University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series

 

New Development in China’s Climate Change Policy

Yang Zhang, University of Macau
Yongnian Zheng, University of Nottingham

Article comments

This paper presented at the Workshop on Australia and Climate Change Diplomacy: Towards a Post-2012 Regime, which was sponsored by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Faculties of Law and Arts and Social Sciences at UNSW. This paper may also be referenced as [2007] UNSWLRS 73.

Abstract

This paper investigates the main actors involved in China’s climate change policy making and discusses recent development in China’s climate change policy that the country agrees to reduce energy intensity and enhance renewable energy utilization with no specific commitment regarding Greenhouse Gases emission. It is also explored in the paper the domestic and international considerations underlying this policy given its priority in economic growth and diplomatic stance in international negotiation. International cooperation through Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects is addressed which has increasingly become a preferred method in China’s effort and participation in global climate change campaign

Subject Area

Environmental Law, International Law

Recommended Citation

Yang Zhang and Yongnian Zheng, "New Development in China’s Climate Change Policy" (December 2007). University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series. University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series. Working Paper 73.
http://law.bepress.com/unswwps/flrps/art73

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