Uijeongbu City (Mayor Ahn Byung-yong) announced on the 15th that it will establish the ‘Uijeongbu City Climate Change Response Comprehensive Plan (2023-2032)’ next year to actively respond to climate change that threatens mankind around the world, and will actively promote various carbon reduction policies. said. / Photo courtesy of Uijeongbu City
Uijeongbu City (Mayor Byeong-yong Ahn) announced on the 15th that it will establish the ‘Uijeongbu City Climate Change Response Comprehensive Plan (2023-2032)’ next year to actively respond to climate change that threatens mankind around the world, and will actively promote various carbon reduction policies. said. With the enactment of the Carbon Neutral Green Growth Basic Act (tentatively called Carbon Neutral Basic Act) to respond to the climate crisis in September, it was decided to make efforts to establish a basis for implementing 2050 carbon neutrality in Uijeongbu City.
Uijeongbu City was designated as a target organization for the emission trading system during the 3rd planning period and has 7 environmental basic facilities (resource recovery facilities, recycling sorting centers, food Waste treatment facilities, water purification facilities, public sewage treatment facilities, sanitary treatment facilities, and Luoyang Water Love Park) are promoting the emission trading system.
The Waste Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System is a national system to ultimately reduce greenhouse gas emissions by converting the amount of waste into greenhouse gas emissions and allowing them to trade emission rights when they emit less or more than the allotted amount. Currently, 75 companies (including Uijeongbu City) 47 local governments).
Uijeongbu City’s participation in the greenhouse gas emission trading system during the 2nd planning period (’18~’20) followed by a thorough quality inspection and improvement of waste properties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in preparation for the emission trading system during the 3rd planning period Efforts are being made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improving citizens’ awareness of waste emissions such as recycling and upcycling is also an important issue.
According to Article 26 of the Framework Act on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth for Response to the Climate Crisis, Uijeongbu City has a public sector greenhouse gas and energy target management system to achieve the greenhouse gas reduction target of 50% or more of the standard emission amount by 2030. said to be participating in
The target facilities are Uijeongbu City Hall and all affiliated organizations (branches, branches, business offices, etc.), and the consumption of electricity and city gas kerosene in the building sector, and gasoline, diesel, and CNG in the vehicle sector is investigated. The total amount of energy used in each sector is converted into greenhouse gas emissions to calculate the reduction compared to the standard emission. The standard emission of Uijeongbu City in 2020 is 6523.73 tons, and a total annual reduction of 2467.28 tons achieved a high reduction rate of 37%.
In addition, Uijeongbu City observes the appropriate indoor temperature, refrains from unnecessary electric power use, and refrains from unnecessary power consumption in order to efficiently use energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the public institution energy use rationalization promotion regulations as well as the public sector greenhouse gas and energy target management system. We are making efforts to contribute to carbon neutrality by using eco-friendly vehicles such as automobiles, hybrid vehicles, etc.
In accordance with Article 9 of the Air Conservation Act, the city of Uijeongbu is promoting the carbon point payment project and the public facility green card discount payment project as part of the project to spread public awareness and support the implementation of climate change.
Carbon point incentives are paid to individual households such as single-family houses and multi-unit dwellings, and points are paid in a fixed amount according to the monthly electricity, water, and city gas reduction performance compared to carbon emissions by item for the past two years. The number of participating generations is steadily increasing, including 3791 households in the second half of 2019, 4199 households in the first half of 2020, and 5140 households in the second half of 2020.
The city announced that the green card discount payment project for public facilities is being promoted for two youth training centers and three facilities management corporations. It is a project that pays a maintenance fee so that green card holders can use 50% of the discount (10%) for the target facility when using the target facility. It is paid on a semi-annual basis, and 12 million won was calculated in the second half of 2020, and 19 million won was calculated in the first half of 2021, and it was paid as compensation for the target facility.
The city of Uijeongbu announced that it is promoting various carbon-neutral policies and projects, while at the same time promoting various climate environment education and carbon-neutral lifestyle campaigns to raise citizens’ awareness.
Accordingly, as of September 2021, 23 children and adolescents representing future generations, such as kindergartens, daycare centers, elementary schools, and local children’s centers, will receive education on climate change practices, such as climate change, warming, carbon footprint, and endangered animals. Uijeongbu Green Leaders educated 2,88 children on the importance of carbon neutrality at 107 facilities.
In addition, the training was conducted so that they could feel the importance of climate change firsthand by conducting an experience education on making eco-friendly products using EM activated liquid. From June to September 2021, training was conducted 9 times for 4 months, and 78 people directly experienced making eco-friendly products.
In addition, the city held a campaign to promote the carbon neutral action message to publicize the importance of carbon neutral practice on ‘Blue Sky Day (9.7. did. In front of Hoeryong Station, 1,000 masks with a carbon neutral action message that citizens can keep in their daily lives were distributed in front of Hoeryong Station, and 17,000 publicity masks were distributed to visitors through 23 public facilities to promote the importance of carbon neutrality.
In addition, in 2022, the city will implement a variety of education and training programs to raise environmental awareness not only for Uijeongbu citizens but also for public officials in Uijeongbu City by implementing education books for climate change response, sustainable development, and mandatory environmental education for public officials, including existing education. We plan to provide an experience. In addition, the carbon-neutral campaign will be detailed and subdivided, and campaigns will be conducted in connection with various public relations projects for each target, such as homes, businesses, and schools, so that the practice of carbon-neutral living can be spread.
The United Nations Climate Change Report (IPCC 6th Report), released in August 2021, predicted that the average global temperature could rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius over the end of the 19th century within the next 20 years due to global warming. It is a number that causes climate change, such as floods and floods.
Mayor Ahn Byeong-yong of Uijeongbu said, “As the importance of climate change response and carbon neutrality is increasing worldwide, the city of Uijeongbu plans to continuously discover and promote various special policies related to carbon neutrality.” “For citizens, the first start of carbon neutrality is me We urge you to join us in responding to the climate change crisis with the mindset of starting from scratch.”
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