Annual Report on China’s Response to Climate Change (2017)

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Implementing the Paris Agreement: Forging Ahead Despite Challenges

   • Ying Chen, Qingchen Chao

   Pages 1-6

3. Storm Resilience of Chinese Cities: Ranking and Analysis

   • Jianqing Zhai, Yan Zheng, Ying Li

   Pages 7-15

4. Scientific Assessments of Climate Change in the Post-Paris Era

   • Lei Huang, Qingchen Chao, Yongxiang Zhang, Ting Hu

   Pages 17-25

5. Climate Change Policies of the Trump Administration and China’s Response

   • Haibin Zhang

   Pages 27-38

6. China’s Role in Global Climate Governance and Causal Analysis

   • Yan Bo

   Pages 39-48

7. Flood Risk and Flood Management Policies in China

   • Xiaotao Cheng

   Pages 49-65

8. Climate Resilient Cities: Water Security

   • Yongying Tian

   Pages 67-76

9. Energy Transition Driven by the Energy Internet

   • Jijiang He, Yu Wang, Wenying Chen

   Pages 77-89

10. Issues Concerning the Design of China’s National Emissions Trading System

    • Maosheng Duan, Zhe Deng, Mengyu Li, Dongya Li

    Pages 91-101

11. Low-Carbon Transport: Trends and Prospects

    • Quansheng Huang

    Pages 103-110

12. Wind Power in China: Current State and Future Outlook

    • Haiyan Qin, Ying Li

    Pages 111-127

13. Distributed Renewable Energy in China: Current State and Future Outlook

    • Ying Zhang

    Pages 129-144

14. Combating Climate Change, Desertification and Sandstorms: A Collaborative Approach

    • Chengyi Zhang, Rong Gao, Jun Wu, Zhongxia Yang

    Pages 145-153

15. Extreme Precipitation and Disasters: A Risk Analysis Based on Solar Radiation Management

    • Yuan Xin, Lili Lv, Feng Kong

    Pages 155-174

This book is written by experts from Institute of Urban and Environmental Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and National Climate Center, this book provides an overview of China’s effort to implement the Paris Agreement. In addition to measures put in place to reduce runoff in cities, improve flood risk management, promote decarbonization, and combat desertification, the book also addresses issues such as scientific assessment in relation to climate change, the implications of US domestic climate politics for China-US relations, and China’s emerging leadership role in the post-Paris age. The volume is a must-read for anybody who wants to understand how China’s aggressive climate adaptation policies help shape the country’s growing weight in global climate governance.

• Climate change
• Paris Agreement
• Climate Risk
• Climate Governance
• the Belt and Road

• Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

  Weiguang Wang

• China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

  Yaming Liu

Wang Weiguang, Ph.D., President of University of Chinese Academy of Social SciencesHis areas of specialty include Marxist theory and philosophy, theoretical and practical issues of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Wang has published more than 30 academic monographs, and more than 400 theses and papers on a wide range of topics. Representative works include On the Contradictions in Socialist Society, Theory of Interest and others.

 

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