In international climate change negotiations, China’s role is an issue of perennial concern. In particular, the lack of quantitative, absolute emissions commitments from China has been the focus. In line with changing domestic and international contexts, China is recalibrating its stance and...

With the treaty to replace the soon-to-expire Kyoto Protocol expected to be adopted in Copenhagen in December 2009, and climate legislation expected to be considered in the U.S., various actors are vying to frame the issue of climate change for the American public at the end of 2009. This paper...

A broad range of mitigation options have been identified and assessed in the literature that enable countries to close the existing gap between 2030 emission projections resulting from the aggregate efforts of countries to achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement...