School of Law, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China.
School of Law, Shandong University, Qingdao 266237, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 31;20(3):2555. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20032555.
In order to actively fulfill its international treaty obligations, China has established the goal of peaking CO emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. Since 2018, when ecological civilization was written into the Constitution, the realization of carbon peak and neutrality goals has had an ideological foundation and a constitutional basis. China has formulated various special laws and built a 1 + N policy system to reduce carbon emissions, which together with the environmental protection law, climate change law, energy law and other related laws and regulations constitute a unified legal system and provide legal support to achieve carbon peak and neutrality goals. At the same time, China has taken advantage of the new national system with concentrated efforts and resources to delineate the different roles of the government and market mechanisms in carbon emission reduction, and to make the operation of the legal system of carbon peak and neutrality suitable for its actual situation by giving full paly to the initiative of both central and local governments. This article analyzes the current legal system and its characteristics in China in the process of achieving carbon peak and neutrality goals in the context of the new era, and outlooks on the improvement path of the legal system from both domestic and international dimensions. The practice, experience and development direction of China in the construction of the legal guarantee for carbon peak and neutrality goals can provide reference for other countries to achieve carbon reduction.
为了积极履行国际条约义务,中国设定了 2030 年碳达峰和 2060 年实现碳中和的目标。自 2018 年生态文明写入宪法以来,实现碳达峰和碳中和目标有了思想基础和宪法依据。中国制定了各种专项法律,构建了 1+N 政策体系来减少碳排放,这些法律与环境保护法、气候变化法、能源法等相关法律法规共同构成了一个统一的法律体系,为实现碳达峰和碳中和目标提供了法律支持。同时,中国利用新的国家制度,集中力量和资源,明确了政府和市场机制在减排中的不同作用,并通过充分发挥中央和地方政府的主动性,使碳达峰和碳中和法律体系的运行适应实际情况。本文在新时代背景下,分析了中国在实现碳达峰和碳中和目标过程中的法律体系及其特点,并从国内外两个维度展望了法律体系的完善路径。中国在碳达峰和碳中和目标法律保障建设方面的实践、经验和发展方向,可以为其他国家实现减排提供参考。