DOI: 10.1002/wcc.221
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84879224595
论文题名: The politics of climate change in China
作者: Qi Y ; , Wu T
刊名: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
ISSN: 17577780
出版年: 2013
卷: 4, 期: 4 起始页码: 301
结束页码: 313
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate models
; Decision making
; Economics
; Public policy
; Social sciences
; Sustainable development
; Central government
; Climate change mitigation
; Conflict of interest
; Conflicts of interest
; Consensus buildings
; Economic development
; Implementation process
; Market instruments
; Climate change
; central-local relations
; clean development mechanism
; climate change
; economic growth
; environmental policy
; environmental politics
; environmental protection
; policy implementation
; policy making
; China
英文摘要: This article reviews recent studies on the politics of climate change in China. We explain the evolution of policy-making and implementation processes and mechanisms over the past two decades, and discuss how they have eventuated in contemporary trends and challenges. Within the unitary hierarchy of the Chinese political system, the central government is responsible for making major policies, and subnational and local governments are responsible for the implementation. The policy-making process is characterized by a consensus building at the center, in contrast to the open public and partisan debate in Western democracies. Climate policy implementation has been based on a so-called 'target responsibility system', which disaggregates targets amongst all levels of local governments and related enterprises. While this system has proven effective in achieving the national targets set by the central government, the high costs associated with it have been a source of concern. The key challenge in making and implementing climate policy is to balance economic growth and environmental protection. This challenge is of critical importance in central-local political interactions. Clean energy development has been proposed as a 'win-win' solution to help balance economic development and climate change mitigation, and to satisfy both central and local government prerogatives, but the sustainability of such a model is questioned when the global and domestic economy experience difficulties. The central government is trying to translate its consensus in climate change and green development into priorities for local governments through policy pilots and market instruments; the real results will soon be seen. WIREs Clim Change 2013, 4:301-313. doi: 10.1002/wcc.221 Conflict of interest: The authors have declared no conflicts of interest for this article. For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website. © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/76395
Appears in Collections: 影响、适应和脆弱性 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: School of Public Policy and Management and Climate Policy Initiative, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Qi Y,, Wu T. The politics of climate change in China[J]. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change,2013-01-01,4(4)