Call for Case on Cities & Communities Carbon Neutrality

Climate change has been an ongoing concern for all countries around the world. To combat climate change and promote sustainable development, we should reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and specifically, having net-zero carbon dioxide emissions. In October 2018, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report calling on countries to take action to work towards limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. To achieve this goal, rapid and far-reaching reforms are essential in the areas of land, energy, industry, buildings, transport and cities.

As an international organization dedicated to the standardization of sustainable development, the International Smart Sustainable City Club (ISSCC) has been promoting the upgrading of innovative municipal management capabilities, improving public services and social civilization, enhancing urban cohesion and social well-being, and improving urban functions and living environments through international standards since our establishment in 2017. Currently, ISSCC is fully engaged in the action of international standardization of carbon neutrality.

In order to implement the concept of sustainable development, promote the "standard application, policy sharing, results exchanging and enterprise cooperation" among the Club member cities, collect and collate excellent & pioneering cases of carbon neutral cities, villages, communities and buildings in the field of sustainable development of cities and communities around the world, explore the concrete measures and practices of green and high-quality development from low carbon to near-zero and then to net zero, summarize the excellent experiences for promotion and drafting of international standards. ISSCC is calling for applications for carbon neutral cities to provide standardized solutions for global near-zero or net zero carbon strategies. The relevant matters are hereby as follows.

I. Collection time

    From now until 30 June 2022

II. Who may apply for

ISSCC P member cities, pilot cities and O members; cities and communities with cases in the field of carbon neutral cities and sustainable community development.

III. Contents wanted

Cases of carbon neutrality in cities

Advanced experiences and practices of cities in green transport management, promotion of clean energy, efficient use of resources, carbon sink, carbon capture and storage, carbon asset management, etc.

Cases of carbon neutrality in communities

Cases of communities with achievements in low carbon lifestyle and energy efficiency improving and cases of retrofit or new constructed near-zero/net-zero carbon communities.

Cases of carbon neutrality in rural areas

    Cases of ecological sustainable development/ human habitat improvement in rural areas.

Other cases

Other cases on carbon emissions trading, green finance, energy management models, low-carbon industrial transformation and upgrading, etc.

IV. Promotion and publicity

The cases collected will be screened and evaluated by experts from the ISSCC think tank and then compiled into the Report of ISSCC Excellent Cases on Carbon Neutrality, which will be published at the ISSCC 2022 plenary meeting and also on the ISSCC official website.

ISSCC will invite city officials/case providers to speak and share their experiences at the ISSCC 2022 plenary meeting.

ISSCC will award the ISSCC Carbon Neutrality Pioneer plate to the case providers at the ISSCC 2022 plenary meeting.

ISSCC will deepen and follow up the study on carbon neutrality cases, promote the development of international standards on carbon neutrality with ISO/TC268.

V. Submission of cases

Please fill in the basic information form (please see Annex 1) and refer to the outline of the case report on carbon neutrality (please see Annex 2), and send the electronic version of the form to the contact person's email below before the closing date of the call for applications.

VI. Contact details

Contact person: Xia Chentian

Email: xia@zeisc.com

Tel: 0086-13566359088

Annex: 1. basic information form

2. outline of the case report on carbon neutrality

Annex 1

Basic Information Form

Annex 2

Outline of the case report on carbon neutrality

Basic information

Name of the solution/technology for carbon neutrality, significance of implementation, innovative ideas, implementation objectives, etc.

Specific programmes

    The main content, functional characteristics and technical indicators of the case, the specific ways and means in carbon sink, carbon capture, utilization and storage, and carbon asset management e.g.

Experiences and practices

The unique technological innovations, industrial optimisation and highlights in your cases.

Application effectiveness

    Describe the green economic benefits, environmental benefits and other social sustainability benefits of your case.

Issues and recommendations

Problems encountered in the implementation of your case, your suggestions from the case on how to achieve the carbon neutrality goals.

Future plans

   Your blueprint for the future of this case or concrete work plan for the next phases in impelling the carbon neutrality process.

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