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The inaugurating meeting of CSES Sustainable Consumption and Production Committee held in Beijing

  • Published on June 22, 2021
China founds new committee to drive environmental protection through green, low carbon and circular development

With the aim to promote sustainable consumption and production, the Sustainable Consumption and Production Committee of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences (CSES-SCP Committee) was initiated and established by the Environmental Development Center of Ministry of Ecological and Environment. China Environmental United Certification Center (CEC) will provide the secretariat on behalf of EDC.
 
The inaugurating meeting of the CSES-SCP Committee was held on May 21st, 2021. More than 30 participants including representatives from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, as well as relevant research institutes, industrial associations, universities and famous enterprises attended the meeting.
 
The officer from the Ministry of Ecology and Environment noted in his welcome speech, the CSES-SCP Committee will greatly facilitate green consumption and green production, provide strong support to the progress of environmental pollution prevention and control. The establishment of the CSES-SCP Committee will integrate production and consumption through the scientific system approach of production-learning-study mode, and build an interactive platform between SCP and ecological protection, which in turn will promote the development of Sustainable Consumption and Production in theory and practice. The CSES-SCP Committee will carry out research, develop a “measurable, reportable and verifiable” environmental assessment indicator system, encourage innovation in the supply of ecological goods and services, and advocate for green and high-quality development nationally.
 
The Environmental Development Center of Ministry of Ecological and Environment (EDC), as the initiation organization of the CSES-SCP Committee, will focus the core issue of environmental protection through green, low carbon and circular development in the new phase of the China national “14th Five-Year Plan Economic and Social Development”. EDC will also fully support and facilitate the CSES-SCP Committee to play an important role in providing strong technical support to pollution control and prevention, in particular through through the development of a technical system for green and low-carbon development.
 
The meeting elected the management body of the CSES-SCP Committee, discussed the operational mechanism, ways of showcasing its achievements and the work plan of the next 5 years of the committee based on its objectives. 

 
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