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Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy in China: Introduction to the Special Double Issue

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  • ZhongXiang Zhang

    (Department of Public Economics, School of Economics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

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China's rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international perspective, is not meant to continue on the conventional path of encouraging economic growth at the expense of the environment. Clearly, balancing China's energy needs to fuel its economic growth with the resulting potential impacts of climate change presents an enormous climate policy dilemma, not simply for China but for the entire world. Dealing with such a challenging issue not only needs warm hearts, but even more importantly cool heads. It is in this spirit that, in this special double issue of Energy and Environment , leading scholars from China and their collaborators tackle a select set of key issues that China is facing, including China's energy price issues, energy and carbon mitigation policy and their distributional aspects and regional dimensions, and energy statistics. The insights from their analyses not only contribute to deepening our understanding of the key issues in China's energy, climate and environmental policy debate, but also help to formulate mutually supportive policies to facilitate China's transition to a low-carbon economy.

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  • ZhongXiang Zhang, 2013. "Energy, Climate and Environmental Policy in China: Introduction to the Special Double Issue," Energy & Environment, , vol. 24(7-8), pages 1201-1207, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:engenv:v:24:y:2013:i:7-8:p:1201-1207
    DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.24.7-8.1201
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    1. Wenbo Li & Muyi Yang & Suwin Sandu, 2018. "Electric vehicles in China: A review of current policies," Energy & Environment, , vol. 29(8), pages 1512-1524, December.
    2. Wai-Ming To & Peter K. C. Lee, 2017. "Energy Consumption and Economic Development in Hong Kong, China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-13, November.
    3. Gatto, Andrea & Drago, Carlo & Panarello, Demetrio & Aldieri, Luigi, 2023. "Energy transition in China: Assessing progress in sustainable development and resilience directions," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 176(C).
    4. Feng Wang & Yijie Jiang & Wulin Zhang & Fang Yang, 2019. "Elasticity of factor substitution and driving factors of energy intensity in China’s industry," Energy & Environment, , vol. 30(3), pages 385-407, May.
    5. Qiang Li & Wenjuan Ruan & Tiantian Sun & Erwei Xiang, 2020. "Corporate governance and corporate environmental investments: Evidence from China," Energy & Environment, , vol. 31(6), pages 923-942, September.

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