Climate Governance in China: Policy Diffusion of Emissions Trading in Shanghai and Hubei (Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability)

Synopsis

This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across subnational regions and between governance levels in China. Despite the significance of emerging economies in a pathway to a zero-carbon future, research to date on China’s transformation governance remains limited. Drawing on a theoretical framework for policy diffusion and based on extensive data from expert interviews with Chinese decisionmakers and policy practitioners, Lina Li and Maia Haru Hall focus on the policy of emissions trading systems (ETS) and two key case studies: Shanghai and Hubei. The authors examine the role of the national government and how much freedom the subnational regions have in developing ETS policy, as well as pinpointing key actors and the role of policy and knowledge diffusion mechanisms. Overall, this book sheds light on the competition between China and the West in the transition to climate-friendly societies and economies, highlighting opportunities for cooperation between them. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental politics and policy, climate change, urban studies, and Chinese studies more broadly.

Copyright:

2024

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ISBN-13:

9781000916539

Related ISBNs:

9781032351025, 9781032351032, 9781003325307

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

05/02/23

Copyrighted By:

Lina Li and Maia Haru Hall. The right of Lina Li and Maia Haru Hall to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

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No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Travel, Outdoors and Nature, Business and Finance, Earth Sciences

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