Climate And Environmental Change In China 1951 2012

Author : Dahe Qin,Yongjian Ding,Mu Mu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783662484821

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Climate and Environmental Change in China: 1951–2012 by Dahe Qin,Yongjian Ding,Mu Mu Pdf

Through numerous color figures and tables, this book presents the most up-to-date knowledge on climate and environmental change in China. It documents the evidence and attribution of climate and environmental changes in the past few decades and discusses the impacts of climate change on environments, economy, and society. The book further provides projections of climate change and its impacts in the future. Finally, it offers the climate change mitigation and adaption technologies with strategic options which will be of interest for policy makers, researchers and the general public as well.

Author : Hongyuan Yu
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 1604560169

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Global Warming and China's Environmental Diplomacy by Hongyuan Yu Pdf

Since the early 1990s, there are two increasingly hot topics attracting numerous scholarly attentions in Chinese politics: first, it is the transformation of China's political system. Second, it is China's increasingly involvement in international regimes. Nevertheless, until now, there are only a few scholars to work out the distinctive relations between them, and even less people work on the bureaucratic politics level. By explaining and evaluating the development of policymaking coordination in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the author demonstrates the argument that international regimes have contributed to the development of coordination in Chinese Policymaking, taking the UNFCCC as a departure.

Author : Dahe Qin,Yongjian Ding,Panmao Zhai,Lianchun Song,Yong Luo,Kejun Jiang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789819944873

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The Change of Climate and Ecological Environment in China 2021: Synthesis Report by Dahe Qin,Yongjian Ding,Panmao Zhai,Lianchun Song,Yong Luo,Kejun Jiang Pdf

This book analyzes China's climate and environmental change facts, impacts and vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies. On basis of synthesis assessment, through comprehensive integration, it focuses on four aspects: climate change and ecological environment evolution, future climate change and risk prediction, technical measures and action results for adaptation and mitigation, and development path with climate resilience. In terms of change facts, it focuses on extreme climate events, large-scale factors affecting China's climate change, and the impact of climate change on China's social and economic system. In terms of future risks, it focuses on key variables such as temperature, precipitation and other key variables and the prediction of future changes in extreme climate events. Potential risks in resources, agriculture, cryosphere, ecology, human settlements, health and major projects are also discussed. In terms of adaptation and mitigation, this book systematically sorts out and summarizes the effects, policy choices and synergies of climate change adaptation and mitigation from two perspectives, global and Chinese. Finally, from the perspectives of carbon emission path, sustainable development, and building a community with a shared future for mankind, it explains the essentials of choosing a development path with climate resilience.

Author : Ligang Song,Wing Thye Woo
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781921536038

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China's Dilemma by Ligang Song,Wing Thye Woo Pdf

China's Dilemma - Economic Growth, the Environment and Climate Change examines the challenges China will have to confront in order to maintain rapid growth while coping with the global financial turbulence, some rising socially destabilising tensions such as income inequality, an over-exploited environment and the long-term pressures of global warming. China's Dilemma discusses key questions that will have an impact on China's growth path and offers some in-depth analyses as to how China could confront these challenges. The authors address the effect of the global credit crunch and financial shocks on China's economic growth; China's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and emissions reduction schemes; the environmental consequences of foreign direct investment in China; the relationship between air pollution and mortality; the effect of climate change on agricultural output; the coal industry's compliance with tougher regulations; and the constraints water shortages may impose on China's economy. It also emphasises the importance of managing the rising demand for energy to moderate oil price increases and placating domestic and international concerns about global warming. In the thirty years since China started on the path of reform, it has emerged as one of the largest and most dynamic economies in the world. This carries with it the responsibility to balance the requirements of key industries that are driving its development with the need to ensure that its growth is both equitable and sustainable. China's Dilemma highlights key lessons learned from the past thirty years of reform in order to pave the way for balanced and sustained growth in the future.

Author : WANG Weiguang,ZHENG Guoguang,PAN Jiahua
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004274648

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Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment, Special Volume by WANG Weiguang,ZHENG Guoguang,PAN Jiahua Pdf

A special volume in the Chinese Research Perspectives on the Environment series, this English-language volume is an edited collection of articles selected from the Chinese-language Annual Report on Actions to Address Climate Change (2012): Climate Finance and Low Carbon Development. This volume provides information on how China views the challenge of climate change and seeks to rectify the extraordinary confusion found in the West on China’s green energy future and its larger perspectives on this extraordinarily crucial topic. Contributors in this volume provide a bigger picture of international negotiations on climate change; discuss China’s national actions on green energy and sustainability and how national policies are implemented at the local level; and examine challenges and potential of developing green energy resources in China.

Author : Gang Chen
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789812838704

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Politics of China's Environmental Protection by Gang Chen Pdf

As the dazzling economic and social changes in China have imposed substantial impact upon the quality of environmental governance, it is time to review the problems and progress in the politics of China''s environmental protection. This book analyzes the factors in China''s governance and political process that affect and restrain its capacity to handle the mounting environmental problems. It argues that solutions to China''s ecological woes to a larger extent lie in the political and institutional changes rather than in engineering, technological and investment input. The book talks about new policies and reform measures in the green area taken by the government since 2007, arguing that some of them may be quite effective in the long run, as long as they alter institutional factors and the OC growth-firstOCO mindset that obstruct the green effort. The book also includes discussion of China''s climate change policy not only because global warming has come under the limelight of the international community in recent years, but also because it offers a unique dimension to analyze the country''s environmental diplomacy and domestic bureaucratic structure on emissions cutting and related energy issues. China is currently at the crossroads of further political and economic reform, and the intensified public attention to environmental pollution may help the Chinese Communist Party to decisively push forward the long-sluggish political reforms.

Author : Peter H. Koehn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317375845

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China Confronts Climate Change by Peter H. Koehn Pdf

China is an integral actor in any movement that will stabilize the global climate at conditions suited to sustainable development for its own population and for people living around the world. Assessments of China’s climatic-system consequences, impact, and responsibilities need to take into account the strengths, weaknesses, and potential of subnational governments, non-governmental organizations, transnational non-state connections, and the urban populace in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. A multitude of recent local initiatives that have engaged subnational China in actions that mitigate emissions can be enhanced by powerful framings that appeal to citizen concerns about air pollution and health conditions. China Confronts Climate Change offers the first fully comprehensive account of China’s response to climate change, based on engagement with the global climate governance literature and current debates over responsibility along with specific insights into the Chinese context. Responsible implementation of any overarching climate agreement depends on expanding China’s subnational contributions. To remain fully informed about GHG-emissions mitigation, China watchers and climate-change monitors need to pay close attention to bottom-up developments. The book provides a valuable contemporary resource for students, scholars, and policy leaders at all levels of governance who are concerned with climate change, environmental politics, and sustainable urban development.

Author : Walter Leal Filho,Dinesh Surroop
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319636122

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The Nexus: Energy, Environment and Climate Change by Walter Leal Filho,Dinesh Surroop Pdf

This book focuses on the water–energy–climate nexus, which can be used to improve energy security and quality of life for millions of people in developing countries. It enhances the reader’s understanding of the link between energy and climate, through the development of new approaches to and methods for energy generation, energy use, and climate change adaptation and resilience. By presenting case studies and research reports, the book addresses the relevant issues needed in order to analyze and successfully implement technologies in the water–energy–climate nexus. It focuses on the contributions of higher education institutions in terms of capacity-building for energy efficiency, energy access and energy security, as they relate to climate change mitigation. The book combines results from the authors’ own research with detailed analyses, and the research presented lays the foundation for innovative new concepts and ideas, which the authors subsequently discuss. The book will appeal to all those interested in the links between energy issues, sustainability and climate change, as it focuses on the exchange between science and technology experts, as well as decision makers. It also supports students studying renewable energies and energy security, while serving as a valuable reference source for researchers, professionals, practitioners and scientists.

Author : Rebecca Nadin,Sarah Opitz-Stapleton,Xu Yinlong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317593751

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Climate Risk and Resilience in China by Rebecca Nadin,Sarah Opitz-Stapleton,Xu Yinlong Pdf

China has been subject to floods, droughts and heat waves for millennia; these hazards are not new. What is new is how rapidly climate risks are changing for different groups of people and sectors. This is due to the unprecedented rates of socio-economic development, migration, land-use change, pollution and urbanisation, all occurring alongside increasingly more intense and frequent weather hazards and shifting seasons. China’s leadership is facing a significant challenge – from conducting and integrating biophysical and social vulnerability and risk assessments and connecting the information from these to policy priorities and time frames, to developing and implementing policies and actions at a variety of scales. It is within this challenging context that China’s policy makers, businesses and citizens must manage climate risk and build resilience. This book provides a detailed study of how China has been working to understand and respond to climatic risk, such as droughts and desertification in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia to deadly typhoons in the mega-cities of the Pearl River Delta. Using research and data from a wide range of Chinese sources and the Adapting to Climate Change in China (ACCC) project, a research-to-policy project, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into how China is developing policies and approaches to manage the risks and opportunities presented by climate change. This book will be of interest to those studying global and Chinese climate change policy, regional food, water and climate risk, and to policy advisors.

Author : Ligang Song
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:994548751

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China's Dilemma by Ligang Song Pdf

Author : Angang Hu,Qingyou Guan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351783941

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China: Tackle the Challenge of Global Climate Change by Angang Hu,Qingyou Guan Pdf

Global climate change is one of the challenges ever to confront humanity with the largest scale, widest scope and most far-reaching influence. As the biggest developing country with the largest population, China is the world’s leading consumer of coal and energy, and one of the worst-hit victims of global warming. Consequently, China should assume its responsibility in making contributions to global sustainable development. Based on the principles of fairness and efficiency, this study creatively puts forward two principles of global governance on climate change. The first entails replacement of the two-group schema of developed and developing countries with a four-group model based on the Human Development Index (HDI). The second entails application of the resulting model to specify the major emitters as principal contributors to emission reduction. In addition, it proposes a two-step strategy for China to tackle the issue of climate change. This book makes it clear that China should proactively engage in relevant international cooperation, actively participate in international climate negotiations, make clear commitments to reduce emissions, and assume the obligations of a responsible power to achieve sustainable and green development.

Author : Jiahua Pan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811902215

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Climate Change Economics by Jiahua Pan Pdf

This book establishes theories and methods of climate change economics based on the perspective of human development. The book, in two volumes, consists of papers and research reports authored by Pan Jiahua or researchers under his guidance. Professor Pan Jiahua is a leading figure in the field of political economy in climate change and has written extensively. The book is divided into four parts, covering theories, methods, governance, and policies. • The theory part includes the general economics of climate change, the political economy of climate change, carbon emissions, and human development. • The method part covers the economic analysis of greenhouse gas reduction and economics of low-carbon economic development. • The governance is on the design and construction of international climate regimes and China's role and choice. • Finally, the policy part consists of three chapters: policy choices for low-carbon transformation, energy-saving emission reduction, and low-carbon development and adaptation to climate change. The disciplines involved in climate change economics include welfare economics, development economics, international political economics, and property rights economics. In the context of multidisciplinary cross-cutting, the economics of climate change has evolved. The book proposes theories, methods and offers policy solutions and cases. It is of high academic and empirical value for developing countries to strive for fair rights and interests in international climate negotiations, obtain development space, and pursue a low-carbon and ecological economy. Professor Jiahua Pan and his team at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have contributed greatly to the development of climate change economics in China. Their work has laid the foundation of climate change economics from basic concepts, frameworks, and systems and has a great significance in promoting the development of climate change economics.

Author : Olivia Gippner
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781788978477

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Creating China’s Climate Change Policy by Olivia Gippner Pdf

Drawing on first hand interview data with experts and government officials, Olivia Gippner develops a new analytical framework to explore the vested interests and policy debates surrounding Chinese climate policy-making.

Author : Gang Chen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415593137

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China's Climate Policy by Gang Chen Pdf

This book analyzes the political and socioeconomic factors that influence China, the world's largest carbon emitter, and its participation into the global collective actions targeted on the mitigation and adaptation of climate change.

Author : Hualiang Lin,Wenjun Ma,Qiyong Liu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789811325830

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Ambient Temperature and Health in China by Hualiang Lin,Wenjun Ma,Qiyong Liu Pdf

This book focuses on the Chinese health impact induced by ambient temperature variation, especially the epidemiology-based exposure-response relationship with the mortality and morbidity from respiratory, cardiovascular diseases, and mental health among Chinese population.A great number of epidemiological studies have reported that ambient temperature is closely associated with a wide range of health outcomes, such as mortality, cardiovascular and respiratory events, adverse birth outcome, and some infectious diseases, such as dengue fever, malaria. Although a number of epidemiological studies in western countries have evaluated the adverse health effects of ambient temperature, the exposure-response relationship from these countries cannot simply be applied to the Chinese population due to the large differences in temperature profile, exposure pattern, as well as the population vulnerability. This book will provide up-to-date estimates of the magnitude of adverse health effects of ambient temperature in the Chinese population. We hope to provide readers with a comprehensive and organized body of information in the area of Ambient Temperature and health.