Abstract:

This paper systematically sorts out the evolution process of low-carbon development of China’s ICT industry, deeply analyzes the characteristics of “small total amount and fast growth” of ICT industry carbon emissions, and comprehensively summarizes the low-carbon development achievements of China’s ICT industry. Under the guidance of the energy-saving and low-carbon development strategy, the ICT industry as a whole has achieved positive results in energy conservation and carbon reduction, and the comprehensive energy consumption has been continuously reduced. Based on the characteristics and development needs of the industry, the low-carbon development pathway and strategy of the ICT industry are proposed from three aspects: clean power, low-carbon technology and carbon management, so as to help the deep integration of digital civilization and ecological civilization construction.

Key words: ICT, clean energy, low-carbon technology, carbon management