Global environmental policy in social contexts: The case of China

Journal Article · · Knowledge and Policy; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692774· OSTI ID:7108021

Gan, Lin ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Lund (Sweden)

In the last few years, China has taken steps to respond to the international trend to protect the global environment, especially with respects 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 cause by fossil fuel burning are enormous. This factor has attracted growing, world-wide attention. Moreover, the low energy efficiency in production and consumption process has generated concern about how to keep the energy 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.

• OSTI ID: 7108021
• Journal Information: Knowledge and Policy; (United States), Journal Name: Knowledge and Policy; (United States) Vol. 5:4; ISSN KNPOEI; ISSN 1053-8798
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290202* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Sociology-- (1992-)
ASIA
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHINA
CLIMATIC CHANGE
COAL
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
MATERIALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS