The Research On The Local Government Legal Responsibility In Developing Low Carbon Economy

Since the20th century, the economy has developed at high-speed Rapid industrial development, the carbon emissions has increased sharply, all over the world ecology destroy and environment is becoming worse. Global warming draws international attention, people start to reflect t upon the current mode of economic development. Greenhouse gas emissions reducing, the development of low carbon economy is highly valued by governments and scholars. Since reforming and opening, our country economy high speed develops, but at the same time, there are some serious environmental and ecological problems in the development of economic. Facing severe environmental resources situation and the low carbon economy upsurge of international society, the development of low carbon economy has become the inevitable choice of realizing Chinese economic development.Low carbon economy refers to technology innovation, development and utilization of new energy and renewable energy instead of high carbon fossil energy as the core model of economic development. The government should play a dominant role in developing low carbon economy, in the meantime, the government must assume more legal responsibilities actively for carrying out the function of government. The legal responsibility of government divides into first legal responsibility and second legal responsibility. First legal responsibility is to point to the government and related departments, Civil servants being active in carrying out duties on low carbon economy. Second legal responsibility is to point to the government and related departments, Civil servants failing completely in the performance of their duty, and them shall undertake the disadvantageous result from their behavior.There is profound theoretic basis and realistic foundation that the government undertakes low carbon economy development of legal responsibility actively, the changing of people environment public demand, social economic development and environmental justice, basic rights and environmental responsibilities consistent principle of the people are the theoretic basis for the government undertaking legal responsibility actively. The constitution, the basic law of the environmental protection, environmental protection special law and other laws are the legal basis for the government undertaking legal responsibility actively. The sustainable development of economy, ensuring energy security, breaking through trade barrier is the practical basis for the government undertaking legal responsibility actively.Chengdu is a national comprehensive reform pilot area of integrated innovation of urban and suburb, it is core in Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Area, is the Engine city in the development of the western region. It is the inevitable choice of sustainable development for Chengdu, It is the effective path to optimize the industrial structure and the energy structure, it is good to speed up the pace of construction in "world ecological garden city". The first legal responsibilities of the Chengdu government in low carbon economy development are optimizing strategy layout, building a good external conditions, perfecting market supervision, guiding social atmosphere. The realization of the path are constructing urban development strategy about low carbon economy, promoting the adjustment of the industrial structure and the energy structure, strengthening energy conservation and emission reduction, Constructing the local laws and regulations about low carbon economy development. The second legal responsibility of Chengdu is often missing for lacking complete legal responsibility system and mechanism rules. The author puts forward the effective path that is establishing whole the legal responsibility, perfecting the supervision mechanism of the government legal responsibility.