Low-carbon economy is the inevitable choice of mankind under the background of climate change. Although the concept of low-carbon economy
is highly respected, there is still a lack of in-depth research on the concept and
evaluation methods of low-carbon economy. Research to explore the concept
of low carbon economy and core elements, and points out that the low carbon
economy is a kind of economic form, its development process with periodic
characteristics, low carbon economy should include four core elements, namely,
stage of development, resource endowment, technology level, consumption
patterns, including the production process of low carbon, low carbon energy
structure and consumption patterns of low carbon is closely related to the stage
of development. On this basis, according to certain methods and principles,
a multi-level evaluation index system and corresponding evaluation methods
are constructed with low carbon output, low carbon consumption, low carbon
resources, low carbon policy and low carbon environment as dimensions,
in order to provide reference basis for quantitative evaluation of low carbon
economic development potential. At present, there are still many problems in
evaluating the development level of low-carbon economy. No country in the
world has reached the low carbon level. Therefore, in the process of promoting
China’s low-carbon transformation and development, it is more important
to effectively implement the work of coping with climate change and energy
conservation and emission reduction in the future, so as to optimize economic
development with the environment.