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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Notes -- 2 An ecological modernisation theory for China and carbon reduction -- EM applied to developing countries -- EM as applied to China -- Some basic characteristics of 'Eurocentric' EM -- Modest economic growth levels in a predominantly service-oriented economy -- Mobilising green technologies to tackle environmental problems -- Environmental governance and technological means -- 'Smart' market based means of promoting green technological solutions -- Deploying core aspects of EM -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Curbing the concrete -- Turning from production to services -- The state capitalist economy -- The downside of Chinese state capitalism -- Rebalancing the economy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Carbon emissions and energy consumption -- Exploding myths about China's carbon profile -- China's energy consumption and carbon emissions - slowdown or decline? -- How China could slow and even stabilise its energy consumption -- Policies -- China's Carbon emissions - what about the future? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 Pollution: from protest to good governance? -- Introduction -- Pressure for pollution control -- Pollution problems -- The case of heavy metals -- Air pollution in China - a comparison with the West -- Blue skies and red alerts in Beijing -- The anti-pollution campaigners -- The elite campaigners -- The 'official' campaigners -- The 'over-enthusiastic' campaigners -- Mass demonstrations and violent protests -- Governance and pollution -- New trends in tackling pollution -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Fuel switching to cut carbon -- Fuel switching to non-fossil energy sources -- Increasing renewable energy -- Wind power -- Solar photovoltaics (pv) -- A contrast between wind power and solar pv in China

China, a still developing economy comprising a fifth of the world's population, will play a key role in the global movement towards reducing carbon emissions. The aims of the Paris Agreement may stand or fall with China, both for its own contribution and the example it will set the developing world. China's Role in Reducing Carbon Emissions discusses the prospects for China achieving radical reductions in carbon emissions, within the context of the current economic and political landscape. With a particular focus on technologies such as such as wind power, solar power and electric vehicles, Toke examines how China is transitioning to a state of stable energy consumption via a service-based economy and heavy investment in non-fossil energy sources. The book concludes that China may be set to reduce its carbon emissions by approximately two-thirds by 2050. This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of climate change, sustainable development, political science and energy, as well as energy professionals seeking to understand the implications of recent developments in China.

"Develops a new theory of 'identity' ecological modernization (EM), to analyse renewable history and policy development in many of the world's states which are leading the drive to install renewable energy. 'Identity EM' concerns how an industry has arisen allied to environmental NGOs to challenge the ascendancy of conventional energy technologies"--

The Conservatives are pledged to have a free vote in Parliament on legislation in Government time to reverse the 2004 Hunting Act. This Act bans hunting with dogs. The Countryside Alliance has opposed the Hunting Act as part of campaigns to defend its notion of rural interests. The Countryside Alliance's success in gaining the Tory pledge could be underscored by a Tory hope that hunting supporters give decisive support for Tory candidates in marginal Parliamentary constituencies. However, the Tory leadership may find it politically difficult to give early priority to legislative attempts to repeal the Hunting Act. Moreover, it is likely to require a large Tory majority and years of waiting before a Tory government is able and willing to complete a repeal of the hunting ban.

The appropriateness and importance of market-based environmental governance systems vary according to different cases. Although so-called 'market trading' regimes can be useful in some circumstances, a false belief in the inevitability of their cost-effectiveness compared with so-called 'command and control' systems has allowed policy distortions to occur. So-called 'command and control' policies are being underemphasised, despite the fact that they may achieve reductions in carbon emissions that are cheaper than those likely to be achieved through emissions (or 'certificate') trading regimes. I address theoretical arguments which I then place in context with analysis of some features of the British Renewables Obligation and the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme.