The international conference on case collection of sustainable development towards carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality and the 6th plenary meeting of the International Smart Sustainable City Club (ISSCC) were held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province of China, on November 22 in hybrid form.
The event was jointly hosted by ISO/TC 268, Sustainable cities and communities, China Council for the Promotion of National Trade (CCPNT), ISSCC, and SAC/TC 567, City sustainable development. Attendees included representatives of member cities of ISSCC, along with officers and experts in the standardization area.
Yang Feng, Associate Researcher of China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS), presided over the 6th plenary meeting of ISSCC. Cities that joined the ISSCC have achieved fruitful results by deeply participating in international standardization work on sustainable development, addressed Bernard Gindroz, Chair of ISO/TC 268 and ISSCC. Representatives from member cities of ISSCC, such as a city of Madagascar, Qingdao of Shandong province, Xiaoyi of Shanxi province, CBD in Hangzhou, etc., shared their experience in this field.
Xing Liqiang, Director of Public Security Sub-institute of CNIS, presided over the international conference on case collection of sustainable development towards carbon emission peak and carbon neutrality. Tang Wanjin, Vice President of CNIS, introduced the newly released national standards and metrology system on carbon peak and neutrality. Qianjiang CBD of Hangzhou and Xiaoyi were granted to carry out the pilot projects of ISO 37101, Sustainable development in communities.
During the conference, the Case Collection on Sustainable Development towards Carbon Emission Peak and Carbon Neutrality in 2022 was officially released, which were solicited globally by ISSCC, ISO/TC 268 and SAC/TC 567. Supported by domestic and international standardization organizations including ISO, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) and AFNOR, the ISSCC was jointly established by China and France in Hangzhou in 2017. It now has 39 member cities, including 22 cities from the U.K., France, Russia, Brazil, etc, and 17 cities of China such as Beijing, Tianjin and Guangzhou.
Source: China Standardization Magazine, 1st issue, 2023.
