Political Economy of China's Climate Policy

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-981-16-8788-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 676 g

Reihe: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path

This book covers major advances in China’s climate policy over the past decade and presents theoretical approaches to climate justice and low-carbon transformation from a Chinese perspective. It analyzes the political economy of China’s climate policy, and subsequently addresses the following major aspects: carbon emissions and human rights, equity and carbon budgets, economic analysis of low-carbon transformation, economics of adaptation to climate change, and international climate regime building.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pan, Jiahua

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

An Economic Analysis of China's Climate Policy.- China’s Balance of Emissions Embodied in Trade: Approaches to Measurement and Allocating International Responsibility.- Low Carbon Transformation.- Adapting to the Carrying Capacity, Ensuring Ecological Safety.- Post-Paris Process: A Transformational Breakthrough Is Still Needed.

Über Autor(innen)

PAN Jiahua, currently director-general, Institute for Urban & Environmental Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and professor of economics at CASS Graduate School, Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Journal of Urban & Environmental Studies. Received his PhD at Cambridge University in 1992. Areas of study include economics of sustainable development, energy and climate policy, world economy and environmental and natural resource economics. Worked for the UNDP Beijing Office as an advisor on environment and development; Lead author of the IPCC Working Group III 3rd, 4th and 5th Assessment Report on Mitigation; Member of China National Expert Panel on Climate Change; Member of National Foreign Policy Advisory Group; Advisor to the Ministry of Environment Protection. Vice president of Chinese Association for Urban Economy, vice president of the Chinese Society of Ecological Economists, vice president of Chinese Energy Association. Editor-In-Chief, Chinese Journal ofUrban & Environmental Studies. Co-editor of Climate Change 2001: mitigation published by Cambridge University Press and author of Economic Policy) and Chinese (Including Journal of Economic Research and China Social Sciences). First and Second prize of best research work, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (2002, 2004 & 2013), Winner of Sun Yefang Economic Sciences, 2011, China Green Person of the Year 2010/2011.