The Study of China's Approach to Climate Change

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 yazd University

2 Yazd University

10.22080/jpir.2023.25702.1335

Abstract

Climate change is one of the most important issues raised in the contemporary international agenda. This phenomenon specifically refers to the changes created in the environment by mainly human activities, which are associated with threats such as the increase in the level of carbon dioxide at the global level. In the meantime, the policies adopted by the great powers are more important in the overall process of dealing with climate change. So the main question of this research is that, as one of the most important major powers of the international system, especially in the economic and industrial field, what has been China's approach to climate change during the leadership of Xi Jinping during the leadership of Xi Jinping?
In order to answer this question, this research uses a qualitative method to examine the most important actions and policies of the Chinese state at the two levels of speech acts and practical actions in both internal and external dimensions in facing climate change. The findings of the research show that China's leadership has paid much attention to this phenomenon at the level of speech acts and considers climate change as a security issue, and at the level of practical measures, it has tried to play the role of a responsible power in this area. The direction that can be understood in the general framework of this country's strategy in the international system.

Keywords

References

ببران، صدیقه. (1386)، تغییر اقلیم، چالش زیست­محیطی قرن بیست و یکم، تهران: نشر مرکز تحقیقات استراتژیک مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام.
رسولی ثانی‌آبادی، الهام و دهقان، نجمه. (1400)، «مقایسه تحلیلی رویکرد باراک اوباما و دونالد ترامپ نسبت به رژیم‌های بین‌المللی محیط زیستی با تأکید بر سنت‌های سیاست خارجی آمریکا»، فصل­نامه روابط خارجی، دوره 13، شماره دوم: 394-371.
شریعتی نیا، محسن و حیدرعلی مسعودی. (1398)، چین و نظم‌های بین‌الملل، سیاست جهان، دوره 8، شماره 3: 32-7 . doi: 10.22124/wp.2020.15062.2358
کاویانی‌راد، مراد. (1390)، «پردازش مفهوم امنیت زیست­محیطی رابطه امنیت و اکولوژی»، فصل­نامه ژئوپلیتیک، شماره 23، پاییز: 100-80.
والنری، آنتوان. (1399)، «مقابله فعال چین با تغییرات اقلیمی و برعهده گرفتن مسؤولیت خود به عنوان کشور بزرگ»، قابل دسترسی در لینک زیر: https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1465437/.
 
 
Alkon, M and E Wang. (2018), Pollution lowers support for China’s regime: quasi-experimental evidence from Beijing, Journal of Politics, Vol 80, No 1. 524-536.
https://doi.org/10.1086/694577.
“China Overview: Development news, research, data”. (2023), in
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/china/overview.
“China’s Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy”. (2022), in
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/10/12/china-s-transition-to-a-low-carbon-economy-and-climate-resilience-needs-shifts-in-resources-and-technologies.
“China's climate change policies”. (2023), in https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2022/738186/EPRS_BRI(2022)738186_EN.pdf.
“Country Climate and Development Report for China”. (2022), in https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/10/12/china-s-transition-to-a-low-carbon-economy-and-climate-resilience-needs-shifts-in-resources-and-technologies.
Goddard, Stacie E. (2018). "Embedded Revisionism: Networks,
Institutions, and Challenges to World Order", International Organization, Vol. 72, No. 4, pp. 763-797 in https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818318000206.
He, Lichao. (2010), China’s Climate – change Policy from Kyoto to Copenhagen: domestic needs and international aspirations, Asian Perspective, Vol 34, No 3.
“Highlights on Green development for China”. (2023), in
https://greenfdc.org/chinas-two-sessions-of-2023-trend-for-green-development-green-finance-and-belt-and-road-initiative.
“How is China tackling climate change?”. (2022), in
https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/explainers/how-is-china-tackling-climate-change/.
“Human Development Report, New Dimensions of Human Security”. (1994), UNDP (United Nations Development Programmed). New York.
Javadinejad, Safieh. (2020), “Climate Change Scenarios and Effects on Snow-Melt Runoff”, Civil Engineering Journal, 6(9):1715-1725.
DOI:10.28991/cej-2020-03091577.
Maizland, Lindsay. (2021), “China’s Fight Against Climate Change and Environmental Degradation”, in https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-climate-change-policies-environmental-degradation.
McKibbin, W and Wilcoxen, P. (2002), The role of economics in Climate Change policy, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol 16, No 2.
Rasooli Saniabadi, Elham. (2022), “China's Reaction to External Threats from the Perspective of Foreign Policy and International Politics
Theories”, Geopolitics Quarterly, 18(68), 202-225.
“Responding to Climate Change: China's Policies and Actions”. (2021), in http://www.ncsc.org.cn/yjcg/cbw/202111/P020211117406748792288.pdf.
Savaresi, Annalisa. (2021), “The UN HRC recognizes the right to a healthy environment and appoints a new Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change”, in https://www.ejiltalk.org/the-un-hrc-recognizes-the-right-to-a-healthy-environment-and-appoints-a-new-special-rapporteur.
“The Belt and Road Initiative International Green Development Coalition”. (2023), in
https://www.unep.org/regions/asia-and-pacific/regional-initiatives/belt-and-road-initiative-international-green.
“Tracking Clean Energy Innovation: Focus on China, International Energy Agency”. (2022) in
https://www.iea.org/reports/tracking-clean-energy-innovation-focus-on-china.
“What Is Climate Change?”.)2023(, in https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/what-is-climate-change.
Watson, R T. (2002), Climate Change 2001: Synthesis report, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Weng, Xiaoxue and Zhanfeng Dong. (2015), “China’s path to a green economy: Decoding China’s green economy concepts and policies”. IIED Country Report. IIED, London.
 
 
Journal of Politics and International Relations
Volume 6, Issue 11
September 2023
Pages 203-222

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics