China’s Climate-Energy Policy

Taylor & Francis

Chinas Climate-Energy PolicyDomestic and International Impacts\nAuthor(s): Akihisa Mori\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367894528, 978-0367894528\nSynopsis\nChinas recent climate-energy policy, an outcome of contemporary challenges, has generated conflict of interest amongst major stakeholders. Coupled with a boost in demand for oil, gas and coal, as well as a rapid growth in wind and solar power, it has not only affected domestic fossil fuel and renewable energy providers, but has also provoked a resource boom, affecting development pathways internationally. \n\nThis book therefore seeks to examine the economic, social and ecological effects associated with Chinas climate-energy policy. Assessing how the policy has been and will be formulated and implemented, it analyses the changing use of energy, CO2 emissions and GDP, as well as social and environmental impacts both domestically and internationally. It pres.