green product standards, and agreed to carry out a compilation of green product standards and best practice cases, which will lay an important foundation for BRICS countries to further strengthen the standard docking and cooperation of new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, solar cells and other products. High financing. In September of this year, the New Development Bank and nine other multilateral development banks announced that their financing support for global climate action would reach $125 billion by 2023. The newly released second five-year strategy (2022-2026) of the New Development Bank shows that in the next five years, the bank will provide $30 billion in financial support to member countries, of which 40% will be used to slow down the process of climate change, continue to support investment in traditional infrastructure projects, including increasing support for projects with disaster resilience, promoting technological integration, and inclusive development. Andrei Gubin, Associate Professor of International Relations at Far Eastern Federal University in Russia, believes that dialogue and exchanges between BRICS countries and more emerging market and developing countries will promote extensive international cooperation and jointly address issues such as imbalanced development and climate change. Paula Bueno, a researcher at the BRICS Research Center at the University of S ã o Paulo in Brazil, said that addressing global challenges such as climate change is becoming increasingly urgent. BRICS countries should strengthen international cooperation, jointly uphold multilateralism, improve the global governance system, and make more contributions to achieving the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Sharing more 'green experiences': A modern new city has emerged in a desert about 50 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt. Among them, the Central Business District project of the new administrative capital of Egypt, undertaken by China State Construction Engineering Corporation Egypt Branch, conforms to the concept of green environmental protection, energy conservation and emission reduction, and has taken multiple measures in project planning, architectural design, construction and other aspects, actively contributing to green development. In the view of Mohammad Hamdi Salama, a mechanical engineer at the project site, China has accumulated rich experience by focusing on ecological protection while developing its economy. In the Central Business District project, China Construction Egypt Company practices the concept of sustainable development from material selection to the application of new technologies, benefiting the Egyptian side. In the town of Dea in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, 28 year old South African youth Daswin Basong enthusiastically goes to work at the Dea wind power project substation every morning. The De A wind power project was built and put into operation by a Chinese enterprise, delivering approximately 760 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity to the South African power grid annually, creating more than 700 job opportunities for the local area. During this period, Chinese companies have established scholarships and conducted training to cultivate technical talents for the local energy industry. Basong is one of the young people who received funding and training. After graduating from university, Basong officially became a member of the wind power project operation and maintenance team, and now Basong has become a role model for local young people. He said, "I hope more young people in South Africa can learn and master the relevant knowledge and experience of the wind power industry, and contribute their own strength to the development of the clean energy industry in South Africa." In order to learn more advanced and scientific sand prevention and control technologies, in 2018, Ren Zelin came from his distant hometown of Tehran, Iran to study abroad in Gansu Province, western China. Ren Zelin said that China's level in the field of desertification prevention and control is at the forefront of the world, and it is not stingy to share its experience in desertification prevention and control with other countries. Transmitting China's experience to Iran and even more countries plagued by desertification, and printing green "footprints" on the land of more countries, is his biggest dream. China, with its outstanding development achievements and rich experience in governance, has become an important promoter of the BRICS cooperation mechanism Hassan Rajab, a professor at the Suez Canal University in Egypt and the director of the Confucius Institute at the Suez Canal University in Egypt, stated that under the BRICS cooperation mechanism, China actively shares successful experiences in innovation, technology, sustainable development, and other fields, providing valuable reference for the development of other countries. Especially in the face of global issues and challenges, China has provided effective solutions and demonstrated its responsibility as a major power. (New Society)
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