International Green and Low-Carbon Innovation Conference
Opening ceremony & Keynotes Session
The Symposium, part of the "International Conference on Green and Low-Carbon Innovation 2024," took place on August 15 in Huzhou, Zhejiang. The Conference, organised by CAST, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and the People's Government of Zhejiang, with the support of the WFSW and the future World Society for Carbon Neutrality, aimed to promote green and low-carbon innovation for a sustainable future.
The opening ceremony featured addresses by Elies Molins, Co-President of the WFSW; Wei Shu, Executive Vice-President and Executive Secretary of CAST; Shan Lu, Vice-Governor of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province; and Hao Chen, Secretary of the Huzhou Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. Moderated by Xiaodong Wu, Executive President of the Association for Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province, it took place in the Dongwu Hall of the Dongwu New Century Grand Hotel Huzhou.
The conference included symposia on carbon neutrality, policy forums, and an international exhibition of green technologies, bringing together around 300 participants, including scientists, representatives of organisations and universities, businesspeople, and investors.
Scientific cooperation as driver for Green and LowCarbon development
The symposium
The theme of the symposium, "Scientific Cooperation as a Driver of Low-Carbon Green Development", reflected the WFSW's concerns. Elies Molins opened the session, followed by Jean-Paul Lainé, who addressed the responsibilities of scientists within the framework of the SDGs, and Lan Xue (CAST, China), who discussed technological applications for mitigating the effects of climate change.
Round Tables
The symposium featured two round tables:
- Challenges for Low-Carbon Green Development, moderated by Xiqiu Han (CAST, China), with contributions from Yuntao Wang (China), Malick Fall (SAES, Senegal), Kai Fang (China), and, remotely, Marc Delepouve (France) and Elena Kharatinova (TUERAS, Russia).
- Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions for Low-Carbon Green Development, moderated by Pascal Janots (UGICT-CGT, France), with contributions from Frederico Carvalho (OTC, Portugal), Mehdi Lahlou (Morocco), Jianhua Zhang (China), Paola Arteaga (FedLatCi, Mexico), and Qiang Fu (China).
Written contributions from André Jaeglé (France), Honorary President of the WFSW, and Nuno Canha, a member of the OTC Board of Directors (Portugal), enriched the discussion.
The symposium was concluded with the launch of the Low-Carbon Green Development Initiative, read in English, French, and Chinese, marking a joint appeal by the WFSW and CAST (https://fmts-wfsw.org/2024/10/call-for-green-and-low-carbon-development/?lang=en).
- Frederico Carvalho's speech can be read here: https://fmts-wfsw.org/2024/09/affordable-and-clean-energy/?lang=en
- Some contributions can be accessed on Documents.
