China’s State-Owned Enterprises as Climate Policy Actors : The Power and Steel Sectors
A significant share of the greenhouse gas emitting activities of China is operated by state owned enterprises (SOEs). This report, written by Fridtjof Nansen Institute for the Nordic Council of Ministers, discusses the role of SOEs on the electricity and steel sectors, for instance, in upgrading tec...
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ftnordiccouncil:oai:DiVA.org:norden-1820 2023-05-15T16:18:26+02:00 China’s State-Owned Enterprises as Climate Policy Actors : The Power and Steel Sectors Bergsager, Henrik Korppoo, Anna 2013 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-1820 https://doi.org/10.6027/TN2013-527 eng eng Copenhagen : Nordic Council of Ministers TemaNord, 0908-6692 2013:527 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-1820 urn:isbn:978-92-893-2535-6 doi:10.6027/TN2013-527 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Ulkopolitiikka Hyvinvointi kestävä kehitys elinkeinoelämä tutkimus ympäristö Udenrigspolitik Velfærd Bæredygtig udvikling Erhvervsliv Forskning Miljø Utanríkisstefna Velferð Sjálfbær þróun Atvinnulíf Rannsóknir Umhverfi Utenrikspolitikk Velferd Bærekraftig utvikling Næringsliv Book info:eu-repo/semantics/book text 2013 ftnordiccouncil https://doi.org/10.6027/TN2013-527 2022-08-18T20:27:02Z A significant share of the greenhouse gas emitting activities of China is operated by state owned enterprises (SOEs). This report, written by Fridtjof Nansen Institute for the Nordic Council of Ministers, discusses the role of SOEs on the electricity and steel sectors, for instance, in upgrading technologies, centralizing operations and developing alternative energy sources. Informal networks, guanxi and nomenklatura, and financial ties provide the state control over SOEs. This makes SOEs a preferable alternative to private companies. As policies limiting emission growth have been economically attractive to SOEs so far, they have shown little opposition but this may change should costly measures be introduced in the future. While China’s position in climate negotiations is determined by the political leadership, the SOEs deserve attention due to their impact on China’s emission trends. Book Fridtjof Nansen norden (Nordic Council of Ministers): Publications (DiVA) Fridtjof ENVELOPE(-56.717,-56.717,-63.567,-63.567) |
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Ulkopolitiikka Hyvinvointi kestävä kehitys elinkeinoelämä tutkimus ympäristö Udenrigspolitik Velfærd Bæredygtig udvikling Erhvervsliv Forskning Miljø Utanríkisstefna Velferð Sjálfbær þróun Atvinnulíf Rannsóknir Umhverfi Utenrikspolitikk Velferd Bærekraftig utvikling Næringsliv Bergsager, Henrik Korppoo, Anna China’s State-Owned Enterprises as Climate Policy Actors : The Power and Steel Sectors |
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A significant share of the greenhouse gas emitting activities of China is operated by state owned enterprises (SOEs). This report, written by Fridtjof Nansen Institute for the Nordic Council of Ministers, discusses the role of SOEs on the electricity and steel sectors, for instance, in upgrading technologies, centralizing operations and developing alternative energy sources. Informal networks, guanxi and nomenklatura, and financial ties provide the state control over SOEs. This makes SOEs a preferable alternative to private companies. As policies limiting emission growth have been economically attractive to SOEs so far, they have shown little opposition but this may change should costly measures be introduced in the future. While China’s position in climate negotiations is determined by the political leadership, the SOEs deserve attention due to their impact on China’s emission trends. |
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China’s State-Owned Enterprises as Climate Policy Actors : The Power and Steel Sectors |
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