The Paris Agreement: China’s ‘New Normal’ role in international climate negotiations

Hilton, Isabel; Kerr, Oliver

doi:10.1080/14693062.2016.1228521

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“…The early stage of China's fast development is characterized by fast industrialization. During the industrialization, the industrial sector enjoyed rapid growth and benefited from the large scale of foreign direct investment [43,46]. In this case, promoting energy efficiency became the most crucial approach in balancing economic growth and energy consumption/carbon emission control.…”

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The Periodic Characteristics of China’s Economic Carbon Intensity Change and the Impacts of Economic Transformation

2018

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Understanding the pathway of carbon emissions is an important basis for establishing a national climate strategy. In this paper, the change in China's economic carbon intensity since its accession to the World Trade Organization has been analyzed with a time series decomposition analysis method. Four phases with distinctive features are defined, and the significant fluctuations in China's economic carbon intensity after 2001 are explained in detail. From the phase-average perspective, the contributions of major factors to the economic carbon intensity change have evolved steadily, instead of through highly volatile change on a yearly basis, and the gradual changes have been caused mainly by the development of the industrial sectors. Induced by the new normal in economic development, the change of China's economic carbon intensity has entered a new phase driven by multiple factors with economic structural improvement being the most important contributor, as well as the continuingly, though decreasingly, important factor of energy efficiency.

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“…This implies that the existing research is still limited to the level of qualitative political and economic analysis [43,45,46], because they fail to fully recognize the significant change in China's emission pathway caused by economic transformation.…”

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The Periodic Characteristics of China’s Economic Carbon Intensity Change and the Impacts of Economic Transformation

2018

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“…Após a crise financeira de 2008, o país adotou um novo processo denominado "new normal". Um novo modelo de crescimento era necessário, menor em valor, mas com melhor qualidade, destacando a redução da desigualdade, inovação tecnológica e preocupação ambiental (Hilton & Kerr, 2016;Li, 2016;Green & Stern, 2017 Barbi, 2016;Vieira, 2017). O 12º Plano O 13º (2016-2020) é primordial para continuidade da modificação da matriz energética e a elevação da preocupação ambiental (Zhang, 2015).…”

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China no âmbito da mudança climática. Negociações exteriores e políticas domésticas

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2 / Jefferson dos santos estevo Desafíos, Bogotá (Colombia), (32-1), semestre I de 2020 baseada em energia renovável, ambas metas seriam atingidas até o ano de 2030. As mudanças climáticas receberam atenção das políticas domésticas chinesas, sobretudo na reformulação da matriz energética. O país apoia o princípio da responsabilidade comum, porém diferenciada, para manter sua política externa climática. O risco da mudança climática é presente no país, que adotou a partir de 2007, políticas nacionais sobre o clima. O objetivo do artigo é realizar o levantamento das ações da China sobre mudança climática, tanto no âmbito interno, quanto internacional, no período incluído até o Acordo de Paris, 2015. Abstract Climate change, stemming from growing global warming, is already being felt in many parts of the planet. Cooperation between states is needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to control the rise in global temperature. A divide between developed and developing countries characterizes climate change negotiations, which were replaced by a new model in Paris, 2015. China is a central actor in the negotiations as well as the largest global source of greenhouse gases. Chinese emissions are largely from the energy sector, based on coal and oil. The country indicated its voluntary targets in Copenhagen, 2009, which is understood as an evolution in its climate policy. In 2015, before cop 21, the country reported the National Designated Intent (ndc) of reducing emissions intensity by between 60 % and 65 % in relation to 2005 and basing 20 % of the energy matrix on renewable energy, both by the year 2030. Climate change has received attention in Chinese domestic politics, especially in the reformulation of the energy matrix. The country supports the principle of common but differentiated responsibility to maintain its climate foreign policy. The risk of climate change is recognized in the country, which adopted national climate policies in 2007. The aim of the article is to survey China's actions on climate change, both internally and internationally, in the period up to the Paris Agreement, 2015. a China no âmbito da mudança ClimátiCa. negoCiações exteriores e polítiCas doméstiCas / 3 Desafíos, Bogotá (Colombia), (32-1), semestre I de 2020 China en el ámbito del cambio climático. Negociaciones exteriores y políticas domésticas Resumen El cambio climático, derivado del creciente calentamiento global, ya se siente en diversas partes del planeta. La cooperación entre los Estados es necesaria para que las emisiones de gases del efecto invernadero disminuyan, controlando el aumento de la temperatura global. Las negociaciones sobre cambio climático presentaban la división entre países desarrollados y en desarrollo, sustituida por el nuevo modelo en París 2015. China es actor central en las negociaciones y el mayor emisor global. Las emisiones chinas se derivan en mayor medida del sector de energía, basado en el carbón y en el petróleo. El país indicó sus metas voluntarias en Copenhague 2009, lo que es entendido como ...

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“…The present lack of clarity around NMAs, in combination with the receptiveness to innovative approaches under the Paris Agreement more generally, indicate the timing may be right to explore options for an Antarctic blue carbon NMA framework. Notably, on the ATS side, those states who have slowed progress on adoption of MPAs in the Southern Ocean (: See note 54) are also leading carbon emitters and under international pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and set ambitious NDCs (Hilton & Kerr, 2016;Martus, 2018). We therefore propose to allow CCAMLR parties to count Antarctic blue carbon sequestration towards their NDCs; doing so could provide a relatively low cost but politically attractive incentive for protecting Antarctic blue carbon.…”

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Protecting Antarctic blue carbon: as marine ice retreats can the law fill the gap?

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As marine-ice around Antarctica retracts, a vast 'blue carbon' sink, in the form of living biomass, is emerging. Properly protected and promoted Antarctic blue carbon will form the world's largest natural negative feedback on climate change. However, fulfilling this promise may be challenging, given the uniqueness of the region and the legal systems that govern it. In this interdisciplinary study, we explain: the global significance of Antarctic blue carbon to international carbon mitigation efforts; the urgent need for international legal protections for areas where it is emerging; and the hurdles that need to be overcome to realize those goals. In order to progress conservation efforts past political blockages we recommend the development of an inter-instrument governance framework that quantifies the sequestration value of Antarctic blue carbon for attribution to states' climate mitigation commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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The Paris Agreement: China’s ‘New Normal’ role in international climate negotiations

Cited by 97 publications

References 25 publications

The Periodic Characteristics of China’s Economic Carbon Intensity Change and the Impacts of Economic Transformation

The Periodic Characteristics of China’s Economic Carbon Intensity Change and the Impacts of Economic Transformation

China no âmbito da mudança climática. Negociações exteriores e políticas domésticas

Protecting Antarctic blue carbon: as marine ice retreats can the law fill the gap?

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