Annual Report on China’s Response to Climate Change (2017)
Implementing The Paris Agreement
Editors: Wang, Weiguang, Liu, Yaming (Eds.)
Free Preview- Provides a comprehensive overview of the climate changes in ChinaLeading scholars in the field of environment in China are devoted to this bookA must-read for anybody who wants to understand China’s aggressive climate adaptation policies
Buy this book
- 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.
- About the authors
-
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.
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
-
-
Implementing the Paris Agreement: Forging Ahead Despite Challenges
Pages 1-6
-
Storm Resilience of Chinese Cities: Ranking and Analysis
Pages 7-15
-
Scientific Assessments of Climate Change in the Post-Paris Era
Pages 17-25
-
Climate Change Policies of the Trump Administration and China’s Response
Pages 27-38
-
China’s Role in Global Climate Governance and Causal Analysis
Pages 39-48
-
Table of contents (14 chapters)
Recommended for you
Bibliographic Information
- 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
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Copyright Holder
- Social Sciences Academic Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-13-9660-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-13-9660-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-13-9659-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-981-13-9662-5
- Series ISSN
- 2363-6866
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 174
- Number of Illustrations
- 18 b/w illustrations
- Topics
