| DOI: | 10.1080/14693062.2014.991907
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| Scopus记录号: | 2-s2.0-84952299978
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| 论文题名: | Challenges to the development of carbon markets in China |
| 作者: | Lo A; Y
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| 刊名: | Climate Policy
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| ISSN: | 1469-3062
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| EISSN: | 1752-7457
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| 出版年: | 2016
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| 卷: | 16, 期:1 | | 起始页码: | 109
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| 结束页码: | 124
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| 语种: | 英语
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| 英文关键词: | carbon market
; China
; climate governance
; developing country
; emission trading
; political economy
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| Scopus关键词: | carbon emission
; developing world
; emissions trading
; environmental economics
; environmental policy
; policy making
; China
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| Scopus学科分类: | nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
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| 英文摘要: | China has introduced several pilot emission trading schemes to build the basis for a national scheme. The potential scale of this initiative raises prospects for a regional carbon trading network as a way to further engage other major Asian economies. However, the Chinese carbon markets rest upon a unique political-economic context and institutional environment that are likely to limit their development and viability. This article offers an overview of such structural economic and political constraints. Four main challenges are identified, namely, inadequate domestic demand, limited financial involvement, incomplete regulatory infrastructure, and excessive government intervention. The first two challenges concern economic dimensions and may be partially addressed by the incentives created by the newly introduced emission trading schemes. The other two are more deeply entrenched in the dominant political system and governing practice. They require fundamental changes to the ways in which the state and the market interact. The success of China's carbon market reform depends crucially on the ability of the ongoing efforts to transform the distorted state–market relationship. Policy relevance The burgeoning carbon markets offer opportunities for emissions mitigation at lower costs and enable circulation of a new form of capital, i.e. carbon credits, across borders. China accounts for a gigantic share of global GHG emissions and has the potential to significantly scale up these opportunities. There are clear implications for market developers and participants worldwide, including climate policy makers who attempt to link their emission trading schemes to other schemes, firms who seek to take advantage of the inexpensive carbon offsets generated in developing countries, international financial institutions who endeavour to establish their business in an emerging major carbon market, etc. This article can inform their decisions by identifying key issues that may undermine their ability to achieve these goals. Policy makers and stakeholders will benefit from this analysis, which shows how the Chinese carbon markets operate in ways that may be different from their experience elsewhere. © 2015 Taylor & Francis. |
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| 资源类型: | 期刊论文
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| 标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80393
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| Appears in Collections: | 科学计划与规划
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作者单位: | Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, Parklands Drive, Southport, QLD, Australia
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Lo A,Y. Challenges to the development of carbon markets in China[J]. Climate Policy,2016-01-01,16(1)
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