Global environmental policy in social contexts: The case of China |
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Authors: | Lin Gan |
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Institution: | (1) Research Policy Institute, University of Lund, Box 2017, S-220 02 Lund, Sweden |
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Abstract: | In the last few years, China has taken steps to respond to the international trend to protect the global environment, especially
with respect to global warming issues. This is primarily because China has now become the largest coal producer in the world.
The emissions of carbon dioxide in China caused by fossil fuel burning are enormous. This factor has attracted growing, worldwide
attention. Moreover, the low energy efficiency in production and consumption process has generated concern about how to keep
the enrgy sector development in harmony with the environment. In addition, natural disasters, particularly the 1991 flood
(the worst since the 1940s), has driven the government to reorient its national security in the broader international context.
He also holds a research position at the Institute of Social Science, Danish Technical University, Denmark. He is now completing
his Ph.D. work at the Institute of Economics and Planning, Roskilde University Center, Denmark. His research interest focuses
on global environmental policy issues. |
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