Low-carbon Economic Development and City Development Seminar Held in SYSU
Organized by the Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangdong Province, sponsored by the School of Government and the Institute for Sustainable Communities, a seminar on "Low-carbon economic development and city development" was held successfully at SYSU from July 8th to 10th. Relevant officers of government agencies attended the seminar, including Peking University, Nanjing University, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in US, the Climate Group, specialists from the SYSU School of Government, the research institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, Wuxi city of Jiangsu Province, the Environmental Protection Bureau of Boston and the Sustainable Development Bureau of Minneapolis USA.
During the two and a half day of the seminar, by the means of keynote speech, group debate and group discussion, specialists discussed four subjects, which were ideas and trends of understanding, practice and experience of developing, new methods and tools of developing, and action and strategies of moving towards low-carbon city. After lots of case analysis and intense discussions, specialists reached an agreement in the following aspects: 1. Low-carbon development can promote city competitiveness; 2. The development of low-carbon city needs government to change value, construct target and evaluating system of low-carbon development, and count carbon emission; 3. Low-carbon economic development and city development must develop low-carbon industry, build an omni-directional funding channel, and effectively create employment opportunities; 4. Low-carbon economic development and city development can't be done without green building, sustainable city development, reform of building energy efficiency, public transportation and land planning.
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