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Author : Henrik Bergsager
Release : 2013
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Book Synopsis China’s State-Owned Enterprises as Climate Policy Actors The Power and Steel Sectors by : Henrik Bergsager
Download or read book China’s State-Owned Enterprises as Climate Policy Actors The Power and Steel Sectors written by Henrik Bergsager. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henrik Bergsager
Release : 2013
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Book Synopsis China's State-Owned Enterprises as Climate Policy Actors by : Henrik Bergsager
Download or read book China's State-Owned Enterprises as Climate Policy Actors written by Henrik Bergsager. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: A significant share of the greenhouse gas emitting activities of China is operated by state owned enterprises (SOEs). This report, written by Fridtjof Nansen Institute for the Nordic Council of Ministers, discusses the role of SOEs on the electricity and steel sectors, for instance, in upgrading technologies, centralizing operations and developing alternative energy sources. Informal networks, guanxi and nomenklatura, and financial ties provide the state control over SOEs. This makes SOEs a preferable alternative to private companies. As policies limiting emission growth have been economically attractive to SOEs so far, they have shown little opposition but this may change should costly measures be introduced in the future. While China's position in climate negotiations is determined by the political leadership, the SOEs deserve attention due to their impact on China's emission trends
Author : Dan Guttman
Release : 2021-09-05
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 943/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Non-state Actors in China and Global Environmental Governance by : Dan Guttman
Download or read book Non-state Actors in China and Global Environmental Governance written by Dan Guttman. This book was released on 2021-09-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first effort to develop a broad and deep perspective on the emerging space occupied by “non-state actors” in China in the context of global environmental governance. It will serve as a primer both for scholars seeking to understand China’s environmental governance system and for practitioners working with policymakers and administrators within that system. Individual chapters explore what works in achieving social change, domestically as well as globally, and will provide guidance to activists and directors of NGOs as well as scholars.
Author : Jesse Turiel
Release : 2020-01-20
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 923/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Environmental Governance in China by : Jesse Turiel
Download or read book Environmental Governance in China written by Jesse Turiel. This book was released on 2020-01-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article provides an analytical overview of major works on the topic of environmental governance in China, with a particular emphasis on studies examining policies during the reform era (post-1978).
Author : Gang Chen
Release : 2012-01-01
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 453/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis China's Climate Policy by : Gang Chen
Download or read book China's Climate Policy written by Gang Chen. This book was released on 2012-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand China's climate change policy is not easy, as the country itself is a paradox actor in global climate political economy: it used to take very suspicious stand on the scientific certainty of climate change, but recently it has become a signatory and firm supporter of the Kyoto Protocol; it stubbornly refuses to accept any emission cutting obligations, but has gradually taken the lead in developing renewable energies and carbon trading business; it accuses western countries of their hypocrisy and irresponsibility, but ironically maintains close cooperation with them on low-carbon projects; it fears climate mitigation commitments may hamper the economic growth, but meanwhile spends most lavishly on the research and development of clean energy and other green technologies. This book, unlike other researches which explain China's climate policy from pure economics or politics/foreign policy perspectives, provides a panoramic view over China's climate-related regulations, laws and policies as well as various government and non-government actors involved in the climate politics. Through analyzing the political and socioeconomic factors that influence the world's largest carbon emitter's participation into the global collective actions against climate change, the book argues that as a vast continental state with a mix of authoritarian politics and a quasi-liberalised market economy, China's climate policy process is fragmented and self-defensive, seemingly having little room for significant compromises or changes; yet in response to the mounting international pressures and energy security concerns and attracted by lucrative carbon businesses and clean energy market, the regime shows some sort of better-than-expected flexibility and shrewdness in coping with the newly-emerged challenges. Its future climate actions, whether effective or not, are vital not only for the success of the global mitigation effort, but for China's own economic restructure and sustainable development. The book is a unique research monograph on the evolving domestic and foreign policies taken by the Chinese government to tackle climate change challenges. It concludes that instead of being motivated by concern about its vulnerability to climate change, Chinese climate-related policies have been mainly driven by its intensive attention to energy security, business opportunities lying in emerging green industries and image consideration in the global climate politics.
