1、Tsinghua-Rio Tinto Joint Research Centre for Resources,Energy and Sustainable DevelopmentDecember 2022Chinas Resources,Energy and Sustainable DevelopmentSpecial Report on Carbon Neutrality Strategy for Metal IndustryAnniversarySpecial EditionthThe ever-more-frequency of extreme weather events around

2、 the globe alerts us that climate change is not only an immediate threat,but also a long-term and deep-seated challenge for humanity.The most recent IPCC Sixth Assessment Report highlights that global warming triggered by human activities is causing extensive rapid changes in the atmosphere,oceans,c

3、ryosphere and biosphere,and climate change is already causing enormous damage and increasingly irreversible losses in the ecosystem.To achieve societal-wide sustainable development,humanity must carry out self-revolution,and unite together to actively address climate change.The Paris Agreement adopt

4、ed by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)in 2015 established the goal of Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C a

5、bove pre-industrial levels by the end of this century,clearly defining the collective global response to climate change.The long-term vision and institutional arrangements for the global response to climate change and the general direction of Preface I12022Chinas Resources,Energy and Sustainable Dev

6、elopment:Special Report on Carbon Neutrality Strategy for Metal Industrythe future green and low-carbon transition have been outlined in the Paris Agreement.On September 22,2020,President Xi Jinping solemnly announced at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly that China will scale up its Intend