Striving to achieve carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 is a major strategic decision of China. "Understanding and grasping carbon peak and carbon neutrality" is one of the major new theoretical and practical issues facing China at the new stage of development, and is an inherent requirement for promoting high-quality development. We must deeply understand and unswervingly promote it. Achieving the "dual carbon" goal can be said to be a carbon management issue. As you all know, in the principles of management, the five management functions emphasized by Fayol are planning, organizing, commanding, coordinating, and controlling. To simplify, some combine organization, command, and coordination, emphasizing the three major functions of planning, organization, and control. This article attempts to interpret and achieve the "dual carbon" goal from the most basic principles of management.First, we need to make a fine carbon management plan. The plan is about the future course of action. Now that the goal of achieving "dual carbon" is clear, it is necessary to first have an action plan, a timetable, and a road map. Since the announcement of the "3060" carbon peak carbon neutrality goal in 2020, although the Opinions on Completely, Accurately, and Completely Implementing the New Development Concept to Do a Good Job of Carbon Peak Carbon Neutralization have been issued, the State Council has also issued the "Carbon Peak Action Plan before 2030". The National Development and Reform Commission and relevant departments have studied, developed, and successively introduced implementation plans in key areas, and have completed the convergence of "dual carbon" implementation plans in 17 provinces, However, it should be noted that this is a "big project" from the national level to the local level, to the enterprise level, and even to the residents level. It requires all parties to gather forces, actively respond to the call of the central government, and work hard to plan. In other words, "dual carbon" activities should not only have an overall plan, but also have specific plans; There should be not only long-term plans, but also short-term plans. Moreover, the plan should be flexible to cope with unexpected events, such as the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic. Planning requires the participation of all parties, summarizing and predicting their own "departments", and being responsible for their own "department" plans. However, our current "dual carbon" work plan is still not detailed and our participation level is not high, which deserves attention.

Secondly, carbon management organizations should be established. With a plan, there must be organizational support. Establishing relevant social organizations is necessary to achieve the "dual carbon" goal. The corresponding organizations should have leadership, cooperate with the "dual carbon" initiative, coordinate various forces, and clearly define their responsibilities. This requires our leaders at all levels to form a unified understanding, unified action, and unified command in the face of "dual carbon". If there is no unified understanding, unified action cannot be taken, and command will fail. It should be said that when a social organization is established, it is necessary to let the commander play a role. Through command, everyone can contribute to "dual carbon" and make their due contributions. In addition, coordination is about making things or activities have an appropriate proportion, and the method is suitable for the purpose. In the process of achieving the "dual carbon" goal, different fields such as energy, industry, construction, transportation, consumption, and ecology (forests, parks, etc.) are involved. If the pace of each field is not consistent, the overall plan will be difficult to implement. Only if they are all in step can the "dual carbon" work be orderly and the "dual carbon" activities be carried out in a secure manner.

Finally, carbon management and control should be done well. The key to management is control. Control is verifying that the work conforms to the plan. "Double carbon" control work is a complex and systematic project that involves too many aspects, and special inspectors, supervisors, or supervisory bodies should be established. In particular, achieving the "dual carbon" goal requires methodological guidance. Cybernetics is a good implementation methodology for achieving the "dual carbon" goal. However, at present, many people remain focused on repeated interpretations of the "dual carbon" goals, while ignoring the complete road map for achieving "dual carbon". Cybernetics actually provides a complete "three step" closed-loop roadmap for the cybernetic system of "determining control standards - measuring actual results - taking corrective measures". Taking a city as an example, first of all, it is necessary for us to decompose the overall control objectives of the city into specific indicators for different departments, and provide detailed quantitative standards for each indicator; Secondly, it is necessary to conduct scenario analysis based on the implementation situation of the city, viewing the urban baseline scenario, carbon peak scenario, and carbon neutral scenario; Then come up with specific measures to correct. Here, it may be the use of individual measures, but more importantly, it should be a combination of different measures. Whether we can follow the established road map, that is, whether we can ultimately achieve the goal of "dual carbon", with determining standards as the basis, measuring effectiveness as the focus, and taking measures as the key. However, there are currently problems: First, the standards are not clear, or the basic work has not been done solidly; The second is that the actual results are not known, or that they are not well provided, which "step" has been taken? The third is that the measures are not effective, or that the measures have not yet been applied to "points". The determination standard is calculation, which provides scientific support for the dual carbon planning; Measuring effectiveness is monitoring, providing a scientific basis for dual carbon benchmarking. The emphasis here is on means and measures. In the past, it was true to pay more attention to technological means, emphasizing technological innovation, and of course, some were enthusiastic about economic means, emphasizing finance and markets. However, the most critical management or policy tools were ignored. In other words, the realization of the "dual carbon" goal cannot be achieved without scientific and effective policy tools.

Source: China Electric Power News (by Du Dong)