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Global environmental policy in social contexts: The case of China

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In the last few years, China has taken steps to respond to the international trend to protect the global environment, especially with respect to global warming issues. This is primarily because China has now become the largest coal producer in the world. The emissions of carbon dioxide in China caused by fossil fuel burning are enormous. This factor has attracted growing, worldwide attention. Moreover, the low energy efficiency in production and consumption process has generated concern about how to keep the enrgy sector development in harmony with the environment. In addition, natural disasters, particularly the 1991 flood (the worst since the 1940s), has driven the government to reorient its national security in the broader international context.

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  1. Research Policy Institute, University of Lund, Box 2017, S-220 02, Lund, Sweden

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He also holds a research position at the Institute of Social Science, Danish Technical University, Denmark. He is now completing his Ph.D. work at the Institute of Economics and Planning, Roskilde University Center, Denmark. His research interest focuses on global environmental policy issues.

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Gan, L. Global environmental policy in social contexts: The case of China. Knowledge and Policy 5, 30–50 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692774

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