Title China : taking stock before the Paris climate conference / [edited by] François Godement and Agatha Kratz

Published London, U.K. : European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), [2015] ©2015

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Description 1 online resource (15 pages) Series China Analysis / European Council on Foreign Relations China Analysis (European Council on Foreign Relations) Contents About -- Introduction / François Godement -- 1. Anticipating COP 21: The US-China announcement on climate change / Camille Boullenois -- Sources -- China's "key principles" -- Domestic pressure -- Impetus for global negotiations -- A turning point in US-China relations -- 2. A review of recent developments in China's climate and environmental policy / Pierre Nabé -- Sources -- China's institutional, legal, and policy frameworks for climate, the environment, and energy -- Challenges ahead -- 3. Enforcing environmental law: Civil society and the Chinese legal system / Hugo Winckler -- Sources -- The Taizhou case -- The 2015 amendment to the Environmental Protection Act -- The Supreme Court Interpretations -- The first lawsuit under the new Act -- 4. Environmental issues in China: the debate before the Tianjin accident / Camille Liffran -- Sources -- Pollution: the "New Normal"? -- Strengthening China's coercive apparatus -- Adjusting the development model or overturning "developmentalism"? -- Fighting "moral pollution" to implement political reform -- Environment protection as China's "true social struggle" -- About the authors Summary "Growing international consensus and increasing domestic pressure on the environment in China offer hope ahead of this year's crucial climate summit in Paris, according to a new report from ECFR. "China: Taking stock before the Paris climate conference", is the latest edition of China Analysis, which examines Chinese-language sources to understand the Chinese view on current affairs. This report highlights Chinese commentators who laud the November 2014 climate deal between the U.S. and China (who together account for 40 percent of the world's CO2 emissions) as an event "with historical meaning" and one that encourages "irresistible progress towards an ecological civilisation." Other sources highlight the deal as potentially strengthening future US-China interactions in "a new type of great power relations". But concern for improved action on climate change and the environment is not limited to the international arena, with increasing Chinese domestic pressure to redress Chinese environmental issues. China's economy loses 2 billion every year because of environmental degradation, and environmental disasters have caused the deaths of more than 2,000 people every year in the last decade. The report highlights the growing government action to tackle these concerns, with a raft of policy initiatives coming forward in recent months. But the report also highlights some of the limitations to this newfound official enthusiasm. Chinese commentators point to the flaws in systems of government control--above all the limitations of financial sanctions as well as the irresponsibility of local administrations, which are often led by other motivations than justice or environmental preservation"--Publisher's description Notes "September 23, 2015"--Table of contents page Online resource; title from PDF caption (European Council on Foreign Relations, viewed September 29, 2015) Subject Climatic changes -- Government policy -- China Global warming -- Prevention -- International cooperation Environmental degradation -- China Environmental protection -- China Environmental policy -- China -- 21st century Climatic changes -- Government policy. Economic history. Economic policy. Environmental degradation. Environmental policy. Environmental protection. Politics and government. Social conditions. SUBJECT China -- Economic policy -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00001557 China -- Economic conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010023 China -- Social conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003000103 China -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject China. Form Electronic book Author Kratz, Agatha, editor Asia Centre, issuing body. European Council on Foreign Relations, issuing body. ISBN 9781910118429 1910118427

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