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Environmental Security and its Implications for China’s Foreign Relations
Zhang, ZhongXiang; Mochizuki, Junko - 2014
China’s emerging standing in the world demands a major rethinking of its diplomatic strategies. Given its population size, geographical scale, economic power and military presence, China is poised to play a larger political role in the twenty-first century, and is thus perceived by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014183495
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Programs, Prices and Policies Towards Energy Conservation and Environmental Quality in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014
environmental quality. The article discusses a variety of programs, prices, market-based instruments, and other economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051566
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REDD and International Organizations
Giannini, Valentina - 2014
Climate change mitigation can be achieved, according to many, by means of Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Tropics (REDD). Within the climate change policy debate we thus find discussions on how to reduce GHG emissions by designing appropriate REDD programmes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187265
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An Economic Model for Bioprospecting Contracts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Onofri, Laura - 2015
contractors involved in these private contracts, i.e. biodiversity sellers and biodiversity buyers, analysing both the magnitude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014222431
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Is the Value of Bioprospecting Contracts Too Low?
Markandya, Anil; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. - 2011
In order to regulate the proliferated bioprospecting and protect the biological diversity in the source countries, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) established a legal framework for the reciprocal transfer of biological materials between the interested parties in bioprospecting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014187336
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Is High-Speed Rail Green? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang; Nie, Liang - 2021
Existing studies have investigated the environmental dividends of substituting high-speed rail for other energy-intensive vehicles from an engineering standpoint, but they have yet to explore the economic effects of high-speed rail and the associated carbon emission reduction benefits. To fill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324309
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Can the Diligent Governance Increase Subjective Wellbeing? New Evidence From Environmental Regulations in China
GUO, Shu; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2022
With the appearance of “wellbeing stagnation”, the Chinese government has gradually realized the negative impact of increasingly severe environmental problem on people’s wellbeing, and has then has formulated a series of environmental policies. Based on the balanced panel data from2014 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307907
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Carbon Emissions Trading in China : The Evolution from Pilots to a Nationwide Scheme
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
sectors, allocation of allowances, price uncertainty and market stabilization, potential market power of dominated players …
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Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones : The Case of Carbon Trading in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2015
Putting a price on carbon is considered a crucial step for China's endeavor of harnessing the market forces to reduce … issues such as the coverage of sectors, allocation of allowances, price uncertainty and market stabilization, potential … market power of dominated players, use of offsets, and enforcement and compliance. This article explains why China turns to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026768
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Green Credit Policy and Total Factor Productivity : Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies
Zhang, ZhongXiang; GUO, Shu - 2022
of other environmental policies and financial crises. This effect is more pronounced for private enterprises, companies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013406213