Climate Governance in China

Policy Diffusion of Emissions Trading in Shanghai and Hubei
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-35103-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 177 g

Reihe: Routledge Focus on Environment and Sustainability

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.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Li, Lina

Hall, Maia Haru

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of acronyms and abbreviations

1 Introduction

China's role in the global transformation

Lack of transformation governance research on China

The fundamentals of policy diffusion

About this book’s approach

2 Climate governance and policymaking in China

The Tiao-Kuai system

Climate policy and ETS in China: from piloting to national policy

The ETS pilots

Institutional arrangements for climate policy in China

3 Shanghai’s ETS and diffusion experience

ETS policy developments

Shanghai’s institutional setup

Policy diffusion mechanisms

Policy entrepreneurs

4 Hubei’s ETS and diffusion experience

ETS policy developments

Hubei’s institutional setup

Policy diffusion mechanisms

Policy entrepreneurs

5 Conclusion: The role of policy diffusion in China’s climate transformation

Shanghai and Hubei: A comparison of diffusion patterns

Diffusion mechanisms

Institutions and actors

Conceptual implications

Practical implications

6 Recent developments and a view ahead

The influence of national policies and politics

Progressive regions continue to expand their carbon markets and interact with others

External influences on new dynamics in China's ETS policy diffusion

The dawn of a new era

Appendix

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lina Li is the Asia Strategy Director at the International Energy Program (PIE), a platform hosted by the European Climate Foundation dedicated to securing a global clean power sector compatible with 1.5°C. With 15 years of experience in energy and climate policy, Lina has previously worked for various think tanks, consultancies, and NGOs, including Adelphi, Ecofys, and Greenovation Hub.

Maia Haru Hall is a consultant at Adelphi, a leading independent think tank for climate, environment, and development. She is also part of the Secretariat of the International Carbon Action Partnership, specializing in the Asia-Pacific region and working in carbon pricing and broader climate policy.