HAIKOU /China/, 26 October. /TASS/. Hainan Province has hosted Impact Climate Innovation Conference 2024, which was attended by more than 400 people, China News Service reported.

According to the article, officials, representatives of scientific and business circles, investment and public organisations, as well as experts and media attended the event, which was held on October 23-25 in the city of Haikou, Hainan's administrative centre. The event was themed 'Accelerating Partnership for a Net Zero Future', and centered on advanced green technologies.

Participants discussed how to tackle climate change, which is challenging all of humanity. They agreed that the global warming trend is grim and that the world must find more radical solutions and practical steps to prevent the harmful consequences of this dangerous process.

The conference featured two major sub-forums, three plenary sessions and 12 events on transport connectivity, circular economy, carbon market, green supply chains, South-South cooperation, biodiversity conservation, ESC (sustainability, social responsibility and corporate governance), sustainable cities, marine farming, low carbon zones, climate investment and regenerative agriculture.

At the conference's opening cemermony Mao Dongli, Director-General of Hainan's Department of Ecology and Environment pointed out that the province is close to the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau in the People's Republic of China, and close to the markets of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. According to the official, this fortunate geographical location makes it possible to create an "important regional hub" on the island, which will play a key role in implementing programmes to combat climate change and build a system of new productive forces.

Leading experts from the National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, the Asian Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, the International Council for Sustainable Development Standards, and representatives from several other institutions and government agencies delivered keynote speeches. The event is expected to help shape international standards and regulations related to the control of carbon emissions.