Climate change challenges and China's response: mitigation and governance

Author(s)

Barbi, Fabiana ^[1] ; Ferreira, Leila da Costa ^[1] ; Guo, Sujian ^{[2, 3]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] San Francisco State Univ, Ctr US China Policy Studies CUSCPS, San Francisco, CA 94132 - USA

^[3] San Francisco State Univ, Dept Polit Sci, San Francisco, CA 94132 - USA

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: JOURNAL OF CHINESE GOVERNANCE; v. 1, n. 2, p. 324-339, 2016.
• Web of Science Citations: 6

Abstract

China clearly matters when it comes to global efforts to mitigate climate change and any successful international efforts to stabilize greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions must inevitably include the country. In terms of climate change responses, it is argued that governments are important actors that play a key role in defining appropriate rules, institutions and modes of governance to meet these changes at different levels and scales and in enforcing the defined rules and regulations. This article presents a detailed case study aimed at the analysis of how Chinese policies and governance structures related to climate change have evolved over the past 20 years, particularly from 1992 to 2015, and how they have influenced Chinese GHG emissions during this period. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/03101-5 - The climate change challenge: the political internalization of the climate issue in Brazil and China from 1992 to 2012
• Grantee: Fabiana Barbi Seleguim
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 15/08546-8 - The climate change challenge: The political internalization of climate issue in China from 1992 to 2012
• Grantee: Fabiana Barbi Seleguim
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor