China: Innovative Green Development

1. Introduction : climate change and human development -- 2. The international context of climate change negotiations and the dawn of the Paris Climate Conference -- 3. Global governance of climate change : reaching a global emission reduction agreement -- 4. Climate change and China : threats and challenges -- 5. National governance of climate change : a roadmap for China's emission reduction -- 6. Addressing climate change and achieving a low-carbon economy : the road ahead for China -- 7. Global significance and strategic consensus.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- 1 Introduction: Climate change and human development -- 2 The international context of climate change negotiations and the dawn of the Paris Climate Conference -- 3 Global governance of climate change: Reaching a global emission reduction agreement -- 4 Climate change and China: Threats and challenges -- 5 National governance of climate change: A roadmap for China's emission reduction -- 6 Addressing climate change and achieving a low-carbon economy: The road ahead for China -- 7 Global significance and strategic consensus -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index

Contents -- 1 Introduction: Entering the Green Industrial Revolution -- 1.1 Purpose of the Book: Innovative Green Development in Theory and in Practice -- 1.2 International Background: The Continuously Expanding Gap Between Humanity and Nature -- 1.3 The Domestic Background: Becoming the Innovators of Green Revolution -- 1.4 Research Issues and Framework -- 2 The Theory of Green Development -- 2.1 The Three Sources of the Theory of Green Development -- 2.1.1 The Unity of Nature and Humanity in Traditional Chinese Philosophy -- 2.1.2 Dialectics of Nature in Marxist Philosophy