On Oct 17, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) released Notice on Launching Carbon Emissions Assessment Pilots as Part of EIAs (Environmental Impact Assessment) for industrial park plans. In this official notice, following contents and requirements are mentioned:

• Objectives

o    create a set of repeatable, generalisable instances of incorporating carbon emissions assessments into EIA systems

o    incorporate climate change factors into environmental management and 'high-quality development'

• Pilots

o    industrial parks that have the capacity to assess carbon emissions will be the focus of pilots

o    list of pilot parks are specified along with the document

• Work tasks

o    explore technical methods of assessing carbon emissions in EIAs

o    refining environmental management mechanisms for incorporating carbon emissions assessments into EIAs

o    creating a set of repeatable, generalisable instances of incorporating carbon emissions assessments into EIA systems

• Guarantee measures

o    organising implementation

o    strengthening capacity building

o    strengthening publicity

Appendices are provided the list of parks for the pilots and an explanation of work priorities.

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