On September 22, the launch ceremony of the international co-produced documentary "Road to Zero Carbon" focusing on China's "double carbon" goal was held in Beijing. Nearly a hundred industry experts and scholars, program creators, characters in the documentary, representatives of media organizations, etc. witnessed the launch of the documentary.

"Road to Zero Carbon" launch ceremony

Climate change is one of the most serious challenges facing the world. The documentary "Road to Zero Carbon" tells the story of international photographer SEAN GALLAGHER and nature conservation advocate Tang on the third anniversary of the major announcement of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the practice and effectiveness of China's green and low-carbon development, TERRY TOWNSHEND visited many places in China and met with those who are racing against time to find solutions to the huge challenge of achieving carbon neutrality. They include meteorological observers who "measure the body temperature" of the earth on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an altitude of 4,000 meters; herders who insist on managing the desert in the Kubuqi Desert and create green miracles; directors of cement plants that use carbon dioxide capture and utilization technology, and beneficiaries. Fuzhou citizens and others on the carbon GSP platform. The stories of ordinary Chinese people together outline the huge difficulties that China has overcome, the tremendous efforts and contributions that China has made in achieving green and low-carbon development.

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Nature conservation advocate Tang Rui

At the opening ceremony, the film's director Reshma and the two hosts shared their creative process and filming insights respectively. Zheng Fang, the "Double Olympics" venue designer featured in the documentary, shared how technological Winter Olympics and low-carbon ice and snow venues helped the first carbon-neutral Olympics. Xiong Qing, a staff member of the Fuzhou Carbon Inclusion Platform, shared Fuzhou’s experience in carbon inclusion. Everyone can contribute to carbon neutrality through a green and low-carbon lifestyle. State Grid engineer Li Zhenzhen told the scientific and technological story behind the poetic expression "Zhang Bei's wind lights up the lights of Beijing".

The documentary "Road to Zero Carbon" shows the progress and effectiveness of China's comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development under the guidance of "double carbon" work.

"Road to Zero Carbon" poster

It is reported that "Road to Zero Carbon" has been selected as a 2023 online audio-visual program quality creation and communication project support project.

At the event, Beijing Green Exchange issued a carbon neutral certificate to the program team. It is reported that after the filming and production of the documentary "Road to Zero Carbon" was completed, the program team hired the Beijing Green Exchange and the Central United (Beijing) Certification Center to calculate and verify all carbon emissions generated during the filming process, which totaled 54.77 tons. The carbon market purchase and cancellation of certified voluntary emission reductions (CCER) are neutralized, achieving zero carbon emissions in the entire process of documentary creation. According to verification, this is also the first time in the country.

Beijing Green Exchange issued a carbon neutral certificate to the program team.

Starting from September 22, the documentary "Road to Zero Carbon" will be broadcast on the China Central Radio and Television Station Record Channel, the "Study Powerful Country" learning platform and CCTV, Tencent, Youku, iQiyi, Mango TV, Bilibili, Migu, It is broadcast on Douyin, Kuaishou and other online audio-visual platforms. At the same time, this program is broadcast in 43 languages on the National Geographic Channel to more than 170 countries and regions, widely promoting Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to promote green and low-carbon development to the world.