665- Carbonstop | Carbonstop provides green logistics indicator system construction consulting services for Alibaba Cainiao
- International | Amazon's latest climate plan
- International | Google's latest climate plan
- Domestic | Beijing Daxing Airport's green energy-saving double certification
- Domestic | 82% of glaciers in Western China are retreating
Carbonstop provides green logistics indicator system construction consulting services for Alibaba Cainiao
Recently, Cainiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Cainiao Network) launched the "Cainiao Green Logistics Industry Indicator System" project to promote the greening and low-carbonization of the logistics industry. Carbonstop was commissioned by Alibaba Cainiao Network to carry out carbon emission reduction accounting for more than a dozen scenarios in the logistics industry, including electronic bills, box reuse, cutting box algorithm, green parks, etc. At the same time, it mainly participated in the design of Cainiao Network's green logistics indicator system.
The accounting of this low-carbon scenario mainly considers reducing express packaging materials, choosing more environmentally friendly and low-carbon materials, increasing the number of cycles, using clean energy and other major categories. Each major category is combined with the actual situation of Cainiao Network to promote the low-carbonization of the logistics industry in a more practical and effective way.
Amazon's latest climate plan
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a new plan to combat climate change at the National Press Club in Washington. Bezos said that Amazon has committed to achieving the goals of the United Nations Paris Agreement 10 years ahead of schedule, including regularly measuring and reporting the company's emissions, implementing decarbonization strategies, and changing its business strategies to offset remaining emissions.
Bezos estimates that by 2024, 80% of Amazon's energy will come from renewable energy, which is currently 40%, and by 2030 it will reach 100%, achieving zero carbon emissions by 2040.
News source: Pacific Computer Network
Google's latest climate plan
Google became the world's first company to match its annual electricity consumption with renewable energy purchases in 2017, and achieved the same feat the following year. This year, Google's cumulative renewable energy purchases have increased by 40% compared to last year, making it the company that purchases the most renewable energy in the world. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that this year Google signed 18 new renewable energy contracts, adding 1600MW of capacity, bringing Google's total renewable energy capacity to 5475MW, an increase of 40% compared to last year. 5475MW is roughly the amount of electricity that 1 million solar roofs can generate, and when all projects are online, they will generate more electricity in a year than what Washington, D.C., Lithuania, or Uruguay need annually.
In addition, Google's goal also includes promoting the construction of renewable energy power plants. Therefore, the company does not purchase existing wind farms or solar plants, but instead makes long-term purchase commitments to support new projects. To date, Google has signed contracts for 52 renewable energy projects. Generally speaking, the cost of purchasing wind power is lower than that of solar power, but as the cost of solar power has declined by about 80% over the past decade, this year Google also purchased hybrid power for the first time in Chile, combining wind and solar power, because wind power has more seasonal limitations than solar power, and hybrid technology will better meet Google's power needs for its data centers in Chile.
News source: Sina Finance
Beijing Daxing Airport's green energy-saving double certification
The design of Beijing Daxing International Airport's terminal achieves a perfect combination of functionality and artistry. 60% of the terminal area can achieve natural lighting, and the five fingers that run through the entire 600 meters can not only bring enough light into the interior but also guide passengers.
According to calculations, the terminal building of Beijing Daxing International Airport consumes 20% less energy than other airport terminal buildings of the same scale, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 22,000 tons per year, equivalent to planting 1.19 million trees and saving 8,850 tons of standard coal. In November 2017, the terminal building of Beijing Daxing International Airport obtained the green building three-star and energy-saving 3A double certification, which is the first 3A energy-saving building project in China and has significant benchmark significance.
All field service vehicles at the airport that can use new energy vehicles are all new energy vehicles, so Beijing Daxing International Airport is also one of the greenest airports in the world in the future. In response to the national call to win the battle for blue skies, 70% of the vehicles operating in the field at Daxing Airport by China Southern Airlines are new energy vehicles; and 47% of the ground service vehicles of China Eastern Airlines are new energy, among which the proportion of new energy for bus shuttles and two-cabin service vehicles has reached 100%.
News source: Beijing Daily
82% of glaciers in Western China are retreating
Recently, Iceland held a funeral for its disappearing glacier. In fact, under the backdrop of global warming, China's glaciers are also facing the same disaster as Iceland's glaciers.
China has the largest number and scale of glaciers in the world at mid and low latitudes. According to the data released by China's "Second Glacier Catalog" in 2014, China has 48,571 glaciers with an area of 51,800 square kilometers, which is larger than the area of three Beijing cities. They are basically distributed in the western regions of China, such as the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and northern Xinjiang, and these glaciers are "solid reservoirs" that play an important role in supplementing and regulating river runoff.
From June 25 to 29, 2019, Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region had an average temperature exceeding 22 degrees Celsius for five consecutive days. According to meteorological standards, this marked the first "summer" in Lhasa since the meteorological records began in 1955. By comparing the data from the "First Glacier Catalog," it was found that since 1950, about 82% of China's glaciers are in a state of retreat, and the total area has shrunk by about 18%. By comparing the data from the "First Glacier Catalog," it was found that since 1950, about 82% of China's glaciers are in a state of retreat, and the total area has shrunk by about 18%.
The No. 1 Glacier at the source of the Urumqi River in the Tianshan Mountains is the largest glacier in the upper reaches of the Urumqi River. The records over the past few decades show that it has been in an accelerated state of retreat. In 1993, the glacier's end completely separated into the eastern and western branches, and from 1994 to 2018, the average retreat speeds of the eastern and western branches were 4.7 meters/year and 5.7 meters/year, respectively.
From 1982 to 2013, the number of glaciers on Yulong Snow Mountain decreased to 16, and the area shrank to 4.76 square kilometers. By 2017, there were 13 glaciers on Yulong Snow Mountain, with an area of 4.48 square kilometers. In just four years, the area of glaciers on Yulong Snow Mountain receded by 0.28 square kilometers, an area equivalent to 2,800 100-square-meter houses.
Li Zhongqin, the head of the Tianshan Glacier Observation and Test Station of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out that 70% of the reason for the retreat of glaciers is global warming. If the current rate of warming continues, under extreme conditions, the No. 1 Glacier at the source of the Urumqi River in the Tianshan Mountains will disappear in another 50 years. The retreat of glaciers is not only a reduction in scenery, but also potential risks such as natural disasters and water resource crises.
