| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 172 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Series on contemporary China,
1793-0847 ;
v. 17
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Series on contemporary China ; volume 17.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163) and index. |
| Contents |
ch. 1. Environmental crises in China. China on the brink of water crisis. Severe water pollution. Water shortage. Air pollution. Climate change. Other problems -- ch. 2. Bureaucratic structures on environmental protection. Interaction among the party, the administration, and the legislature. Central-level administrative system on environmental protection. Weakness in local environmental protection departments. Clash between GDP growth and pollution control. Environmental impact of China's WTO membership -- ch. 3. Environmental legal systems in China. Basic environmental law. Specialized environmental laws and regulations. Environmental dispute settlement. Statutory and enforcement flaws -- ch. 4. Environmental NGOs and emerging civil society. The development of environmental NGOs in China. Greening of media and internet. Political constraints and challenges facing Chinese ENGOs. Policy constraints. Weak capacity building and internal management -- ch. 5. China's environmental diplomacy and soft power. China's environmental diplomacy. Soft power and institutional participation. Institution participation enhances soft power. China's active participation in international institutions -- ch. 6. Case study: Songhua River toxic spill crisis. Review of the Songhua River pollution crisis. Who should be responsible? Governance problems reflected -- ch. 7. Case study: Taihu algae crisis. Failure of 16-year effort to clean-up Taihu Lake. Crazy for Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Wu Lihong's tragedy: failed crusade against pollution. Possible solutions -- ch. 8. Case study: Beijing Olympics and air quality. Smog casts shadow over "green olympics". Questionable "blue sky" achievements. Sources of air pollution. Contingency measures and solutions -- ch. 9. China's climate change politics. China's performance in pre-Kyoto climate negotiations. Start of international climate talks under the UN framework. China's negotiation stance. China's gains from Kyoto protocol. Diplomatic scores. Support from developing countries. Praise from some industrialized countries. Soft power enhancement through institutional participation. Economic gains. Huge lucre from CDM projects. Optimizing economic structure and accelerating technology upgrade. Easing energy security anxiety. Improving domestic governance. "Development first" and China's inter-agency mechanism on climate change. National climate change program's focus on development. Inter-agency mechanism on climate change. Domestic pressure and China's initiative. China's future stance in post-Kyoto negotiations. Voluntary targets instead of absolute emission obligations. Continued solidarity with developing countries. More attention to regional mechanism -- ch. 10. How China manages and benefits from CDM projects. China's huge potential in CDM projects. CDM and foreign investment inflow. Chinese government's revenue from CDM projects. Two CDM cases. China's share in global carbon market. The largest piece of cake. Rising value of emission reductions. Government's endeavor to boost CDM projects. Procedures of China-based CDM projects. Project identification. Project design. Host country's approval. Project validation. Project registration. Project implementation, supervision, and reporting. Verification and certification of CERs. Issuance of CERs. Challenges and obstacles -- ch. 11. Reforms and new policies. New policies and initiatives. Suspension of approval of new industrial projects along major river systems (liuyu xianpi). Electricity generated by renewable energy to be purchased preferentially. "Green-credit policy" (luse xindai zhengce). Establishing leading group on energy saving and emission cutting. Using green indexes to measure officials' performances. Establishment of green fund. Eco-city project. Discussion on levy of environmental tax. Establishing pilot zone on resource efficiency and environmental protection. Promoting "green insurance". Elevating SEPA to full-fledged ministry -- Ministry of Environmental Protection. A long way to go green. |
| Summary |
"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 "growth-first" 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"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental policy -- China.
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Environmental policy. |
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China. |
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Environmental protection -- Political aspects -- China.
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Environmental protection -- Political aspects. |
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Environmental protection. |
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- China.
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Economic development -- Environmental aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
World Scientific (Firm), publisher.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chen, Gang, 1976- Politics of China's environmental protection. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2009 9789812838698 (OCoLC)298926448 |
| ISBN |
9789812838704 (electronic book) |
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9812838708 (electronic book) |
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1282443054 |
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9781282443051 |
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9789812838698 (cloth) |
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9812838694 (cloth) |
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