China, Climate Change and the Arctic Environment

This chapter offers an account of China’s ecological footprint in the Arctic. Because China is the world’s biggest carbon dioxide emitter and a significant contributor of short-lived climate pollutants, the chapter pays special attention to China’s role in international efforts to tackle climate cha...

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Main Authors: Kopra, Sanna, Hurri, Karoliina, Kauppila, Liisa, Stępień, Adam, Yamineva, Yulia
Other Authors: Koivurova, Timo
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Brill Nijhoff 2020
Subjects:
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International political science
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Law
Arctic
black carbon
Climate change
Online Access:https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/1e0e83e6-3343-46a6-8153-078570b97697
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004408425_006
https://lacris.ulapland.fi/ws/files/6247608/Chapter_5_Brill_book.docx.pdf
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Summary:This chapter offers an account of China’s ecological footprint in the Arctic. Because China is the world’s biggest carbon dioxide emitter and a significant contributor of short-lived climate pollutants, the chapter pays special attention to China’s role in international efforts to tackle climate change. In addition to China’s domestic climate policies, the chapter elaborates the state’s contribution to international climate negotiations under the United Nations climate regime. It also introduces the ways in which China’s Arctic policy addresses climate change and reviews China’s potential to reduce black carbon and other pollutants.

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