Securing a Green Future

• 作者: HOU RUILI
• 来源期刊: 今日中国:英文版
• 学科: 经济
• 关键词: SPEAKERS CURING AFFAIRS
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（9）
• 页码范围: 32-35
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: F42

摘要

Special Report WITH the right momentum and united focused effort,experts believe the post-COVID-19 economic recovery plan is crucial to ensuring that the world achieves the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the goals set by the Paris Agreement.On July 23,2020,the 15th Climate Change Global Lecture,one of the open lectures of the Tsinghua Global Summer School(GSS)2020,opened for faculty and students from all over the world.Its theme was“Climate Governance in the Post-Pandemic World,”its keynote speakers included Antonio Guterres,the United Nations Secretary-General,Laurence Tubiana,former French climate change ambassador and CEO of the European Climate Foundation,and Xie Zhenhua,special advisor for climate change affairs at China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment,and By staff reporter HOU RUILI photovoltaic power generation has dropped from RMB 100,000(US$14,410)per kilowatt to no more than RMB 4,000(US$576).Solar power has accounted for more than half of the global newly installed capacity of renewable energy for three consecutive years.“The current photovoltaic power generation has sufficient cost advantages,”Liu said.Based on the equivalent energy output,the cost of photovoltaic power generation is already lower than traditional energy in many countries.Besides,the whole process of power generation has zero pollution or emissions.“The cost of photovoltaic power generation is equal to or lower than that of thermal power in some parts of China.It is primed for large-scale application,”Liu said.