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Experience with existing multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) shows that trade measures agreed to within the MEAs themselves may not necessarily lead to a dispute between parties. On the contrary, there is a great chance that disputes may arise from national measures undertaken to fulfil...
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Experience with existing multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) shows that trade measures agreed to within the MEAs themselves may not necessarily lead to a dispute between parties. On the contrary, there is a great chance that disputes may arise from national measures undertaken to fulfil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837271
listed companies in China (2007 2019), this study uses the difference in differences (DID) method to examine the effects of …
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As an important step towards building a 'harmonious society' through 'scientific development', China has incorporated … quadrupling of its GDP while cutting its energy intensity by about three quarters between 1980 and 2000, China has had limited … the Copenhagen climate summit, China pledged to cut its carbon intensity by 40-45% by 2020 relative its 2005 levels to …
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China had been singled out by Western politicians and media for dragging its feet on international climate negotiations … paper provides some reflections on China's stance and reactions at Copenhagen. While China's reactions are generally well … rooted because of realities at home, some reactions could have been handled more effectively for a better image of China. The …
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In what format and under what timeframe China would take on climate commitments is of significant relevance to China … is being confronted with the threats of trade measures. It is of significant global relevance as well because when China …'s emissions peak is crucial to determine when global emissions would peak and because what China is going to do in what format has …
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tariffs on Chinese products to the U.S. market, even given China's own recent announcement to voluntarily seek to reduce its … really open the possibility for the U.S. and China to make the commitments that each wants from the other, the inclusion of … the carbon contents of imported products. Meanwhile, being targeted by such border carbon adjustment measures, China needs …
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China, from its own perspective cannot afford to, and from an international perspective, is not allowed to continue on … discusses China's own efforts towards energy saving and pollutants cutting, the widespread use of renewable energy and … participation in clean development mechanism, and puts carbon reductions of China's unilateral actions into perspective. Given that …
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China has gradually recognized that the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the … environment cannot be sustained. It has to be changed. This article focuses on China's efforts towards energy conservation and …
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Globally as well as in China, cities have contributed to most of the economic output and have accordingly given rise to … whatever climate commitments beyond 2020 that China may take. Given the paramount importance of cities, China is practicing low … characteristics of China's LCC development. The paper then identifies eight problems and challenges for China's LCC development …
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