Technical seminar by Dr. Ivan Li, on Carbon Pricing: Opportunities from China’s Carbon Neutrality Goal
Date: 12 Jun 2021
Organiser: IEEE JC and EE PolyU
Time: 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker: Dr. Ivan Li
Summary
On September 22, 2020, President Xi Jinping announced at the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly that China will strive to become carbon neutral by 2060. Carbon neutrality means achieving net zero carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions by removing (often through carbon offsets) the same level of emissions that are emitted, or simply eliminating CO₂ emissions altogether. A more ambitious goal than carbon neutrality is to achieve zero carbon emissions, but a national goal of carbon neutrality would already imply that most players within the economic system achieve zero carbon. The announcement of China's carbon neutrality establishes a direction for realizing a "Zero-carbon China" and will greatly support the drive toward carbon pricing and green, sustainable, and high-quality development. This talk will cover the background of carbon trading and carbon pricing, China’s carbon trading revolution and how carbon neutrality goal will activate the market and encourage more long-term value investors to focus on low/zero-carbon development and invest in low/zero-carbon assets, projects, and technologies.
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Ivan Li
Certified Carbon Reduction Manager and Charter Engineer
Dr. Ivan Li holds a Ph.D. degree from HK PolyU. He is Certified Carbon Reduction Manager and Charter Engineer in HKSAR. Dr. Ivan Li is mainly responsible to manage & administer innovation & technology projects in EMSD. His invention of “Non-Intrusive Data Analytics System for Adaptive Intelligent Condition Monitoring of Lifts" has filed a patent successfully and won the “Champion of the 1st Inno E&M competition of EMSD”, Build4Asia2020 Innovation Award, Geneva Invention Silver Award 2021. He is an expert in AI, carbon market and climate change. He has more than 10 years’ research and working experiences in carbon and energy market, published more than 10 SCI papers and won essay contests 4 times. He leads a team to establish HK’s first trading platform for emission reduction products & participate the CPU funded Project “study on emission trading in the mainland: option for Hong Kong”. He Leads a team to invest & develop the first batch of CCER projects & develop the first collateralised loans for carbon sink project in China; He has extensive practical experience in handling global climate change, society response, low carbon consulting, carbon asset management, fintech application and carbon finance innovation.
