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

Implementing The Paris Agreement

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Editors:
  1. Weiguang Wang

    1. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

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  2. Yaming Liu

    1. China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

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  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the climate changes in China
  • Leading scholars in the field of environment in China are devoted to this book
  • A must-read for anybody who wants to understand China’s aggressive climate adaptation policies

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  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
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

    Weiguang Wang

  • China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China

    Yaming Liu

About the editors

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.

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Annual Report on China’s Response to Climate Change (2017)

  • Book Subtitle: Implementing The Paris Agreement

  • Editors: Weiguang Wang, Yaming Liu

  • Series Title: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9660-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Social Sciences Academic Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9659-5Published: 18 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-9662-5Published: 18 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-9660-1Published: 01 November 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2363-6866

  • Series E-ISSN: 2363-6874

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Asian Economics, Economic Policy, Environmental Economics

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