The roles they play: change in China's climate leadership role during the post-Paris era
In: Globalizations, Band 20, Heft 7, S. 1065-1082
ISSN: 1474-774X
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In: Globalizations, Band 20, Heft 7, S. 1065-1082
ISSN: 1474-774X
In: Global society: journal of interdisciplinary international relations, Band 37, Heft 4, S. 571-592
ISSN: 1469-798X
Developed countries, defined in the global climate negotiations as the Annex I countries, have been expected to take the lead in tackling climate change. However, given the severity of climate change, reducing China's emissions is critical. China is a developing country with world's highest emissions and a leader in the renewable sector. Hence, outside expectations for China's climate action have been growing. Through constructivist role theory, the article researched what external expectations there are for China's potential climate leadership role. The leadership ex-pectations of developed countries were examined from the UN climate conference high-level segment statements from 2016 to 2018. Results of the discourse analysis explain the expecta-tions in six storylines: 1) all parties are placed on the same line, 2) the dichotomy of developing and developed countries is deconstructed, 3) the position of developing countries is highlighted, 4) China has a greater responsibility than non-Annex or a regular party, 5) China is recognized as a climate actor, and 6) China is excluded as a major player. The expectations recognize China's structural climate leadership but acknowledging China as a global climate leader might pose a role conflict for the developed countries. The conclusion suggests that this acknowledgement would require developed countries to rethink their own climate leadership and assign the role with China ; Peer reviewed
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In: Kopra , S , Hurri , K , Kauppila , L , Stępień , A & Yamineva , Y 2020 , China, Climate Change and the Arctic Environment . in T Koivurova & S Kopra (eds) , Chinese Policy and Presence in the Arctic . Brill Nijhoff , Leiden , Studies in Polar Law , no. 3 , pp. 62-89 . https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004408425_006
This chapter offers an account of China's ecological footprint in the Arctic. Because China is the world's biggest carbon dioxide emitter and a significant contributor of short-lived climate pollutants, the chapter pays special attention to China's role in international efforts to tackle climate change. In addition to China's domestic climate policies, the chapter elaborates the state's contribution to international climate negotiations under the United Nations climate regime. It also introduces the ways in which China's Arctic policy addresses climate change and reviews China's potential to reduce black carbon and other pollutants.
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